Four summers ago I got the cheapest 66cc kit I could get.
It served me well up in till the end of last summer when the engine completely totally died. Probably had 5,000 miles on it. The ring retaining pin came loose, ate the crap out of the wall. Limped it along for a few more days when finally the piston started hitting the head and pretty much destroyed the whole thing... So it sat under a snowbank all winter.
I really didn't have much issues with the thing, except the carb was a total POS. I modified a lawn mower carb to fit it....
So today I ordered a SkyHawk GT5 slanthead and the $20 "High Performance Carburetor, Gen B." Whatever that means... Hopefully better than the POS carb on my last engine.
Dragged the bike into my garage. Pulled off the old engine and cleaned all the grease, oil, etc off it. Ready for a new motor!!! Woo. I'm excited to have my MB back with gas prices going crazy.
I was going to go full custom build, but I already have all my custom parts for the HT engines.
One question though.. what exactly is the upgraded carb? haha. Does it have more than one jet for better tuning?
Anyway, here's a pic from years ago when I first got my MB build running
Waiting for shipping is going to kill me. hah. Also, I need to get a bigger tank, I think 2gal would be great. Not too bulky, but I could probably get over 200 miles out of it.
It served me well up in till the end of last summer when the engine completely totally died. Probably had 5,000 miles on it. The ring retaining pin came loose, ate the crap out of the wall. Limped it along for a few more days when finally the piston started hitting the head and pretty much destroyed the whole thing... So it sat under a snowbank all winter.
I really didn't have much issues with the thing, except the carb was a total POS. I modified a lawn mower carb to fit it....
So today I ordered a SkyHawk GT5 slanthead and the $20 "High Performance Carburetor, Gen B." Whatever that means... Hopefully better than the POS carb on my last engine.
Dragged the bike into my garage. Pulled off the old engine and cleaned all the grease, oil, etc off it. Ready for a new motor!!! Woo. I'm excited to have my MB back with gas prices going crazy.
I was going to go full custom build, but I already have all my custom parts for the HT engines.
One question though.. what exactly is the upgraded carb? haha. Does it have more than one jet for better tuning?
Anyway, here's a pic from years ago when I first got my MB build running
Waiting for shipping is going to kill me. hah. Also, I need to get a bigger tank, I think 2gal would be great. Not too bulky, but I could probably get over 200 miles out of it.
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