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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eljefino" data-source="post: 126633" data-attributes="member: 3734">You and I think a lot alike.  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Weasaling out of high gas expenses that everyone else suffers leaves me smug in my luxury $5 footlongs.I'm eating out more than I did a while ago, I'm cheap, but since restaurants are so empty and hungry for my business it's my chance to be treated like royalty.As far as kit cost, for bikes built on speculation, I would keep the kits cheap BUT let buyers know about this site and what shortcomings one would suffer, eg they should check their hardware for tightness all the time.  They will be so ga-ga over your honesty, the MPG, and the fun, it would be like the day one buys a sailboat.AFAIK my needle bearing boygofast motor is the same as anyone else's; the cheap stuff are the mounting studs, tensioner, clutch lever... ancillaries.  So you can mention one can get a ball bearing chain tensioner for longer life, and their eyes will sort of glaze over 90% of the time.Maybe have a better kit on the shelf for a custom build with the customer's existing frame.  People are panicky and impulsive about gas prices and want something to ride that day so a cheap kit build IMO would be the way to go.  (And on a cheap bike, like a moon dog)Incidentally one vendor, ebay maybe, had a 5-pack special?</blockquote>

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