motorbikemike45
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I'm new to this site, but I've built two motorbikes. Both are Staton kits, one friction drive and one chain drive. Both use the Subaru Robin 33.5cc engine. I have over 2,000 miles on the friction drive bike and had about 3,000 miles on the chain drive bike before I sold it. The friction drive bike is a Schwinn Jaguar seven speed recreation bike I've had for five years with absolutely no problems. The chain drive bike was a mountain bike with full suspension and I had to limit the gears to the back seven as I used a twist throttle and couldn't mount the shifter for the front derailieur proprely. With the engine I didn't need all the gears anyway. Heh. I altered the Staton kit quite a lot on the mountain bike, not because it didn't work well, I just love to tinker. I loved the chain drive set up on the full suspension bike for the smooth ride and the good speed (30+mph), it was like a small motorcycle to ride. The only reason I sold it was because my neighbor kept bugging me to buy it and raising the ante. The ride on the jaguar with no suspension was rough at speed, but a springer seat and seat post has made it much better.
