yeah to sum it up ,basically these engines are all about the same.
No matter who you buy ut from, it's a **** shoot.
you may get a good one, you may get a bad one, it;s just the luck of the draw.
I too have bought engine kits off e-bay (4 so far) and I have not had one bit of trouble out of any of them. sometimes the thing about buying from a big name dealer v.s. e-bay is that you give up customer service for a lower price when buying off e-bay.
But as long as you get a good one right out of the box, you'll be ok.
they are easy enough and cheap enough to fix that to me, it;s no big deal to work on them
But in the other context, when you buy somethign brand new you expect it to work and be good right out of the box, so when someone gets a bad one, i can understand their frustration. And then if you get a vendor who will not stand behind what they sell, it makes it all the more frustrating.
so really there's no way to say "yes, buy this one" or "No, don't buy that one."
it's just a roll of the dice and it depends on how much money you want to spend.
the sellers / vendors do not manufacture any of these 2 stroke engines, they are just drop shippers / distributors.
the first engine kit I bought off e-ab was about 4 years ago, and it was $115.00 total for the whole kit AND shipping.
prices have gone up quite a bit over the past couple of years, but you can still get engine kits fairly cheap if you shop around.
In my opinion these were really made as toys or a novelty, not to be daily transportation....they just won't last that long or take the abuse of every day commuting for very long.
true some people do use them for every day transportation but these are the ones who have the most problems and have stuff breaking all the time.
