Here's a short comparison of 2 engine kits I did a while back. The two engines are a 48cc round head from Simpsonmotoredbikes.com and a 70cc from ThatsDax.
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I got my Dax 70cc kit today for the new bike...WOOOO HOOOO!!! First impression was mixed. Some good things in the kit and some not so good things.
My first Grubee 48cc round head kit came from Motorbikemike (Simpsonmotorbikes.com) and I was pleased with it.
Mike's kit came without a fuel line or a fuel filter...Dax's kit came with them.
Mike's kit came with the beefy motor mounts...Dax's kit has the wimpy stamped steel ones.
Mike's kit came with extra, long mounting studs and mounting blocks...Dax's kit had 1 extra mounting block and no extra, long studs.
Mike's kit comes with the nice plastic throttle with the built in kill switch...Dax's come with an aluminum throttle (which has a throttle body sized for a 7 year old's hand) and the seperate cheesy kill switch.
Dax's kit comes with a better engineered air cleaner...Mike's has an older style that just happened to break on me 2 days ago (going to have to do the beer can treatment)
Dax's kit comes with the heavy duty chain...Mike's does not (could be because Mike's was a 48cc)
Dax's kit came with a matching grip for the non-throttle side...Mike's had no matching grip.
Other than those thing, the kits had pretty much identical items, i.e., chainguide, chainguard, tank, petcock, tool kit, instruction manual, etc.
I am very excited to try out the new roller bearing kit from Dax and I hope it treats me to miles of "bug it teeth" grins! More to come as the project takes form.
Dan
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The instruction book from Mike Simpson was much more informitive than Dax's and if you want to see the whole review thread on a different forum, I can PM you the link
The 48cc was $325 (I think) and the Dax kit was only $225...that's with shipping.