Opinions?

[JunkyardDog]

What do you think of this? http://www.bikeberry.com/motorized-bicycles-diy/bbr-tuning-complete-motor-read-bicycle-white.html Seems like an easy way to build a motorized bike without having to rig things. It already had a built in gas tank, disc brakes, and mag wheels. And it is supposed to be designed as a perfect fit for the Chinese 2 stroke engine kits.

 

[Steve Best]

Nice, but $549 more than I paid for my lightly use mountain bike.
I do like the built in tanks better than the add on peanut tank.
You still have to rig clutch, throttle and sprocket. Still need a full instalation kit.
Not a lot of gain I'd think.

I think you'd be better to buy a lightly used high quality bike. Still, I like the built in tank.

Steve

 

[Cory Bailey]

If you have the cash then that's badass. But for that price you could buy a used dirt bike and do twice the stuff that could. I put mine on a beach cruiser from Wal-Mart

 

[FurryOnTheInside]

Who the hell are BBR Tuning you ask? A Northamptonshire based tuning company that worked on the Mazda MX-5 I suppose there's no point trying to be original anymore with only 26 letters in the alphabet..

Still,
at least the fork is top quality! Made by that well known manufacturer "suspension"
Ooh and alloy wheels that you can never true and have no give to help them resist impacts; but who needs that when it's a great trusted wheelset brand like "Mag".
Brake made by that trustworthy old brand "disc". The real (think they meant rear) brake is a v brake aka direct/linear pull cantilever but they call it a caliper and couldn't be bothered putting the boot on properly for the picture or setting the saddle at a reasonable angle for a human...
One piece crank on an adult bike.. Ohh!
Plastic pedals.. Mmm

Hang on a minute!
I'm starting to think these are all no-name cheapest cheapie cheapo parts I can get off fleabay for peanuts but wouldn't, attached to a frame that can leak fuel if I crash because it has the fuel tank as a part of the structure. Great!
AND I can't strap my fishing rods to the top tube. That'll save me much wasted time and money!


Sorry. I'm glad there's no rule against sarcasm here, lol.

 

[butre]

nothing wrong with plastic pedals. have you ever dug a metal pedal into the asphalt? it's nasty. the asphalt just grinds away the plastic pedal with no drama.

 

[FurryOnTheInside]

I have. Only smashing about on the bmx or sliding out and going down on the road, though. All my pedals have big scrapes on the end, that's why I mostly switched to silver pedals.
I have nothing against composite body pedals like Nukeproof Electron Evo. It's just the Alibaba/Walmart (and OEM pedals that you get on new low & mid level bikes if you keep them on, but they are on there just as a courtesy so you can test ride the bike).
On this bike they cannot be replaced with decent pedals until you replace the crank. I feel like they are on there to make it appear they are giving you more for the $599 than they really are.
Which was my original point. I think their business plan was
1: Get an un-original name.
2: Get an Alibaba account and some crap.
3: Profit!