Buying my first Kit today

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Asurfer3345

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Hey everyone, im 100% new to this and have never joined a forum until now. I live in Huntington Beach Ca,. My rod bearing in my Car is shot so i need another form of transportation for school and so on. I have always wanted one of these so if anyone has any pointers for me that would be great. Thanks
 
Welcome to the forum! You picked a good 'un fer yer first w/o a doubt, it's one of the friendliest and most helpful of all I've tried ;)

I hope you forgive my laziness, I just posted this for another new to MBs - so I hope you don't mind if I just cut&paste it here to save some typing lol;

ThatsDax: bicycle engine kit, bike engine, bicycle engine, bicycle motor is one of the best for customer service I've ever heard of! I'd get my motor kit from him if I were you :) Spooky Tooth: Spooky Tooth Cycles and BikeBerry: Wholesale Beach Cruisers, Chopper, Mountain, Road, Tandem, BMX FreeStle and Bicycle Engine Kits - BikeBerry.com are favorites of mine, they've treated me very well.

Yeah - and a lil "heads up" that I wish I had known lol

The motor will most likely run like **** for the first 100-200 miles, other than gently torquing all fasteners and making sure you don't have any air leaks - don't worry about it, the rings haven't seated yet - it'll be a completely different engine once it's broken in.

Also - the "instructions" (such as they are lol) recommend 16:1 - 20:1 mix for your break in. This is excessive and is prolly because of the cheap 2stroke oil/motor oils they use in China - I'd recommend anywhere from 24:1 - 32:1 (depending on courage/engine response) with a quality (but nonsynthetic) 2stroke oil, then once it's broken in (may take up to 300mi) you can switch to a synthetic if ya want ;)

I suppose the biggest thing is get Jim's sprocket adapter: SPROCKET ADAPTER - that is by far the biggest problem w/these bikes. The second biggest is the tensoner, advice can be found here;
http://motorbicycling.com/f11/chain-tensioner-suggestions-11815.html
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and last but by no means least, here's some dang good readin';
http://motorbicycling.com/f30/guide-bicycle-motor-preparation-care-354.html

While circumstance may have "forced" you to MBs - you'll find it's so much fun you'll be addicted in short order lol :D
 
Welcome aboard...Barely Awake is right very friendly forum we have here...Dax is one of the few vendors who frequents this place wish I had bought my kit from him...my next one most likely will come from him. He's been in business over 20 years really knows and supports his stuff! 4 stroke is better but since you are in the same boat I am in I assume price is a factor. Another factor is if they ship to Ca. Here's the link bicycle engine kit, bike engine, bicycle engine, bicycle motor
 
i'm in Costa Mesa. don't forget to wave at all the cops. i've never had a problem with them yet.
 
Hey barely awake thanks for all that info and everyone else i appreciate all the advice. HAHHA and bairco, good looking out!
 
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