What makes for a good motored bike?
First off I would like to point out that the most important choice for any bicyclist and that includes one with a motor on it is the frame. Once you have found a suitable frame you can change anything out. Like the wheels or drive train. My opinion at least for a motored bike is that steel is real. I mean its the oldest choice for a frame material. Its strong and tough an malleable. One can repair it inexpensively.
Unfortunately this material at least in quality bike frames seems to be getting quite rare with most of the interest in exotic carbon for most of the high end market and Aluminum for the low end market.
What is a motored biker to do? First look on Craigslist for a good used preferably steel framed hybrid or mountain bike second look for a good quality used aluminum frame set from one of the top manufactures such as Fisher or Trek. I can spot old bikes that will work a mile away.
The next thing to consider is your motorized drive train. GEBE is the absolute leader in reliability and quality of design and pure speed for there small engines mounted on a simple bicycle.
There are many kit providers out there to supply the motored bikers needs but most if not all of them other than GEBE are all of the notoriously unreliable Russian/Chinese motors that come with most if not all of these kits. Listen to me here. If you commute 60 plus miles a day on a motor that has to be mixed with 17/1 oil and gas the oil costs more than the gas to operate the motor. Or one can get a Robin/Subaru engine that is a 4 stroke and needs no oil added to the fuel! Or if ya need the 2 stroke power you can get the Tanaka engine that is fuel efficient and powerful for the commuter. This engine has a 50/1 oil fuel mix and is an extremely low emission engine.
So to recap to be a successful motored biker one needs to have a solid bicycle frame with reliable wheels and a good drive train powered by a great engine and power transfer system like GEBE's.
This is the stuff that powers a great reliable motored commuter bicycle the way I see things!
Kevin
Unfortunately this material at least in quality bike frames seems to be getting quite rare with most of the interest in exotic carbon for most of the high end market and Aluminum for the low end market.
What is a motored biker to do? First look on Craigslist for a good used preferably steel framed hybrid or mountain bike second look for a good quality used aluminum frame set from one of the top manufactures such as Fisher or Trek. I can spot old bikes that will work a mile away.
The next thing to consider is your motorized drive train. GEBE is the absolute leader in reliability and quality of design and pure speed for there small engines mounted on a simple bicycle.
There are many kit providers out there to supply the motored bikers needs but most if not all of them other than GEBE are all of the notoriously unreliable Russian/Chinese motors that come with most if not all of these kits. Listen to me here. If you commute 60 plus miles a day on a motor that has to be mixed with 17/1 oil and gas the oil costs more than the gas to operate the motor. Or one can get a Robin/Subaru engine that is a 4 stroke and needs no oil added to the fuel! Or if ya need the 2 stroke power you can get the Tanaka engine that is fuel efficient and powerful for the commuter. This engine has a 50/1 oil fuel mix and is an extremely low emission engine.
So to recap to be a successful motored biker one needs to have a solid bicycle frame with reliable wheels and a good drive train powered by a great engine and power transfer system like GEBE's.
This is the stuff that powers a great reliable motored commuter bicycle the way I see things!
Kevin
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