Ok this is an honest unbiased fact report on this motor only, as I didn't buy the whole kit. But I'm sure that the throttle and the gas tank and all that kind of stuff is standard issue.
Though the ported cylinder , windowed piston and the balanced crank are good, every other component on it is "factory second" quality.
The bolts are decent, but the nuts and washers are garbage.
The gaskets are ok.
The oz mag and magnet clone seem fit. Time will tell..
The clutch pads are GARBAGE. When I went to remove them, they just fell apart and had no compaction to them at all.
The reed box is crap as is it's hardware, reeds seem ok.
The carburetor is crappy poorly made clone mz style.
The oil seals were lower quality than what I'm used to seeing even on a budget motor and he has the cheaper bearings open on both sides, when what he should have is a sealed bearing on one side next to the oil seal.
If you have the mechanical inclination and money to dump into it to replace all the cheap ass cheesy parts then I say give it a try.
But don't buy this motor and think you're just going to slap it on the bike and head to the races because the way that the bike is modified it will very quickly overpower all of the cheap and cheesy components around it causing it to have catastrophic breakdown before 500 Miles.
I'm changing out the oil seals the bearings the clutch pads the carburetor and Reed box and cylinder head, the only thing that's going to stay the same is the case, cylinder, rings and piston.
My mz65 pipe is coming tomorrow so I will be able to give a review on how well it runs after it gets here.
I think if I were to buy this again I would just buy the ported cylinder and and bottom end and buy all of the rest of the parts elsewhere.
Though I do have to give Zane his props for his friendly prompt answers..
The rest of the review will come when I have the bike assembled.
To be continued...
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