Stooly's just completed (VIDEO!)

[stooly]

Here it is. Just finished the other day, sorry the video quality is not par. My little girl is rooting me on in one of the videos, my wife was filming.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBAOhzvZkDM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L3C9oXQA2k

Here's some pics of the build:
http://www.winkflash.com/PHOTO/folder.aspx?i=5646397

-Briggs Raptor (recoil start)
-.10 over
-ARC Billet Rod
-big valves and heavy springs
-bye-bye governor
-slicks on Douglas polished wheels (5")
-red anodized billet aluminum kart hubs
-YAMAHA spark arrestor with homemade header pipe
-billet aluminum handgrips and twist throttle
-TAV2
-13tooth front, 55 tooth rear (Horstman split, red anodized)
-brakes= bottom of shoes
-PowderCoat (Traffic Red color)
-38" wide, 1.25" hollow aluminum axle with EXTREME chain #35
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-chopped 6 inches out of stool legs and rewelded(be careful not to burn through stool legs when doing this, there is a fine line between a perfect weld and a hole!
-OCC stool
-Heavy duty tie-rods
-Grade8 locking hardware EVERYWHERE!
-No expense spared on this one! It's a keeper!
-runs 45-50mph i think, I still have not found a place close to home to actually SEE the top end. It just keeps on pulling!



This stool performs great, however it does push the front end a bit in hard turns at speed. Most likely attributed to such a wide rear end and not as much weight in the front . I really like the width though, it feels very safe and not tippy at all!
Enjoy! If you need more videos or some build pics let me know, I have plenty! On to the next project, BSR with a ROTAX sled motor!

Stooly OUT!

[BuddhaBomb]

Hey Stooly, that is bad-to-the-bone!!! From the vid of going around the street, it looks like it has plenty "get up and go". I noticed that you said the width is 38"... what is the length? Also, how tall is it from the ground to the center of the handlebars? Excellent job!:cheers:


Steve

[stooly]

Steve,

-From the ground to the center of the bars = 28"(this includes 1.5" of ground clearance)
-Seat height from the ground = 26"
- The TOTAL width including the tires/wheels/etc. of the rear end = 43.5" wide.
-the total length = 44" long.
Total ground clearance = 1.5" from bottom of frame to ground, I would never go lower than this to the ground though. I have noticed scraping on occasion when going over transitions in the road.(ie. turning into my driveway,etc.)

The street I live on is PERFECT for the stool. It is a cul-de-sac by default as you can see in the video. Is also is about an 1/8 mile circle track for me to ride on. There is NO through traffic either. It's awesome.
The pic in my signature is what I built last winter. It's a lawnmower frame with all the goodies i could pack onto it. 16.5hp Briggs, pipes, slicks, chrome, etc. It ran well to say the least.

[c.schulz]

Couldnt get to the pics. But the video is cool. How did you weld the tube of that bar stool??

Chris

[stooly]

Sorry the link above doesn't work. Try this link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/26465330@N07/

Let me know if you can't see them. Stooly