sparky
Active Member
I've got a few problems with the folding bike I received from http://www.fiveflagsmotorbikes.com
I will post pictures soon, but for now... the [many] problems are:
(1) the plastic gas cap leaks from the threads & also thru a pinhole in the middle of the cap; a guy from the auto parts store said that silicone won't work with gas, but cork would... I bought the cork and some kind of adhesive that said it would work on gas cans, but I'm unsure how much I'd like to seal it due to Large's problems with an air tight tank & esp. considering my tank is plastic while most people have problems with the metal ones.
(2) the killswitch doesn't work (even a replacement killswitch didn't work); either the switches are for looks or perhaps the wires to the engine aren't connected properly... what are they supposed to go to?
(3) also, when I cut the choke off, the engine keeps running now (didn't do that for the first coupla days)... is this from idling too high? and since the only way for me to cut the engine off is to take off the spark plug wire... will this harm my engine?
(4) the air filter inside this engine is a joke; i'll prolly need to post pics so you guys can see what I really need... but is there some kind of quality flat cloth to use for custom air filters?
(5) the front pedal sprocket is wayyy too small. I will need at least 44t instead of 36t. I could even stand some more teeth (up to a 50t) if they made 'em; my real problem with this is that a guy at my bike shop said I couldn't put a regular 3-piece sprocket on my current crank because the current sprocket is riveted onto the crank. I'll prolly end up buying a whole new 44t 3-piece crank, but I found a rare 45t sprocket I really wanted to use for numerous reasons & the bike guy said it wouldn't work even if I bought another crank. I don't see why not.
(6) plastic twist grip throttle blows; i at least know how to fix this, by buying a left-hand BMX brake lever & cutting a bit off the end, then putting it on the right front side of the handlebars to be used as a thumb throttle lever.
I will post pictures soon, but for now... the [many] problems are:
(1) the plastic gas cap leaks from the threads & also thru a pinhole in the middle of the cap; a guy from the auto parts store said that silicone won't work with gas, but cork would... I bought the cork and some kind of adhesive that said it would work on gas cans, but I'm unsure how much I'd like to seal it due to Large's problems with an air tight tank & esp. considering my tank is plastic while most people have problems with the metal ones.
(2) the killswitch doesn't work (even a replacement killswitch didn't work); either the switches are for looks or perhaps the wires to the engine aren't connected properly... what are they supposed to go to?
(3) also, when I cut the choke off, the engine keeps running now (didn't do that for the first coupla days)... is this from idling too high? and since the only way for me to cut the engine off is to take off the spark plug wire... will this harm my engine?
(4) the air filter inside this engine is a joke; i'll prolly need to post pics so you guys can see what I really need... but is there some kind of quality flat cloth to use for custom air filters?
(5) the front pedal sprocket is wayyy too small. I will need at least 44t instead of 36t. I could even stand some more teeth (up to a 50t) if they made 'em; my real problem with this is that a guy at my bike shop said I couldn't put a regular 3-piece sprocket on my current crank because the current sprocket is riveted onto the crank. I'll prolly end up buying a whole new 44t 3-piece crank, but I found a rare 45t sprocket I really wanted to use for numerous reasons & the bike guy said it wouldn't work even if I bought another crank. I don't see why not.
(6) plastic twist grip throttle blows; i at least know how to fix this, by buying a left-hand BMX brake lever & cutting a bit off the end, then putting it on the right front side of the handlebars to be used as a thumb throttle lever.
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