Willie
From Los Angeles, California
July 10th, 2007
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Hey Guys!
My name is Willie and I live in Los Angeles,
CA. In May of 2007, I ordered one of your
kits for my bike. With in a couple of days
the 35cc Subaru Robin and Golden Eagle parts
arrived!
There were a couple of reasons why I was
looking for a bike motor. I live close to
the beach and to work. So, I found myself
riding my bike all the time. After a long
work week, I had been on my bike seven days
in a row and was constantly exhausted. I
also like to bike out to remote campsites,
now with the motor it's easier!
I've driven my new motorized bike a few hundred
miles just in the past two months! I love
it. It really is amazing to watch the faces
of people when they see it. L.A. is crowded
and I truthfully get stopped three to four
times every time I ride it. People have tons
of questions. Everyone seems to get reminiscent
of their youth, the kid in them jumps out
of their skin when they see my bike. Perfect
strangers have ridden my bike, seriously.
I wish you guys made some kind of a business
card holder that attached to my bike, I could
pass out a ton!
Ok, how about I tell you about the motor.
It's awesome! It starts on the first or second
pull every time! Tons of power too! I opted
for the $5 muffler, which points the noise
down. It helps, but the engine is still loud.
The manual was very easy to follow; I didn't
even have to make a phone call. Once I sat
down in the garage with my tools, two hours
later I was cruising on my new bike! The
manual also says to tighten the nuts and
bolts every week or so. Do this!!! I had
an issue where the support bar that runs
horizontally, jiggled lose. That caused the
motor to hinge back on the bike axel. This
pulled the kill switch out rendering it useless
and put tension on the throttle cause the
bike to accelerate! I was pushing the kill
switch over and over, but it wasn't working.
There were people in a crosswalk and I was
accelerating!!!! All I could think about
was how I didn't tighten the bolts like the
manual said to do, oh yeah and how am I going
to ride this one out? The manual kill switch
on the back of the motor wasn't working either!
So, with almost no room left to stop, I remembered
the choke! So, I choked the motor and it
gurgled to a stop. Thank God!
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Using my engine as often as I do, I realized
that I needed more fuel. In fact, the Subaru
Robin's tank was designed poorly! It can
only be filled halfway. So, I started tinkering
with the fuel intake and return lines. I
noticed that motor pulls fuel up against
gravity. So I went to REI and bought a red
MSR fuel tank like the ones that other people
have in their reviews. At a small engine
repair shop I bought a few feet of fuel line
and stared messing around.
After it was all said and done, I figured
out a way to have the two tanks run simultaneously.
I don't have to pour fuel into the stock
tank, or flip a switch to access the auxiliary
tank, it just runs on the natural pressure
from the engine.
I ran a deep line into the auxiliary tank
that led to the engine's intake line. Then
I ran a second, shallow, line from the aux
tank deep into the stock tank. From the stock
tank I ran a shallow line back to the engine's
return line. If the auxiliary tank is air
tight, it should drawl the fuel out of the
stock tank. Since there is an air intake
valve on the stock tank's cap, the engine
will drain the aux tank forming a vacuum
which pulls the fuel out of the stock tank.
This will keep the aux tank full until the
stock tank empties. Then the aux tank will
drain as well.
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In the photo you'll see
a cart attached to
my bike. I found the need
for a cart when
camping, but it's great
to use for groceries
too. I bought a kid carriage
from Wal-Mart
for $80 bucks and ripped
it apart. Added
some slats and voila!
I love my bike motor!
Thanks!
Willie
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