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Website: https://www.californiamotorbikes.com/
Products: 2 Stroke and 4 Stroke Engines, Complete Motorized Bicycles, Spare Parts for Motorized Bicycles
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i ordered from california motor bikes and got my engine with bent cdi screw and the kit was missing alot of bolts i had to buy myself locally and it was packaged in ripped up cardboard boxes will not order from them again found a better supplier bikeberry and kmb motors are much better for shipping came with plastic bags full of air and engine and gearbox and stuff where in there own boxes inside a bigger box much better
Bikeberry isnt any better
 
I only use genuine EPA Legal Skyhawk kits, and their are only a couple of dealers in the US, I use
http://www.bicycle-engines.com/

The extra ~$35 you pay upfront for quality parts beats the heck out of the frustration, time, and way more money repairing a cheap POS kit.

They are fun for the home tinkerer, a cheap way to learn about them and turn wrench's (uggh uggh).

But not in local business, warranty work is a business killer.
I don't want to see a finished build back until it's time for a tune up.
A tune up for me means doing the same things we do before a new bike goes out, check everything.

I get more repeat business than warranty free repairs if that tells you anything about using good parts to start with.

The question for you to ask yourself is which is more important...
Reliability or Initial Cost?
 
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I only use genuine EPA Legal Skyhawk kits, and their are only a couple of dealers in the US, I use
http://www.bicycle-engines.com/

The extra ~$35 you pay upfront for quality parts beats the heck out of the frustration, time, and way more money repairing a cheap POS kit.

They are fun for the home tinkerer, a cheap way to learn about them and turn wrench's (uggh uggh).

But not in local business, warranty work is a business killer.
I don't want to see a finished build back until it's time for a tune up.
A tune up for me means doing the same things we do before a new bike goes out, check everything.

I get more repeat business than warranty free repairs if that tells you anything about using good parts to start with.

The question for you to ask yourself is which is more important...
Reliability or Initial Cost?
To my knowledge all of these 2 stroke engines come from the same company in China they are 2 strokes there for they will not pass any epa emissions i have one of the little engine's had it for about 3 years now trouble free only thing i did was retourqe head bolts 3 times to 13 ft lbs i also have a whizzer and its been nothing but a pain the ne5 engine that comes from Taiwan is junk joe lin is full of it. Ride em till the wheeles fall off majicfingers
 
To my knowledge all of these 2 stroke engines come from the same company in China.
Allow me to educate you...
There are hundreds of factories in China that have the machines to build most any type of engine, and it's the Factory your engine comes from that matters.

The best I have found for our engines is the Yang Dong factory, they do high quality work with quality materials.
A big customer of theirs is Don Grube, the man behind Grubee and where the Skyhawk GT5 2-stroke engines are built under his supervision.

There are of course dozens of other factories that build knocks-offs as cheap they can, and dozens of people that buy a bunch and open a business.
Dandy for them, sucky for you.

...they are 2 strokes there for they will not pass any epa emissions
And the lesson continues..
Of course a 2-stroke engine can pass emissions, they are everywhere!
The thing is, it's around 30K to get the engine tested and certified plus a bunch more fed red tape to do.

A couple years back they tightened the rules even more.
You now that stupid little heat shield on skyhawk exhaust pipes?
That is one example of what the EPA wanted to approve them.

Anyway, as a business man I don't dick with the kid that bought 50 kits of who knows where, and like everything else I do, I just go with the best I know of all the time.

Hopefully that will educate you a bit about the reality of 2-stroke engine ;-}
 
I ordered my motors on December the 10th the clerk told me they forgot to ship. Received the motors on December 23rd. I am pleased with the look of new motors it's the first time 10aCebikes has used their motors so stay tuned for update. Overall very happy with these motors great looking product.
Carol Sutton / Jody Bennett II
Owners of 10aCebikes
 
I bought their 80cc engine kit with bike. If I realized the bike was shipped separately from the huffy factory I would have saved some time and went to Walmart and bought the same bike preassembled.
I had to modify the coaster brake arm in order to fit around the 44 tooth gear for the engine chain, and the bike eventually fell apart. (NOT the fault of the engine seller).
The engine went on to be attached to 2 other bikes and never had any issues with the engine. It was still running when I gave it away about a year later. The exhaust vibrated loose several times, but some thread lock probably would have prevented that.
Overall I was pretty happy with the experience.
Oh, I had to replace the electronics twice when I got caught in unexpected torrential Texas downpours, but I blame myself for that.
By the way, don't use 700c (or whatever they are called. "Hybrid" bike style) wheels. The warp VERY quickly.
 

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Are you sure it's not the huffy wheel that's warping rather than the size that's an issue. Not saying larger wheels aren't more prone to warping but I've built on 29ers before with a rag joint and hadn't developed a problem with warps.

If you can help it don't buy an entire bike online unless you are really getting a deal AFTER shipping.
 
I rode the huffy until the coaster brake (which I had to modify in order to get clearance from the bolt on 44 tooth gear) came loose from the frame, spun around and bent the mounting bracket the wheel bolts into. Then I put it on a 700c Roadmaster something or other and the rear wheel would warp after 2 or 3 trips to work (about 90 miles) and I would need to take the wheel off and adjust the spokes and get it round again. Got tired of doing that and bought a 29" Roadmaster mountain bike and a cheapo Walmart kid trailer and set of on a long road trip. Day 3 I broke enough spokes the wheel collapsed, got a ride to a bike repair shop and had him rebuild the wheel with 12 guage stainless steel spokes. Snapped em the next day.
Traded the bike to a very kind hippy in Texas who let me recover from the wreck at his house for a few days and gave me a ride (like 120 miles) to the closest greyhound to get home on.
 
I was thinking about ordering, because of the one piece balanced crankshaft,
read the reviews on their site, which seemed to be Chinese to English translations. Which, is why I searched for other reviews, unlike most sites they don't have any "ad reviewer rating" which makes me think even more those site reviews they have are the owners own comments, especially since the same wording is used to describe the superiority of their product. lmao. so WHO should I buy a kit from ? please help....
 
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