Hey y'all,
I'm new here, and I just posted my "hello" message on the Introduce yourself forum....anyway....
This year I'm going to be traveling around the country by motorized bicycle, on tour playing music (I did the same thing last year with non-motorized bicycle and train). I don't yet have a bicycle motor and I'm trying to decide which one to buy.
On this tour I'll often be covering between 100 and 200 miles in a day, and I imagine I'll probably have covered a total of between 7,000 and 10,000 miles by the time the year is through. I'll be hauling a trailer with about 100 pounds worth of gear, and I'll definitely be encountering lots of very hilly terrain along the way.
I've researched all over the internet and read these forums like crazy, and thanks largely to these forums I've narrowed it down to two choices: the PF-4000 40cc Tanaka PureFire 2-Stroke or the EHO35 35cc Robin/Subaru Mini-4 4-stroke. Both of these, of course, are sold by Golden Eagle and on display at http://www.bikeengines.com/info.htm
So, um, my question of anyone who's got an opinion is: are those two good choices for what I'm doing, and, of the two, which do you think would be the better choice?
I'm heavily leaning towards the 4-stroke, mainly because it gets the best gas mileage. The only thing that makes me hesitate is I once read a posting on these forums saying that 2-strokes can run all day but with 4-strokes you have to take breaks. Is actually this the case, and if so, how much "resting" will be necessary? For what I'm doing, would I be better off going with a 2-stroke or a 4-stroke?
Many many thanks for reading this, and many many more thanks in advance to anyone who can give me any kind of opinion on this!
I'm new here, and I just posted my "hello" message on the Introduce yourself forum....anyway....
This year I'm going to be traveling around the country by motorized bicycle, on tour playing music (I did the same thing last year with non-motorized bicycle and train). I don't yet have a bicycle motor and I'm trying to decide which one to buy.
On this tour I'll often be covering between 100 and 200 miles in a day, and I imagine I'll probably have covered a total of between 7,000 and 10,000 miles by the time the year is through. I'll be hauling a trailer with about 100 pounds worth of gear, and I'll definitely be encountering lots of very hilly terrain along the way.
I've researched all over the internet and read these forums like crazy, and thanks largely to these forums I've narrowed it down to two choices: the PF-4000 40cc Tanaka PureFire 2-Stroke or the EHO35 35cc Robin/Subaru Mini-4 4-stroke. Both of these, of course, are sold by Golden Eagle and on display at http://www.bikeengines.com/info.htm
So, um, my question of anyone who's got an opinion is: are those two good choices for what I'm doing, and, of the two, which do you think would be the better choice?
I'm heavily leaning towards the 4-stroke, mainly because it gets the best gas mileage. The only thing that makes me hesitate is I once read a posting on these forums saying that 2-strokes can run all day but with 4-strokes you have to take breaks. Is actually this the case, and if so, how much "resting" will be necessary? For what I'm doing, would I be better off going with a 2-stroke or a 4-stroke?
Many many thanks for reading this, and many many more thanks in advance to anyone who can give me any kind of opinion on this!