From bicycle to motorcycle

American Woods Cam (Cam Woods) from the city of Santa Cruz (CA) has crossed a mountain bike chassis and engine of the motorcycle malokubaturny. The invention was called MotoPed.




As a "donor" of the power plant has been selected Honda XR50 - this is the four-stroke engine mounted on MotoPed in stock. However, the creator of the project provided that some riders will want more power, and designed a frame with the possibility of engine working volume of 200 cubic centimeters.



When Cam has just started to develop, he did it for himself and his own entertainment. However, he was so pleased to get the results that he decided to start producing MotoPed for sale.

Now this unusual vehicle is produced in the form of two sets of a total value of 3800 US dollars - the price is so high because of the production of the piece. The first set includes a frame with a rear subframe, swingarm, exhaust and the main chain drive. The second - the engine controls, fuel tank, air filter, seat and plastic fairings. The list does not include elements borrowed from mountain biking - fork, monoshock, steering, wheels and brakes.



In general, Motoped yet - not cheap pleasure. However, everything can change in case the inventor of financial support sufficient number of potential buyers online kickstarter.org. Then this funny hybrid of motorcycle and bicycle will cost just 970 US dollars.





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Source: moto.mail.ru

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