is there a way to change a kick start on a motorbike to an electric start on a dune buggy?
i am making a dune buggy with my dad and we are using a motorbike engine but we don’t know how to change the kick start to an electric start can some please give some detailed advice. thanks
February 11th, 2009 at 9:47 am
yeah, thats really really dumb.
typically manual start motors are started manually and vise versa, a starter motor is required for any electric start internal combustion engine and therefore the electrical support and mounting brackets for said motor, not to mention the linkage between it and the engine.
The only possible thing I could think of is some sort of conversion kit for your engine which would include parts to surpass such obstacles, or some sort of jerry-rigged thing involving a pneumatic foot and a shoe that would probably take even me more time to design than the entire buggy would take to build.
check bikebandit.com for the bike your engine came from and see if theres a conversion kit, otherwise your up a creek, I don’t see whats wrong with kick starting it anyhow.
February 14th, 2009 at 6:39 am
First tell what kind of engine you’re using- early Yamaha, Later honda dirt bike or what. A few Hondas-305/350/360 - in the dirt bike frames were kickstart to save weight- but right side case had the hole for electric starter with a blocking plate, electric starter from the street model could be put back useing salvage parts. If engine is a seperate 2 stroke like a Villers? Maybe use a garden tractor starter/generator unit like Cub Cadet or Simplicity- or the similar unit from golf cart , these work off belt drive to a pulley on engine crankshaft. or to Comet CVT transmission belt. ‘Motorbike’ sort of implies small engine like a 50cc to 150cc engine- the US ‘motordriven cycle’ class engine size.