Good price- Want a Honda GXH50 for your 4 stroke kit?

[RATRODER]

This is the same I used on mb#2, on the bottom thare is 4 drilled & taped holes louis

[HoughMade]

Quick update- haven't mounted the engine (Honda GXH50) yet (still mocking up all the frame, etc.), but I test ran it over the weekend. Installed the low oil switch, filled with standard 10W30, took out the sparkplug to verify the gap and check the spark, pulled the engine through several revolutions, filled the fuel bowl with a tiny funnel (no tank), started on the first pull. Ran great. Refilled the bowl a few times and ran it up and down the rev range (never all the way up), for several minutes.

So far, so good.

I did not bolt it down to anything and I easily steadied it with one hand throughout the range. I do not have a frame of reference as I've never had a 2 stroke bicycle engine, but it seems to run quite smooth to me. I've seen refereneces here in other post that claimed the engine is very raucous; I'll have to get it mounted, but it seems fine to me. I've worked with numerous larger Briggs and Tecumsehs which run at 1/2 the rpm, and this vibrated no more for sure and feels like much less.

[HoughMade]

Having just gotten my Grubee Skyhawk II kit- I can confirm that the GXH50 I got from Small Engine Warehouse fits up to the gearbox perfectly. No machining or sleeving necessary- shaft length is perfect.

You can't beat the $210 price- sure a Chinese clone is cheaper....and may be just fine...but I'll take the peace of mind because I am putting quite a bit on money into this thing.

[sdol]

Do you mind sharing with us the source/link of the Grubee build-up kit you purchased?, assuming that its not the guy from Tuscon. Also would you mind posting some photos of the kit espically of the Gear Box.

Scott

[HoughMade]

I would, but then there's that assumption.....I will leave it slightly vague.


[edit]
All I'll say is that I bought it before I was fully aware....and though it took a month to get it, it is as advertised as far as I can tell.

[azbill]

very well worded
keep us informed on how the build goes,
because,
some of a higher moral fiber should also be getting them soon, I hope
(if he can get them, why not others?)

[gone_fishin]

looks like the kit is available here: http://www.motoredbikes.com/showthread.php?t=6712

[xkwox]

Dave Staton has an adaptor for this engine to use their modified 76mm clutch without shortening the shaft.

lookee here:

http://www.staton-inc.com/Details.asp?ProductID=3210

http://www.staton-inc.com/Details.asp?ProductID=2810

do i need both items to use this motor for a bike?

[xkwox]

Having just gotten my Grubee Skyhawk II kit- I can confirm that the GXH50 I got from Small Engine Warehouse fits up to the gearbox perfectly. No machining or sleeving necessary- shaft length is perfect.

You can't beat the $210 price- sure a Chinese clone is cheaper....and may be just fine...but I'll take the peace of mind because I am putting quite a bit on money into this thing.

so with that kit and the motor, i will have everything i need to install it?

does the kit come with a rack to mount the motor on my bike?

[azbill]

xkwox,
he bought the engine seperately from the kit
if you had read the entire thread, you would have known this