Anyone ever used the Centrifugal Clutch Kit?

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Heres the link.


Zoombicycles Motor Bicycle Engine Kits - Addon - Centrifugal Clutch (5-3)

If you have, are they good quality? would you recommend them to anyone else?

Also, for the pull starts, i heard that the ropes always rip on them. do they work good after you replace the rope?

thanks,

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[mostyn56]

I have been using one of these kits for a couple of months now (direct from China). It's worked fine so far. On take-off, it can be a bit jerky if you try to open the throttle slowly; if you throttle up quicker the clutch engages sooner & therefore smoother. I think it just needs to bed-in a bit because it's a little better now than when it was new. It's nice to be able to stop without worrying about pulling in the clutch as well as rear brake. Also, travel quite slowly without all the pedalling to get going again. The biggest thing I've noticed, is my engine runs a lot quieter & smoother!! I can only assume that the clutch is acting like a flywheel as it's quite heavy. As for the pullstart, I love it! I start it & let the engine warm up while I put my gear on; then it's ready for some right hand action!!

I'm not sure why you have to cut the 3 clutch pins flush for; it's probably due to them rubbing on the new clutch cover. I had extra gaskets supplied with mine, so I put a couple extra behind the cover to prevent that happening. I didn't have any instructions at all, which didn't help!!

Overall very pleased with it, if i get problems I'll post it ASAP.

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Sounds like this would be prefect for my bike as it doesn't have peddles. I didn't want to order them if they weren't good but if yours has been working good, that makes me more confident to buy one. Thanks for replying!

Edit: Heres a pic of my bike.

[toytime]

Mostyn56... "The biggest thing I've noticed, is my engine runs a lot quieter & smoother!! I can only assume that the clutch is acting like a flywheel as it's quite heavy."

That alone may be worth thinking about!

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Ya it would be nice. I wonder if it would take power away though...

[toytime]

I don't think it would take power away. If anything the extra weight would keep things spinning because that is what a flywheel does, it helps smooth things out and gets a momentum going.

[Dan]

does it require wide cranks to accommodate the pull start?

[jasonh]

I think so. Or if your motor is mounted up high enough to clear the cranks (like mine, I could totally fit a pull start on there without wide cranks)

[unraw]

My bike doesn't have any peddles so that wouldn't be a problem.

[toytime]

Is there a reason you don't go with peddles? Cool looking bike by the way, looks good sitting in the snow.