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BGF has hongdu solex clones/ review RUN AWAY
Discussion at Motorized Bicycle Engine Kit Forum in the 2 Stroke Bicycle Engines & Kits forum. Motorbiker $169 for a friction kit????? You said a 43cc motor, was it the mitsubishi? Details please, I see you ...  | | 
10-23-2009, 04:46 PM
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| |  Re: BGF has hongdu solex clones/ review RUN AWAY
Motorbiker $169 for a friction kit????? You said a 43cc motor, was it the mitsubishi? Details please, I see you said they sold out but Im curious. |
10-23-2009, 05:24 PM
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Ive never done business with this vendor but Ive seen it many times where success can make an owner lose sight of the small things like customer service and it can be fatal to a business. A business is only as good as the folks running it, if they dont care that trickles down through the empoyees attitudes. You can take 2 different auto shops of the same franchise and 1 can be a ripoff just due to a manager not caring about quality work or the customer, just caring about the bottom line. While the other shop will have a great word of mouth rep due to the managers hands on approach to quality work and customer service. A good manager wont put up with bs customer service from employees. |
10-23-2009, 05:34 PM
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| | Re: BGF has hongdu solex clones/ review RUN AWAY
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Originally Posted by bandito  Motorbiker $169 for a friction kit????? You said a 43cc motor, was it the mitsubishi? Details please, I see you said they sold out but Im curious. | China clone motor but it runs great ! Came with the tank too. Yes $169 shipped. Bought it on eBay.
It came 5 days after I paid for it. He lists a lot of different stuff. You have to watch.  |
10-23-2009, 05:57 PM
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| | Re: BGF has hongdu solex clones/ review RUN AWAY
Excellent buy MB and 43cc with a lil giddyup. I like that big tank too. |
10-25-2009, 07:24 PM
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| | BGF has hongdu solex clones/ review revisited/ photos
After a few emails, rick at bgf offered to exchange or refund the kit. my main concern with the engine, the flywheel wobble may have been due to poor assembly. I removed the nut ,tapped it gently true and re-torqued. now seems ok but have yet to pull the flywheel. I would rather just replace the damaged fuel tank, missing airfilter and side cowl clip than spend the time and money shipping the whole kit back. while it does not equal the original solex engines I own, other than the above problems it is serviceable. the only poor casting found so far is the magneto base. unfortunately I dont have a bike set up to run it now, maybe next week. fwiw Joe
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11-04-2009, 09:19 AM
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| | Re: BGF has hongdu solex clones/ review RUN AWAY
I am giving this kit some thought, please let me know the performance characteristics when you have it up and running. thanks |
11-06-2009, 04:00 PM
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i will never buy from boygofast again. My kit was missing stuff, broken clutch lever missing the bracket and nutts for the gas tank, the kit I ordered said black exhaust, i recieved a chrome one. But the worse things were that almost all the screws holding everything together were stripped, yeah right, fresh out of the box with stripped screws. and the woodruff key holding the little gear was all @*&^ed up. spent like a week fixing that. No doubt i will not buy from bgf again. -Tim |
11-09-2009, 12:51 AM
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| | Re: BGF has hongdu solex clones/ review RUN AWAY
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Originally Posted by GraingerDoodTim i will never buy from boygofast again. My kit was missing stuff, broken clutch lever missing the bracket and nutts for the gas tank, the kit I ordered said black exhaust, i recieved a chrome one. But the worse things were that almost all the screws holding everything together were stripped, yeah right, fresh out of the box with stripped screws. and the woodruff key holding the little gear was all @*&^ed up. spent like a week fixing that. No doubt i will not buy from bgf again. -Tim | Its like they say,its a crap shoot when buying a china girl....I bought a replacement engine from BGF and its GREAT....I have over 250 miles on it and its running nicely....No problems at all.... 
John-John
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11-09-2009, 08:23 AM
|  | Godfather of Motorized Bicycles | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ashtabula county, Ohio
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| | Re: BGF has hongdu solex clones/ review RUN AWAY
Fo'sho'! Let's keep this thread about the Hongdu Solex clone, not BGF service/lack of service.
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11-10-2009, 12:36 PM
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| | Re: BGF has hongdu solex clones/ review RUN AWAY
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Originally Posted by Bikeguy Joe Fo'sho'! Let's keep this thread about the Hongdu Solex clone, not BGF service/lack of service. | How ? ? ? I don't think anyone else sells them ?
It looks like if someone wants one they will have to put up with the WalMart type quality and business style that is becoming so common.
Want to hear about my business dealings with WalMart concerning the converter box I bought from them ? Very BGF business style.
Last edited by motorbiker : 11-10-2009 at 12:46 PM.
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