Table of contents
- Honda Super Cub conversion Wide body low rider with two strokes
- Custom Cub as a lowrider
- Tires have to be round and wide
- One cylinder, two strokes, three times the displacement, four times the power
- opinion poll
- Conclusion
Del Hickey
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For two years Brian converted a Super Cub into a hot Low Rider.
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The Flex has a lot to do. In the end, Brian rebuilds large parts of the frame.
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The fork becomes six centimeters wider.
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The wheelbase also grows by six centimeters.
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The new rear suspension requires a 160 mm rear tire.
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It is spanned by a self-made fender that docks onto the old sheet metal construction for the tank and seat.
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Note the exciting guidance of the exhaust system.
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In the new framework, Brian relies on the 250 two-stroke Yamaha DT 250 MX: three times the displacement, four times the performance.
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The Super Cub’s tank-seat combination is original, almost.
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Brian added the new fender for the 160 tire to them.
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Due to the open carburetor and open exhaust, the 16 hp of the DT should have increased.
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The hubs of the 17-inch wheels are also from a Yamaha.
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Honda Super Cub conversion: two-stroke and 160 tires
Honda Super Cub conversion
Wide body low rider with two strokes
Honda has sold the Super Cub over 100 million times in the past 63 years. Brian sees the Honda as more than a daily commuter. He sees a lowrider with wide tires and a large two-stroke in a rigid frame.
Jens Kratschmar
06/22/2021
In this article:
- Custom Cub as a lowrider
- Tires have to be round and wide
- One cylinder, two strokes, three times the displacement, four times the power
- Conclusion
The problem: between the massive looking fork and the unique tank-rear combination of the Super Cub 70 from 1975 have a stable but low-power engine and an equally weak engine suspension. The solution: The Flex.
Custom Cub as a lowrider
As it is with the cut-off machines on scrap metal: A little more often falls away than planned. Especially with frames in pressed steel construction: the stuff is like weeds and has been connected to other important parts in the most impossible places. While Brian tears out the unloved middle section, he realizes: The swing arm has to go too. His plan to connect the fork and the rear with a drawn steel tube and also to build the downtube for the engine mount using the same material is complemented by a rigid rear suspension. Thanks to this flexible space, the new construction is not only significantly wider at the rear, but also significantly flatter at the front and a total of six centimeters longer. The fork must be adapted to this. Brian also widened the short swing construction by six centimeters.
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Tires have to be round and wide
With the hubs of a Yamaha Y 125 Z he rebuilds the rims. The rims grow to 17 inches in diameter and 3.5 and 4.5 inches in width at the rear. On the motorcycle rims he mounts Pirelli tires with a width of 120 at the front and 160 at the front. Not bad for a 70 cc sling from 1975. Equally befitting for significantly larger motorcycles: four-piston caliper at the front on a 300 mm disc, biting into a 260 mm disc at the rear with simple pistons.
One cylinder, two strokes, three times the displacement, four times the power
In the new space of the frame, a slightly larger engine hangs between the old engine mount at the rear and the new downtube with fork at the front. Brian swaps the 70s single from the Honda for the 250cc single cylinder from a Yamaha DT 250 MX. The two-stroke engine already produces a good 16 hp in the standard trim. With the open carburetor and the open exhaust pipe protruding forward, a few more horses should run here.
opinion poll
What do you think of custom conversions?
Voted 3674 times
Many are beautiful, but also impassable.
Better to leave it in its original condition.
Conclusion
It took Brian two years to build this ultra-hot part from an old Super Cub C70. Greatest respect for this achievement and dedication. In the end, all changes and parts on the Low Rider cannot be counted or listed, not to mention the wasted budget. No matter what this conversion cost – it was sensibly squandered and therefore absolutely necessary.
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