GoldenEagleChris
Member
It was 2002 and I was 22, had no bills and the whole world ahead of me.
I lived at home with my family and had no girlfriend and plenty of money to spend. But instead of spending my money on Apple stock (BIG MISTAKE?) I ended up finding a guy selling scooters on CL. This was before all the hoopla. I purchased what I later found out was a chinese "moquitos" 25.4cc scooter. The guy who sold me the kit was really cool and a scooter gear head, and he basically set me up with all the knowledge i needed about these little engines that could. He also set me up with an extra exhaust, carbs, clutches and he became my go to guy.
I got such a positive response from my friends that 4 of them went to my guy and bought scooters. We had a gang and always rode the riverbed together.....then the process of natural selection started to take place. We all had the same exact scooters but all of our speeds were different and we always seemed to have to wait for 1 friend who seemed to get the slowest scooter engine. Then there was the guy who was having engine trouble. For myself, it ran like a dream. (i guess that goes to show that these little chinese 2 stroke engines are truly like a box of chocolates....for those of you who insist on asking questions like "which is better?" or "what do you think about this engine?".....)
Well that went on for about year or so and then the novelty wore off, my friends' bikes broke down and they were over it. Soon, I was testing MY resolve to the cause and was frequently riding by myself. I got into porting my engine and modification and decided that the next most logical step was to move to a bicycle platform. So in 2003 after many weeks of R&D I decided to go with GEBE system.
I have never looked back. I have just recently sold that old GEBE kit and am making preparations to purchase the updated kit from them. I picked up 2 Tanaka engines, 35cc and 40cc that will be the power and am just waiting on the money to get the mount kit. If they don't turn out to be what I want I will pick up a g-43l engine ( they are just so **** expensive) I really donlt want to spend $1000 on my engine/ mount kit. BUT I WILL IF I HAVE TO.
Eventually after the motored bike, the next logical step i felt was a motorcycle, which of course, i got, however a minor accident and 2 back to back blowing through a red light camera tickets turned me off and now i am back to balls out motored biking!!!!
Yea I could have ended up a millionaire buying the APPLE stock in 2002 but I like my $43k / yr life I ended up with......where is my shotgun......
I will send new shots of the setup when I get up and running.
I lived at home with my family and had no girlfriend and plenty of money to spend. But instead of spending my money on Apple stock (BIG MISTAKE?) I ended up finding a guy selling scooters on CL. This was before all the hoopla. I purchased what I later found out was a chinese "moquitos" 25.4cc scooter. The guy who sold me the kit was really cool and a scooter gear head, and he basically set me up with all the knowledge i needed about these little engines that could. He also set me up with an extra exhaust, carbs, clutches and he became my go to guy.
I got such a positive response from my friends that 4 of them went to my guy and bought scooters. We had a gang and always rode the riverbed together.....then the process of natural selection started to take place. We all had the same exact scooters but all of our speeds were different and we always seemed to have to wait for 1 friend who seemed to get the slowest scooter engine. Then there was the guy who was having engine trouble. For myself, it ran like a dream. (i guess that goes to show that these little chinese 2 stroke engines are truly like a box of chocolates....for those of you who insist on asking questions like "which is better?" or "what do you think about this engine?".....)
Well that went on for about year or so and then the novelty wore off, my friends' bikes broke down and they were over it. Soon, I was testing MY resolve to the cause and was frequently riding by myself. I got into porting my engine and modification and decided that the next most logical step was to move to a bicycle platform. So in 2003 after many weeks of R&D I decided to go with GEBE system.
I have never looked back. I have just recently sold that old GEBE kit and am making preparations to purchase the updated kit from them. I picked up 2 Tanaka engines, 35cc and 40cc that will be the power and am just waiting on the money to get the mount kit. If they don't turn out to be what I want I will pick up a g-43l engine ( they are just so **** expensive) I really donlt want to spend $1000 on my engine/ mount kit. BUT I WILL IF I HAVE TO.
Eventually after the motored bike, the next logical step i felt was a motorcycle, which of course, i got, however a minor accident and 2 back to back blowing through a red light camera tickets turned me off and now i am back to balls out motored biking!!!!
Yea I could have ended up a millionaire buying the APPLE stock in 2002 but I like my $43k / yr life I ended up with......where is my shotgun......
I will send new shots of the setup when I get up and running.