Safety of the 212cc motorbike kits?
How safe are those 212cc kits that you can mount on a bike? I a have been thinking about getting a cheapie mountain bike with rear suspension. Brace the hell out of it, then go put dirt bike parts on it.... (Triple tree, real breaks, rims, tires, etc, etc) I don't see me being able to get a hawk (or any bike) anytime soon. (As in the next year) So if anyone can state how well those things can hold up with time, or has anyone made one of these kits?
Sincerely, John Doe |
I have seen a lot of 80cc bicycle motors but never 212cc??? Do you have a link?
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Pretty cool.
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Ps you may have saved me a bunch of money! |
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Years ago I build 5 of the 80cc (actually 66cc) engine kit bikes. They worked OK but I don't consider them safe. Bicycles are not made to go that fast. Three of my friends crashed, one seriously injured. Switched to reviving old Honda Cub type bikes, mostly Trail 90s, with new Lifan engines. Much safer.
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i know that people around here ride the smaller cc bikes and are always replacing rear rims because the drive sprocket runs off of the spokes that were never made to have torque on them ... if i were going to build one i would mount the engine over the rear tire and make/buy a unit that drives off of the rear tire, not the spokes
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I've ridden a few mainly the 66cc marketed as 80cc but a few bigger. Unless you do some serious stuff to them like Merlin has they are supper sketchy scary. The tires / rims and brakes seem to make the most difference but having a good suspension and drive train would be a big plus. I knew one nut who put one on a fixed gear. It did not last long.
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That would be kind of fun putting one of those bikes together. I would possibly try it if I wasn't on a steep hill with a highway to ride on to town.
In other words if I was in town I definitely would. |
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