Best motor for the fat man?

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ampliflyer

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Hi All,
I'm 6'3" 240lbs I am interested in buying the best most dependable kit for my size?
Anyone with staton drive experience that is the one that looks the best to me.
Thanks in advance!
 


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HoughMade

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Hey- you aren't fat, just big- at least I hope so...I'm 6'3" and close to that weight as well.

As for the engine, I have a frame mount, not a rack, but I have a Honda GXH50 and it pulls me around great. The Dax Titan is a similar engine (similar, not identical). I know Roy Carpenter on this site is a big guy- I know he rides a GEBE, but I don't remember what engine he has. See if you can look him up.

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Just found it- Roy has a Golden Eagle setup with a Robin Subary 35cc engine, I believe.
 
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I've got a Mitsubishi TLE43 with a Staton Friction drive. It pulls me just fine, and I'm over 300 pounds. A chain drive system is even more efficient. So you could probably get away with a half HP less & go with the Robbins-Suburu. Or, get an engineless kit and external tank from staton, and get the TLE43 from Vizamotors
 
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ampliflyer

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Thanks for the replies!
I'm looking at the staton gear and chain drive with the 4 cycle robins-subaru
@1.6hp.
The difference in price for the engineless kit is less than $90.00.
I already have a Tanaka 2 stroke 33.5cc and a 52cc chinese pocketbike motor but I like the idea of the mild mannered 4 stroke and for the difference in price I thought I might go ahead with the Robin-Subaru at the kit price and then I could try all 3 and possibly sell the less than perfect (but still good) others to recoup some of my cost?
 
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The honda gx 50 is about as big as you can get before legally in most states your riding a moped [motorcycle]. 1 of the huge reasons a mab is so apealling to me is no tags, ins or license. I weigh 215 lbs and I was afraid a 35cc wouldnt be powerful enough but from reading here I think I was mistaken. Anyways the gx50 should be just right and if it has too much power hey theres always just half throttle!
 
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