Anime2019Master
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So I have been riding 2 strokes a few years, now I'm considering trying my hand on a 4 stroke. The problem is I don't want a weak engine that can't do much better than my 2 stroke. My intention is to build a long distance bike, I tried a long trip on my 2 stroke, made it about 100 miles in 2 days before my drive sprocket teeth wore down and had to call it quits. Got it back up and running now, but still itching for that long distance trip, so I need to go to 4 stroke for reliability. Can I buy a 212cc from harbor freight and use it? I have a mag wheel with sprocket directly connected to the hub, so no worry about the torque ripping out my spokes. My question is can I just buy a conversion kit and would it fit? My concern is will a conversion kit work on any horizontal engine, or does the engine need to be specially converted to work with a conversion kit? I've been researching and it seems most 4 strokes have a 1" shaft, so going by that any 1" torque conversion kit would make it useable for a bike build, but I don't know enough about 4 strokes to confirm or deny, and information is hard to find.
has anyone used a standard 4 stroke engine, not one from a kit, for a bike, and if so, what, if any, modifications did you have to do to use it?
has anyone used a standard 4 stroke engine, not one from a kit, for a bike, and if so, what, if any, modifications did you have to do to use it?