Re: Briggs Stratton Motobecane?

• Author: Tabbycat (---.proxy.aol.com)
• Verified User: tabbycat
• Date Posted: 07-06-08 19:04

It may not be as bad as it looks. No doubt a real PITA to get it on their.

Briggs and Stratten engines have some potential. I have built them for go karts and minibikes. Most are around 125cc to 175cc.

Mill the head, port, polish and relieve the block, tulip the valves, larger carb, and remove governor, sometime a cam is available, straight pipe using plumbing gas pipe.

With high compression, large carb and straight pipe no longer sounds like a lawnmower.

I learned to build from a nieghbor who was a mechanic when in middle school. My go kart could hit 40 to 50 mph on the sidewalk easy. Even though to was made to go 18mph or so tops.

Brakes were no modified and I almost ran over a pregnant women pushing a baby carraige. She assumed pedestrians had the right of way. It took a four wheel drift to miss her rather then brakes.

Numerous cop cars came, I escaped to a pals house. Told his parents “it quite running, can I keep it in your garage till Dad comes and gets it” Worked fine.

Told my son who I built minibikes and go karts for about it.
Then years later took him to the very house where the same pal happened to be visiting home.

The Chappy and FA50 were better then the minibike I built in recent years. Better suspension and minibike is only single speed.

I would be curious just how the BS moped ran. Somethings are easy such as mill the head with a file, Larger carb, remove the governor, or now adapt on a very large BS muffler.

Lucky to have not hurt anyone and been locked up.
Jack