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HoughMade
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I am running a Honda GXH50. Once it was all set up, ran like a champ. I blew it apart for paint, but road it a lot looking kind of rat rod (see sig pic).
The Honda engine is much smoother than the Chinese 2 strokes, a lot less vibration, and many with those engines have put thousands of miles on.
That being said, these contraptions do require more frequent maintenance than a non-motorized bike or a scooter. If gas and go is what you want- forget this. This is for people who don't mind lavishing some care on their mounts, or, like me, absolutely love wrenching. You can't use cheap parts or be haphazard and expect anything to stay together. For instance, I put high quality, heavy duty wheels on (11 ga spokes), but even knowing the wheel supplier is a quality operation (Husky), I repacked the wheel bearings myself for certitude. The same goes for the bearing on the fork/headset bearings and the crank bearings. You get the idea.
I have no idea why a fork or frame with a larger 4 stroke would wear down. What you will see is more frequent wheel bearing and brake maintenance. No big deal. The original motorcycles were bicycles with engines (pre-WWI). Even then, some were running in excess of 1000ccs (yes, I said one-thousand).
The Honda engine is much smoother than the Chinese 2 strokes, a lot less vibration, and many with those engines have put thousands of miles on.
That being said, these contraptions do require more frequent maintenance than a non-motorized bike or a scooter. If gas and go is what you want- forget this. This is for people who don't mind lavishing some care on their mounts, or, like me, absolutely love wrenching. You can't use cheap parts or be haphazard and expect anything to stay together. For instance, I put high quality, heavy duty wheels on (11 ga spokes), but even knowing the wheel supplier is a quality operation (Husky), I repacked the wheel bearings myself for certitude. The same goes for the bearing on the fork/headset bearings and the crank bearings. You get the idea.
I have no idea why a fork or frame with a larger 4 stroke would wear down. What you will see is more frequent wheel bearing and brake maintenance. No big deal. The original motorcycles were bicycles with engines (pre-WWI). Even then, some were running in excess of 1000ccs (yes, I said one-thousand).
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