Interested in trying a build

I disagree. the engines Cheez Fickenworth sells have noticeably better castings, larger transfer ports, and come with an o-ring preinstalled in the carburetor
I was referring to the generic kits, haven't seen a Cheez engine. I know that Mark Clyde Stewart has the new PK80's for $100 (engine only) they are supposed to be superior, better balanced engines.
 
Bummer for you.

$117 ebay full 2-stroke kit is like finding a new $50 iPhone.
Fake and/or junk.

Look at the engine.

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The whole damn thing was lacquered Black after it was assembled.
That is usually to hide case flaws, you know, factory rejects that they sold anyway.

You can cheap out early and learn your lesson, or just understand you can't build something reliable for under ~$550 with a good bike and end up spending more than that trying keep the turd running even with constant breakdowns until you give up.

Just a tip as I see one in here for repair every week or so and have to break the bad news they bought a turd.
 
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I like a black motor, but I worked on one of those in the pic a week or so ago - note the undersized head on it, the large base spark plug they had in it rubbed on the fins so badly that one could not get a plug wrench on it - once I got it out, it took a smaller base plug OK. It also came with a speed carb with soft plastic petcock on side of carb that in this case would not flow any fuel until I drilled it out a bit and the short intake hid the carb drain behind the drive cover so I couldn't open the drain to check flow.

all-in-all I would never recommend that kit
 
I disagree. the engines Cheez Fickenworth sells have noticeably better castings, larger transfer ports, and come with an o-ring preinstalled in the carburetor

I don't believe in o-rings (unless one has a CNS carb which I don't like) - but would like to see more info on his kits - hoping he gets a web page or ebay store sometime soon.
 
Bummer for you. You can cheap out early and learn your lesson, or just understand you can't build something reliable for under ~$550 with a good bike and end up spending more than that trying keep the turd running even with constant breakdowns until you give up.
The exact point I was making on another post, that you panned; so it takes at least $550 for a decent build, your words, a complete GEBE system only costs $100 more than that, that's brand new from golden-eagle (USA and Japanese quality built system), will out last cheap chinese copies by 1000's of miles (even if bought used), and will have 1/4 the headaches.
 
I'd agree with both of you. My first build was an inexpensive build, already had an old bike. Put maybe $150.00 into it. My 2nd build maybe a $1,000ish and got a used bike for less than half price. You'd have to go hog wild to bust two grand, unless you were doing a custom job. Shouldn't focus on the costs if your building one for yourself. Life's too short.
 
I was referring to the generic kits, haven't seen a Cheez engine. I know that Mark Clyde Stewart has the new PK80's for $100 (engine only) they are supposed to be superior, better balanced engines.

they're GT5s. Cheez is the one selling the PK80s
 
If what you guys are saying is true then there must be a lot of disinformation in the motorized bike community, I read around and everyone said the chinese 2 strokes are the same as any kit on other sites.. is that wrong.. where can you buy a higher quality kit?
 
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