Has anyone bought one of these?

Ahhh, so your bike bears the "Mark of the Beast" then Jerry...lol.
Not my bike but a 4 speed freewheel I once built does.

 
I'm not sure gears would be worth the trouble. Could be that has enough power without. I just fear the chain being a weak link with a cassette. The drive chain on our china doll engines is bigger than a 1 speed chain for a reason.

If you'll read the thread I posted I address that issue as well. I personally use a Shimano HG-71 chain that was designed for ebikes. It's held up great for over 2 years now. So then, what becomes your biggest chain issue would be cross-chaining. By reducing the number of cogs you're using it'll reduce the lateral cross-chaining affect.

Bicycle's have the jumps between cogs close because even the best of human legs can't generate but about 1/3 hp. This is another reason I tell shift kit builders with higher hp engines to make the jumps larger between the gear ratios.

Just so you'll know the Late KC Vale built several china doll shifters. If you have a china doll that produces around 3 hp or so run it through an IGH. If it's one of those engines producing more than 5 hp run it through the bicycle gears and reduce the number of cogs as well as making the jumps between the cogs bigger.

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If you'll read the thread I posted I address that issue as well. I personally use a Shimano HG-71 chain that was designed for ebikes. It's held up great for over 2 years now. So then, what becomes your biggest chain issue would be cross-chaining. By reducing the number of cogs you're using it'll reduce the lateral cross-chaining affect.

Bicycle's have the jumps between cogs close because even the best of human legs can't generate but about 1/3 hp. This is another reason I tell shift kit builders with higher hp engines to make the jumps larger between the gear ratios.

Just so you'll know the Late KC Vale built several china doll shifters. If you have a china doll that produces around 3 hp or so run it through an IGH. If it's one of those engines producing more than 5 hp run it through the bicycle gears and reduce the number of cogs as well as making the jumps between the cogs bigger.

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There somewhat of a collectors item but suntour made 14 to 38 tooth 5 speed freewheels. Rivendale had Sensah make 12-55 tooth cassettes but you can really tinker with the tooth counts, number of speeds and so on with a cassette.
 
There somewhat of a collectors item but suntour made 14 to 38 tooth 5 speed freewheels. Rivendale had Sensah make 12-55 tooth cassettes but you can really tinker with the tooth counts, number of speeds and so on with a cassette.
I've found about the biggest jumps a derailleur can make is 6 teeth between cogs. I know some 7 speed freewheels do (34,24,22,20,18,16,14) but the 34 is riveted to the 24 it also makes the 34 prone to bending. With the smaller cogs a tooth count higher than 6 causes the chain to want to jump completely over the next cog when shifting to a higher gear.

I've actually tested the 4 speed freewheel (34,28,22,16) out I built and found it worked perfectly; shifting up or down.


Using a shift kit with a 44t drive sprocket and 34 chainring the reduction range for the 4 speed freewheel would be 30.67-14.32\1.
Using this freewheel with a 6 hp engine that could at least hit 8000 rpm on 29" wheels would give you a top speed of 48 mph. With the 30.67\1 first gear you'd be able to go up any hill with no problem at least 17 mph starting from a complete stop.
 

Wildcat Ultra Minarelli 6hp Race Engine


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Just curious if anyone ever bought one? I could build one myself of course, but this price seems almost too good to be true, for the full engine?

Don't these need a heavier duty clutch? Is it like 2x the power of a regular PK80 Wildcat kit? I must admit I am lusting after one! Looks like I'd need to purchase a reed valve to go with it. IDK if those can be run without one?

Anyway, very curious, mostly about this specific engine. Seems like to me this would maybe be worthy of all the hassle of a jackshaft and buying a Sturmley Archer internal 5 speed hub. I'd really feel like I was pushing it to run a cassette and derailleur with that much power, but a larger chain with an internal hub might work well!
I have just bought one and it comes with the reed valve already installed I'm waiting on it to get here. I'm also going with a centrifugal clutch and a pullstart. I already have this on their 100cc Runwell engine Love it also. I'm putting this one on a Schwinn Meridian tricycle also using a gold X- chain 20 it barely fits but it does work. For me anaway.
 
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