looking for engine for bicycle.. NEW here.

HI all
getting tired of this wild gas price, bet my truck takes 10 mile gallon. I only drive 4.5 mile to work. time to put out the bike? am looking at an engine to put on my bike, yeah I have hills that would bet me. am in Omaha Nebraska. any one from Nebraska?

any thoughts what kind engine would I want buy? am over 200lb but not OVER 250.......!

what think of this engine? Bad Boy 80cc. any thing better?
if you need know kind bike I have I will find that out.

steve

It depends on your mechanical skills and budget.

If you are a tinkerer with a low budget then go 80 cc China girl frame mount. They can be reliable, but it takes a learning curve and time to get there. I still think these are the most configurable and tunable.

You can also check out the 4 stroke frame mount. Some of those are looking nice, but are more expensive.

I'm not a rack mount kind of guy.

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here's pic of my bike, yeah have good mechanical skills to do anything..

any thoughts what kind engine should I get?

I would get a good 80cc kit which really is a 70cc (67cc) from a good guy like thatsdax.com. But that's just me. It's a great starting point. It will fit fine on that frame.

Once you get it up and running you can seek the extras....like the need for speed....and gears.....

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yeah I just send thatsdax an e mail, will see..

You might want to check out ebay as well. Not sure one bike 2 stroke is a lot different from another frankly.

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that'sdax is on ebay and you can usually get a kit from him there a bit cheaper if you have some patients.

dacscommm is his ebay I.D.

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It depends on what you want from the machine in some ways...

If you think about it even if you are doing 4.5 miles both ways you are looking at 25 miles a week and thats just to work - let alone any other rides and other use.

The Dax and other similar type of frame mounts will do this without problem - but given that they are non commercial engines (aka not built by someone like Honda or similar) they can be more maintainence hungry and although unlikely to happen they are more likely to fail and leave you in the lurch than the commercial based kits. This is not to be critical of the chengine/frame mount engines, its a fact because of their type.

The rack mount engines such as the Stanton and GEBE have one advantage that they use commercial motors - and in the case of the GEBE belt drive with variable gears, the former uses a chain drive with optional gearbox. they are more expensive but then as the saying goes you get what you pay for..

I have had two GEBEs (one was stolen) and I have had no problems whatsover. I dont baby them and they havent missed a beat.

The choice is really frame mount if you like to tinker and maintain and for a reasonable price - or GEBE/Stanton etc if you just want a point and squirt machine but at a higher price point...

Welcome to the forum

Jemma xx

I agree totally with the statements above about the china girl bike, but I have no experience with the name brand kits.

I would add this in defense of the China kit, the maintenance is simple and there are no elaborate tools involved. With a kit costing a buck and a half, I was willing to do the minor screw tightening and chain messin' that I would never do with a five hundred dollar kit.

I think with most people, not all by any means but most, the initial buy in price is a big factor in the decision. "Is this really a feasible plan, let me test it before I sink half a grand in it." was my initial thinking. After having owned, and been humiliated by the China Girl kit, I would say "It ain't for everybody."

I wouldn't buy a name brand kit now if I was rolling in money. I am tinkering with even less suitable engines at the moment, but that is me.

As to advice on which engine I would say this, If you know you are really going to stay with the bike, If you do not have a place to tighten a bolt, If the idea of grease on your hands puts you in a panic, if your wife/husband will make you take your clothes off outside, if they smell of gas, then you might want to stay away from the china girl bikes.

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I have built two bullet proof frame mount kits....gotta spend about 12-16 hours instead of 6 putting it together, but the frame mounts an be made stone reliable too.

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