The Truth About Motorized Bikes 

I used a bike for my transportation to work because i had to. It required me to just bring basically all my tools with me in a backpack

I got sober 15 months ago and bought one,Then I found your channel subscribed learned a lot and still learning.Now I'm upgrading tinkering and love this new hobby here in Minnesota.Cant wait to try it in the snow and eventually build one myself.

My mom got me a motorized bicycle kit for my birthday one time when i was like 12 and im 16 now and mine still runs and works great back when i was younger I could never get it to run good but one day I decided to run a 50:1 fuel mix as aposed to my normal 32:1 and it scored the piston and cylinder so it sat until I gained more experience with engines in general and decided to rebuild it and after the rebuild I got it running great and it still runs great to this day (I replaced the cylinder and piston about 3 years ago)

i removed the bike pedals from mine, and replaced them with dirtbike pegs, and ran the rear brake to a foot pedal. works great

My first week with my build I had everything going wrong and I was getting ready to give up on them but then it all came together and yes you are right they are fun , I have had zero issues for months now my second build went together so well, the first one is your learning curve as I see it, it’s the one you get to know really well lol.

I built my first bike about three and a half months ago I absolutely love it I ride it everyday whether I have to or not. Absolutely love tinkering with it improving it and customizing it to suit my needs and desires. Thank you

I would also recommend a buyer have a relatively high level of mechanical aptitude! Lots of tools, and the more fabrication equipment, the merrier. You get the kit "in the rough" and it requires a lot of modifications and troubleshooting and general awareness of internal combustion engines.

I wanted a cheap way to get back into the woods and areas for making videos. So very similar to your reason. Much cheaper then an atv, or any other source for me. I am enjoying my bike and have a 50cc kit shipped, and on its way here now. :) Your vids help inspire me to trying one of the kits, so thanks dude. Thanks for the vid.

I built my first bbr bike 2 years ago and it's been so awesome this mans info has helped me many times and its a great hobby thanks keep up the good work

At first I thought I'd only make one bike, which I have But I want to build more now, and I love these things, 2 stroke, 4 stroke, and I ride it every day, I'm going to save for a bike and put a 100cc on her as an upgrade, thank you LA for the great content because it's saved me money, given me great info, and is all around enjoyable

Yep. Perfect explanation and description of this hobby.

I completed my first 2 stroke build last night :) So much fun & really not bad putting it together. Still some adjustments to make. As long as the engine keeps going I'll keep riding it lol.

To the one person who disliked the video…. Your opinion is wrong. Great content and quality. Love the vids

I have had mine for just under 5 months as my old one was dying fast and my god when I got it running and I took it for its first ride and man the power like it was only 2.8HP but it felt so fast. Now I have a carrier with a small net over top and I am planning to get new handlebars, a trailer and a bigger fuel tank and most definately a high compression head and a true expanson chamber as I use my bike every weekend to ride down to the tip to go picking and need more power to tow heavy loads ... The experiences I have had are amazing and yes you do have to work on them all the time as my exaust studs always come out no matter what I do, no matter how much red loctite I put on it and also just recently I was riding along and my muffler snapped off and the ride went from 60db to 120db real quick... Overall though, if you like mechanics and having fun on something you dont need a lisence for, I highly reccomend...

I hate to admit mine isn't a cheap build😅 I'm in 500$ into it but it doesn't help that my frame was $200 and I put motorcycle tires and upgraded parts for the drive train. OCC chopper life!

No way, I just came from drones as well! I was super into FPV for a while, and am now migrating to motorized bikes with the funds I will hopefully get from selling my drone stuff.

built one of these bikes a couple years ago and it finally blew up a few weeks ago. upgrading from super cheap motor to kinda cheap phantom 85. love these things to death.

These are a blast. but I decided it wasn't scary enough. So I bought a predator 212 ghost and shoehorned it in and now it's the perfect amount of terrifying

LA hover got me into buying a motorised bike ✌️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

What's your opinion on jackshaft kits ?

I live downtown where it's just a tad too far for ME to walk around, yet driving is ridiculous, so a motorized bike would be PERFECT and you saying the hobby is so affordable to stay in, and being the hobby seeking person I have always been makes sense that I look into this.

Challenge accepted! Just got a kit for myself and my wife got a Phatmoto. I had recently customized a Lifan kpm 200 and when I got done I worked on my old mopeds and now I'm going for the bikes. Great video

I got into the hobby when I realized I paid $1100 for a used fat tire electric bike that only went 20mph and 19 mile range, it had really weak tork to the point where if you took off while the rear tire was in a bump or you were going up a slight incline the bike would barley move at all and in the less than 25 degree weather the bike only would move about 7mph, sure electric is nice and quite and you can ride on trails that don’t allow motors. With electric you reach a point where you can’t go any faster or further without spending hundreds or thousands on a bigger better more powerful bike. Most manufacturers don’t even make e bikes that go faster than 28mph because of legality and even then that is with pedal assist. At that moment I started researching other options and it blew my mind when I found a motorized 80cc mountain bike for sale on offer up for around $300, the seller told me it had a 100 mile range on one gallon of gas and it goes around 35mph, I bought it and I loved it so much, I took it on a 40 mile ride and when it ran out of gas I poured the oil and filled the tank at a gas station and the bike wouldn’t start. I didn’t realize that the fuel line was full of straight oil because I poured the oil in first without premixing it in a can, lesson learned, I had to Facetime my friend and he helped me work it out and get it running so I could ride home, a few months later I took it on an 80 mile ride from my house all the way to Chicago, threw the city almost to the from Wisconsin to Indiana and back home on one gallon of gas, right as I was pulling into my neghborhood I hit a stick and it ripped threw the back tire and I had to walk a half mile home, fixed it the next day and I was back riding. It’s been maybe 8 or 9 months and I’m already working on a new build.

Going to be building these for homeless vets and donating them to the vet center.

I'm annoyed that these are illegal as fuck in the UK, cause its technically a motorcycle that has to be taxed and MOTd. I'm still sorely tempted by them lol

Lol, ive got one. It had 2k miles on it (up in maine running trails and every where it wasnt meant to go😂😂) i tinkered on it all the time too, always doing something BECAUSE I WANTED TO. Honestly comes to basic maintenance, i took care of it even tho i abused it. Its been all over the place, i enjoyed it and daily used it, shoot at one point was doing a 60 mile round trip while doing hay. (Im 17 lol) honestly couldnt of loved it more. And yes i say HAD cause it recently died. Working on bringing it back to life RIP RICKSHAW 2019-2021

Yes I do think these are a hobby but also is a really good form of transportation and anybody who thinks these motors are garbage I found one in the dump that was run over by a big ass machine the bike was destroyed the motor still works that’s pretty good for a Chyna motor I live in Newfoundland add roughly around 6ro7 takes a gas like across this island wow what a road trip that would be we have great scenery and I know you can’t get to it in a car 🤙

I’ve built two but the one I got broken so getting carb to work was super hard and the second keeps popping chains off so I need to adjust it a lot. That’s what I’m working on now. Looking to see if others have same problems and possible solutions. Ps. I have real motorcycle and truck and car and electric car and electric bike. I do this because I love building things and they are fun to build and use and I love the economics of it. If I had a few that I could reply on 100% I would take them everywhere.

I've toured long distance on push bikes. Now 70 I thought to get a Phatmoto. This sober review has made me re-think the idea. It could be fun though; breaking down, meeting a lot of people who have wrenches...

Built mine to ride to work everyday. Hard to argue with the fuel mileage

Welp, I'm back with updates on my Rickshaw, slapped a new motor, ran it even more. Definitely fun, I still daileyed it until 2 months ago, when the motor quit. Now its chillin in my shed with a new motor waiting to be finished. Between work, and other things I havent gotten to it. I have added alot to it since, fenders, headlight, rack, tons of stuff. Oh, even a ATV gas tank so I can go stupif far🤣

I'm 42 and I love riding my bike around town motor or no motor. But I always get asked why do you ride a bike. I say for 1 it's quicker for around town then my car I can get in and out quick. And because it just keeps you young feeling I'm not going to get old and take it easy

FYI Some states require that pedaling Wisconsin now has up to 130 CCS you can add to a bicycle but integrated Motors like scooters still have to be 50 ccs but the bicycle has to have working pedals and pedal the bike forward to be legal and for you not have to go and get license plates and registration insurance.

I am a old guy that would still enjoy riding a genuine Whizzer motorbike. I have ridden full size motorcycles for a lifetime and once motorized a 20 incher with a Fox 2S motor bike kit. I would think that an old Honda Trail 90 would be a more practical solution, as transportation, than building a motorized bike. I can see that a building successful DIY motorbikes might be more fun.

Do you like four stroke bike kits or 2 stroke bike kits more

just bought a kit a couple days ago and it’s quite a bit of work but i just got it started today after the magneto coil that came with it was dead, bought a new one and now i’m getting a spark, i’ve learned so much about small engines in the past week, planning on getting a better chain tensioner and a better air intake, maybe even a custom exhaust

I think with forethought and research before undergoing a bike build there's simply no reason a bike can't be built for solid transportation. I'm not young. No interest in speed. 30/35 mph is adequate for my needs with minimal pedaling. Most of the standard kits contain the usual junk. Chain tensioner being one but several upgrades available. Porting a simple task. Carb upgrades but not in excess. Great Video. Thank You. .

I started watching this channel, I went out got a bike of marketplace, got a motor. Built it up slowly, the first day I got it running, it got stolen that night off my porch….. this was a week ago (09/17/24). 😢

Great information. Looks like a nice place to ride. Keep up the great work.

Lol I love mine and yes I do work on it all the time and it brakes the chain all the time

He’s pretty on point with his facts about motor bikes I’ve built four bikes I’m currently building a four stroke build it’s been very difficult cuz I used a hyper beach cruiser and nothing fits I need to weld a exhaust and changed the crank out so there’s clearance for the peddles there fun definitely a pain in the ass to build some time def going back to 2 stroke after this built I wanna make a chopper 2 stroke next

I love that hobby and my motorized fatbike thanks to you.

I just put together my first build. Somehow metal got in the motor. Waiting for my $9 replacement piston. So much work for 5 miles, but so much fun

Love my motorized bikes only started a year ago but I’ve already had 5 of em and I’m starting my 6th😅700$ into it but 100% worth it 208cc

I have my one and only build yet. It's a 50cc on an old road bike. It is very reliable. I didn't have a serious problem so far and i use it for maybe 2 years. I only have it for fun and sometimes transport. But it's surely not my last build😉.

You have a great attitude!

Great vid, great comments, lotsa motorheads out here.

I love biking but there's some hills that I can't climb with just my legs so the 2 stroke is a big help. Tinkering with my car got to expensive so my bike still gives me something to work on the side.

Do you get your engines at Nichol's? 😉 We live in Dry Prong and seen a few familiar things in you video. Great work.

crazy fun video, u have that junk 2stroke tamed, sounds great, idles nice, new scriber here

I have had mine 7 years and have rode everyday it it goes 60kmh or 36mph i usually ride on long trips or to the shop or in woods over trees or on snow on fields

I'm doing ebike now. I putting battery where the gas tank is on gas bike. I've done three ebikes in the past.

Well said, great hobby.

Why do you not try using any 4 stroke motors? Their smoother running, quieter and you can gain more speed or torque by using the same techniques as the 2 strokes, plus you don't have to mix any oil and gas! You can pull up to any gas station, pump and go! So what's not love?

Majority of life expectancy of engine kit depends on accuracy of proper installation and maintenance. Mine was inexpensive as it gets and (knock on wood) have been repair free for over 2 years other than normal wear and tare like tires brake pads.

Watched this and I was wondering why no major companies like Yamaha or Kawasaki that make dirt bikes have ever thought of making a kit like these but with more high quality parts they would have access to?

I think your location is real good for this hobby also huh, cause of the dirt trails you have around you...

Wow I like that chain tensioner

Think you could take it to work if you only work like 10miles down the road. Ik a guy who drove one from Rochester to Buffalo didn't drive home because he was super tried but he made it

Does that run out of gas fast ? If used a lot.

The main reason I want a motorized bike is because I’m sixteen and my job and school are less than two miles from my house and I want a motorcycle but unfortunately my parents won’t let me get a motorcycle because they’re concerned for my safety but they agreed on a motorized bike if I can build it my self

Is that oakdale

i need help getting mine started, and its starting to get expensive, and my chains wont stay on. im 15,

watching yours nd others becuz i have a custom chopper bike i built and it woujd be really cool with a 4-sroke engine, i have not done this but am going too. thanks

well.... looks like i just met my new hobby.

It seems like there are alot of things that can go wrong.Wrist pins,chains that stretch,problems with the tranny. I don't see many on the road.

Im thinking of building something as well....getting a 110cc 4 stroke vuka engine and coupling it to a BMX bike(a retro/old school look)....just want some outside opinions on this

I wouldnt necessarily call the four stroke mb kits cheap…. The 2 strokes are though

I don't even have one yet and I thought saddle bags it needs saddle bags

I just want to go to the waltmart than is 30 min walking from my house, does it worth it?

Best answer is not unless you are ok with constantly replacing junk parts and troubleshooting problems every week or so.

What a beautiful area you live in🤗

Yes

Dude I fixed the seal on my phantom lol omg this thing is sweet as hell for a slap on lil engine.im running a 44 tooth and it wheelie almost every time I take off that engine for me is the only one worth it's money but dnt get it twisted the anbull 50 mm piston definitely a good engine but after the phantom I would definitely spend the cash again in fact I'm getting two more of em 👍👍

I have a motorized chopper people ask me if they can buy it or if I can make them one I always give them an outrageous price bc a lot of them wouldn't know how to work on them

Can you use these engines on a bike that has the old school back pedal break🧐🧐?

Been wanting to do this for a long time just never had the time or actual reason for it.

I hate when people who don't know SHIT about these engine kits try to tell me that "I should sell these bikes". I'm tired of teaching people. I don't take those conversations seriously anymore.

Hey i am thinking of buying a bike motorkit but i dont know where i should get one, if you could give me some tips that would be great

Bro can u buy one of those 250cc engines n put it on a trike? I wanna see that

Do you prefer one engine over the other? Say, 50cc 4stroke vs 50cc 2stroke? I'm looking to build one just for the fun of it, tehcnically i'm limited by 25km/h speed limit and 1kw power limit for these things in my country, but it's not like anyone party is actively inspecting these. wondering if investing a bit more on the 4 stroke nets anything over getting the 50 or 80cc 2 stroke

My first and only build was a disaster every thing vibrated Loose the engine mount sted would snap all the time and the engine blew up with a few rides I realized it was because the engine vibrates like crazy and it was a super cheap kit I didn't do any thing to cut back the vibration you want to put foam and cloth under the engine mount I guess it helps alit

Wow very cool narration :0

If you wnjoy the thrill of having a engine makes noise this hobby is for you if you want reliability and dont care ebike is the option

Do you know is there a more reliable, high-quality engine for this purpose on the market that you would recommend if money is no object? Thanks!

In the long run how did you like the big 4 stroke? And did you get wider cranks that were straight? I hate the pedal wobble action most wide cranksets seem to have.

= smiles for miles

where are u rideing? in the everglades?

How far did you take your bike on your single ride?

What about vintage such as wizzard?

Is one thing about building something and watch it come to life anything you have even a car or truck any automobile or social transportation needs maintenance that's a part of the vehicle requirement so don't think you can get into anything to go for point a to point b and not do maintenance

My rear tire air tube keeps exploding on mine I have replaced if 4 times now any ideas on why?

hey im from louisiana too what part you from?

Where do i buy the stuff to do this to my bike, i want to get a real dirt bike but i also cant afford getting hurt at high speeds and i think this is my solution im sold

Hello my name is Leroy asking if you can put a motor on my bicycle. How much do you charge? I live in Shreveport Louisiana

Are you still running the 100cc

the truth? in my state? first time u get stoped mabey you get a warning, the second time? they will take your bike

I’m not an engineer or a welder but it seems dangerous to attach an engine to a bike not designed for such.

You are not investing that much time to be honest. You just need to install the kit, tighten some bolts every other ride until they stay on but otherwise you should be good if you use it properly of course.

Hey I am 14 and have gathered up enough funds to build and buy an 80cc kit for my bike. I have a friends dad who has worked on them before so I can get help from him. I’m just looking to have fun with my friend who has and electric bike. Will this be a good investment?