Ghost racer 7g poor manufacturing

[darwin]

The HS 142f is a great lil motor and you can't beat the price. I've had 3 and would buy another in a heart beat if needed, especially when they're on sale. The vendor not standing behind the warranty is an issue separate from the quality of the motor in my book. Seems in this industry that's a huge issue. They make their money by volume sales and cut corners on service. Only thing I never do to a new engine is to avoid max revs for any length of time till it's broken in and have never had an issue. That includes new cars/MCs and such. Firm believer in changing oil when it's needed.........only real problem I've had with these is the carbs getting dirty. It's from the crappy 10% ethanol they put in there. Even my gas can needs cleaning every year. After about 4 mo you can see a gooey ring starting to form where the gas level is. Not the motors fault.

 

[KCvale]

The HS 142f is a great lil motor and you can't beat the price.
I've had 3 and would buy another in a heart beat if needed, especially when they're on sale.

Just to be clear the HS142F 49cc and HS144F 54cc engines come in 2 flavors...
One has a long 5/8" straight shaft that transfer cases like the 7G use...

And the 142F-1G short shaft with a clutch attached.
This is what the Stage III, 4G and new 10G use as their clutch bell/pulley is on a bearing supported shaft in the transfer case and not riding on an oilite bushing on the engine shaft.

10G's are coming soon ;-}

 

[dougsr.874]

NEVER BUY FROM GAS BIKES this is a case in point....all of the stage III's that I've built use the 5/8 keyed shaft.....I'm disappointed in the new 4G kit I just got....seems much lower quality...time will tell..

 

[KCvale]

I thought the stage 3's used that short shaft too, been awhile since I seen one.
Maybe it's the 5G, that one with a pair of non-adjustable chains?

I don't care for any transfer case that has the clutch bell riding on a bushing on the engine shaft, it don't take long for them to start sounding like one of them wind up monkeys with symbols having an epileptic seizure on crack ;-}

I like the 4G's and new 10G's, both have the clutch bell isolated in the TC on a bearing supported shaft, the new 10's just have a much friendlier freewheel output shaft with 9 and 10T sprockets.

 

[darwin]

Well for $129 for a brand new 49cc 4 stroke motor I'd take my chances with gasbike again. To me its just the nature of mabbing, if I can't keep it cheap then it isn't worth it to me. Keep in mind there's a difference between junk and cheap price. I've had nothing but good service from the HS 142f.