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Old 03-15-2009, 05:56 AM
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Check this video out that MB_Monkey posted YouTube - Beware of cheap engines - PK50 & PK80 assembly process
Look at the working conditions. They sit on the ground and make these little motors.No wonder they vibrate! LOL. Thank god I live in america!
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Old 03-15-2009, 08:30 AM
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Nice shop! (and hammer)
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Old 03-15-2009, 08:35 AM
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It's not just the PK engines....it's all of them, and all the other crap you buy from China.
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Old 03-15-2009, 10:36 AM
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What? Do you actually think there's this clean assembly line out there everyone wearing white and they have health insurance and 401k?
I look at it like this.
They are cutting corners to the EXTREME.
And out comes a running engine good for many miles if taken care of or if the metal was casted decent enough.
It's a miracle engine.
I gave mine a name.
It's name is MOOP.
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Old 03-15-2009, 11:04 AM
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Default Re: No wonder these motors are so cheap!

It's true ALL of the engines come from factories like that!! Not just the PK's...

I'm a little skeptical when someone posts a clip like that on YouTube saying that it's the "PK" factory. I would think it's another engine dealer trying to make the "PK's" look bad.

I don't use PK engines on my bikes anymore, But every PK that I built, ran great and seemed solid. IMHO
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Old 03-15-2009, 11:41 AM
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I have a PK 80 ready to go on my board tracker style bike. the 50 cc i use now on another bike is good. I think it is just luck if you get a good motor or a bad one! They are ALL built so inexpensive that it is like the lottery, win some lose some, but you can't win if you don't play! I am proud to live in AMERICA too Toker !
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Old 03-15-2009, 03:36 PM
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I saw that video before and it didn't say the PK. caption. I can't remember what it said but the caption has been changed...POPS
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Looks like a hundred other shops I've seen in the USA. Whats the problem?
I see an air compressor coil on the right, one guy sitting down working at vise and one guy at the bench.

It's not like they are made in Detroit by $60 hr union workers but they have a better shop than I do! I'm building in a spare bedroom half the time.

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Old 03-16-2009, 03:24 AM
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whats the problem how would you put the gear in toker? click your heals together 3 times? Whats your shop look like?

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Old 03-16-2009, 06:39 AM
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I'm not even going to respond to that!
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