Has your China Girl Motorized Bicycle ever over heated?

Dan

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There is a discussion going on elsewhere and I was wondering if any one has ever had a problem with a 2 stroke kit engine over heating and what happened.

I personally have never had a problem with it and am just curious.

 

Nashville Kat

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Re: Has your China Girl ever over heated?

Four years now- almost all in hot Florida- never had any overheating problems-

Maybe part of that is I'm ALWAYS killing the motor- I probably shut it off more than ANYONE- always at stoplights or any stop signs.

Yet I never go more than about six miles either- this summer I'm hoping to finally maybe take it all the way to the beach here- Across one of the big bridges here and 22 miles or more away-

so we'll see then for sure.

 

Dave31

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Re: Has your China Girl ever over heated?

Nine years in the Arizona desert and not once have I ever had a China girl overheat on me.

On some motors that I was experimenting on for racing purpose, yes I have. But never a stock china girl.

 

Desert Rat

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Re: Has your China Girl ever over heated?

Dave31 said:

Nine years in the Arizona desert and not once have I ever had a China girl overheat on me.

On some motors that I was experimenting on for racing purpose, yes I have. But never a stock china girl.

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5 years here but same thing, not once

 

2door

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Re: Has your China Girl ever over heated?

I just let my Opti-2 oil take care of it and keep riding.

Seriously, I've never experienced an overheat condition in five years of HT ownership. I've never had a catastrophic engine failure, never saw any evidence of heat related problems and Colorado's hilly environment can challenge most any engine, especially during our summers.

Overheat might be a condition that racers with highly modified engines being pushed to extremes need to be concerned with. The average rider, who is the majority, will probably never see those conditions.

Tom

 

The_Aleman

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Re: Has your China Girl ever over heated?

An engine with a "5" plug and an air leak can overheat under a load. So will an engine that's been idling too long.

"Myths" about chinagirls overheating aren't myths, it can happen under certain circumstances.

That said, a properly running engine with no air leaks that doesn't sit and idle for over a couple minutes shouldn't overheat.

 

Ilikeabikea

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Re: Has your China Girl ever over heated?

I've ridden on some really hot days and never had one overheat. I've had it idling for extended times on hot days with no overheating......

 

maniac57

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Re: Has your China Girl ever over heated?

Ilikeabikea said:

I've ridden on some really hot days and never had one overheat. I've had it idling for extended times on hot days with no overheating......

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most don't really even require airflow, just unobstructed fins.
The only air cooled two stroke overheating I've ever experienced was due entirely to mud on the engine. Been ring-dinging over 40 years.