08/03/08

Complete CH80 Bicycle Engine Kit...only $350 plus shipping.          Paypal button now lets you enter your own total so you can add the shipping costs

My CH80 bicycle engine kits offer excellent quality and after sales support that is way above anything out there.

My CH80 bicycle engine kits are the only engine kits to offer the performance ignition (including NGK plugs), Japanese mains, double walled seals with spring retainers, and high quality German bearings...not to mention my overall quality and reliability (on everything else) that is quickly obtaining an awesome reputation with those that ride motorized bicycles.

Quality parts and components are not available in a standard (stock) kit from China. My CH80 bicycle engine kits are this way, because I do the extra work on each engine and kit to make them like that. If I haven't done the work on it, it isn't a CH80 bicycle engine kit. Other kits out there may look similar (maybe even look identical to some people), the difference is the work that I do to each engine...that's the reason why mine cost a little more, and the reason why my CH80 bicycle engines outlast and out perform everything else. Just had to mention that as a lot of people keep asking what the difference is between mine and the $50-100 engines that they see on ebay, lol. You get what you pay for...read thru the forums if you don't believe me.

Everyone seems very happy that there is finally a bicycle engine kit with some true quality and reliability to it.

A survey was done once upon a time (I have no idea when or who did it) but it showed that a customer that was happy with the product and service they received would tell an average of 4-6 people of their experience and would refer those people...an unhappy customer tells everyone that will listen about the problems they had encountered.

Thankfully for me, everyone is more than happy and are telling everyone else about this...word of mouth is my main form of advertising.

PLEASE NOTE:

 As of July 25^th, I have no more CH80 bicycle engine kits left in stock.

Not to worry though, I will have more CH80 bicycle engine kits ready soon. I am expecting to be able to start shipping them out sometime near the end of August.

My apologies for any inconvenience that this might have caused for anyone…things like this happen sometimes.

 

As always, anyone that would like to prepay their order before my CH80’s are ready to ship is more than welcome to do so. This ensures that you will be guaranteed to have your bicycle engine kit shipped within a day or two after they are ready.

 

If anyone has any questions about my bicycle engine kits or about the shipping costs of the bicycle engine kits, please don't hesitate to send me an email or give me a call...thanks.

chrishill@knet.ca

1-807-628-0667

 

Please see the shipping information at the bottom of this page to find out how much it would cost to have your bicycle engine kit shipped to you. Or, send me an email with your address and I'll look up a price for shipping a bicycle engine kit to you.

Here is a little bit of news of extreme importance about my CH80 bicycle engines.

I have just been made aware that there are other vendors in other cities, provinces, states, and even countries that are trying to tell people that they also sell my CH80 bicycle engine...THEY DON'T HAVE MY ENGINES!! Don't let them try to pull this one off on you. There are no other engines like mine, and if someone is telling you that they are mine, please let me know. Mine are the way they are because I personally rebuild them before they are sold. Some people have even been found to be using my pictures on their websites...even the pictures that have my telephone number on them (which is how I found out in the first place).

As of right now, there are only 2 people that are reseller's of my CH80 bicycle engine kit. One is located in Southern Ontario (ralfixxx@gmail.com), and the other person is now located in Truro, Nova Scotia (russells.customs@hotmail.com). Both only do this as a hobby as well.

Yes, there are other engines out there that look the same but they are nothing close in comparison. They have nowhere near the quality, reliability, power, and speed of mine. A lot of them don't even come with a warranty and even the people that are selling them refer to them as a throw away motor that is good only for a little bit of fun (read thru some of the posts on MBc in the vendors area and you will see one of the largest vendors in the USA saying that about his engines, lol).

Mine are NOT a throw away motor...MINE ARE TOP QUALITY AND RELIABLE.

If in doubt, and the vendor you are talking to is trying to tell you that it is a CH80 bicycle engine, please contact me and let me know.

And to all of you out there that are doing this...there are copyright and trademark protection laws that are applicable on the internet as well! There's something to think about!

I am the person who set an industry first with my bicycle engine kits...90 day warranty on the engines, and a full 30 day warranty on the rest of the kit components.

 

Other bicycle engine kits out there come with a 30 day warranty on the engines...I just can't seem to make sense of that. I don't think I know of a single person who has actually been able to fully break-in a bicycle engine (properly) within 30 days. What is the point of having a warranty that expires before you even have your bicycle engine broken in?

 

www.motoredbikes.com

(the leading motorized bicycle forum and information site) has done a review of my engine kits. From what I understand, this review will remain ongoing for the life of the engine. Keep an eye on posts made by Quay1962...that's the person whom my engine was given to after the initial review was started.

 

Here is a little of what they had to say at the beginning of the review…

"it sounds and feels great...this version of the happy-time is about as close to a real engine as i've run so far, i'm very impressed. i should have mentioned right off that the ports were very clean...heck, everything was. chris has taken the concept of happy-time QC and applied it to good effect. i see why he can warranty the engine for 90 days.”

Here is what was said a few days later...

"the weather isn't allowing much serious testing right now...but i hopped on the huffy for a 10 mile run yesterday out to dee's and back.
i'm on the 3rd slot and we have high humidity right now, so it's not everything it should be, but i got an easy 32mph...it'll do more, i know it, but i'm pleased with 30mph on any motoredbike. the engine's so strong you could do no-pedal take-offs. so long as i have proper choke, it'll pop with the slightest flick of the clutch lever, very cool.

and, again...chris's choice of bearings seems to be what the doctor ordered...there is NO whine (gear/clutch/cover) at any speed, and at idle it never sputters or jumps...it just waits for the next twist of the grip, then responds right off.

i have the feeling the CH80 is gonna tear up a few back wheels, i know it'd eat this huffy (decent 14ga coaster) for breakfast if i let it."

 

 

Here is a link to another forum for motorized bicycles. This is a new forum which opened up in December and is a nice friendly place to hang out and ask other people about any questions which you may have about various bicycle engine kits or motorized bicycles.

www.motorbicycling.com

I recommend joining the above forums...they are, and will be an invaluable source of information for anyone interested in motorized bicycles and bicycle engine kits.

Another thing that sets the quality of my bicycle engine kits over and above most other bicycle engine kits is the fact that my bicycle engine kits  USE HIGH QUALITY BEARINGS THROUGH-OUT THE ENTIRE ENGINE AND LARGE STUDS! Nearly all of the other bicycle engines that you will find out there use thin bushings (or bearings with low quality cages) which wear out quickly, and tiny studs that will break off with the slightest torque applied against them. The stock Chinese wrist pin (piston pin) bearing for an example is rated for about 6000 rpm, the new bearings from China with precision cages are rated for about 8000 rpm. These engines will typically run around 6000 rpm with a 44 tooth sprocket and even higher with the larger sprockets. The bearings that I put into my engines are rated at 27,000 rpm, and even a 62 tooth sprocket running wide open for my 20 km ride to work doesn't do the slightest bit of damage. The engine screams loudly (super high RPM's), but runs great. I'm guessing that is the reason why other vendors keep trying to push people towards using smaller sprockets, lol. I've found that the 48 tooth allows the engine to run at a higher rpm which seems to give an awesome balance between speed and torque (power). With the 48 tooth sprocket we're generally cruising around 45km/h and have more than enough power to get up any hills...even with the trailer loaded.

These bicycle engine kits also use heavier, motorcycle grade cables for the clutch and throttle...other kits use light bicycle grade cables (which tend to wear and break easier). The throttle assembly itself is even more heavy duty (doesn't feel like a light piece of plastic from a kids toy and isn't made of cast aluminum that will shatter if banged against something) and it has a steel cable guide (just like a real bike). This allows you to take out the extra slack that is always present in the cable sheathing, and to prevent the possibility of your cable getting pinched over at the throttle handle. The clutch handle has even been improved upon...still the alloy locking style, just now a little more heavier duty.

With my bicycle engine kits you get a 48 tooth sprocket. This size gives you a lot more torque, and only slows down your top speed by approximately 6-8 mph. I do have 44 tooth sprockets available...just ask. With the 48 you can expect speeds around the 40-45 km/h mark...please keep in mind that you are still riding a bicycle, lol...not a motorcycle.

The other bicycle engine kits out there that are labeled (by the manufacturer's) as 80cc are actually sitting anywhere between the 48-69cc size (buy one of the cheap, pretend bicycle engine kits and measure it if you don't believe me). This is especially true of the cheap imitations on Ebay. At least you've been warned.

My bicycle engines measure in with a 47mm bore and a 40mm stroke…this works out to be 69.397cc…technically making these bicycle engines a 70cc engine in my opinion. The manufacturer and market still refers to them as an 80cc Bicycle Engine Kit, and I am going with the market on these. It's a lot easier for all you people to find out the truth about the wonderful little Chinese bicycle engine kits if you are able to find information like what I have written here. By this, I mean when people hear of an 80cc engine and do a search on it (google, msn, yahoo) they'll find those that are advertised as 80's. If I don't write the 80cc bicycle engine on my site the search engines won't bring it up to you. At least my engines are not 48-62cc like those that a lot of other people are selling and trying to say that they are 80's. And hopefully what I've written will save a lot of people from getting ripped off like I did when I first got involved with these engines.

In this industry the sayings like "you get what you pay for", and "buyer beware" really are true. Trust me on that. I wasted a lot of money when I first started riding (back in 2005)...all I wanted was a bicycle engine kit that would run reliably and would allow me to put many miles on it. Oh yeah, and a seller that was honest and helpful.

Believe it or not...I couldn't find such a thing. So here I am with my own bicycle engine kits with the hopes of saving a lot of people from going thru the frustrations and disappointments that I had. 

I also include a frame adapter which allows you to mount this bicycle engine on the newer styles of mountain bikes with the larger downtubes. You are no longer limited to finding bikes with small diameter tubing, or having to create your own mounting bracket for your bike's engine. This really isn't anything fancy, but you will find it to be totally awesome, and makes life so much nicer during the installation of your bicycle engine. It also helps to prevent you from repeatedly banging your head against the wall if you are trying to install the engine on one of those over-sized tubing type of frames, lol. As with anything, there are adaptations that can be made to make your own custom mount as well. 

All of the pictures on this page are thumbnails, if you click on any of them they will open to full-size and will be a lot clearer to see. For whatever reason, the thumbnails turned out to be a little fuzzy...sorry.

I've hit speeds over 60km/h on my el' cheapo mountain bike and bicycle engine kit while traveling around Thunder Bay Please keep in mind that this is on a bit of a stretch (about a 1/4 mile without having to slow myself down or stop for anything, lol). This is on an engine with over 6800 km's on it...and it still gets about 160-180 km's from the 2 liter gas tank.

 

Most of the time I travel around 40-45 km/h when I'm around traffic. If the road is clear, I generally cruise around 55 km/h.

In the winter, I was traveling a little slower...it gets kind of cold even when bundled up. The temperatures were usually sitting around -20C to -35C. The bike motor ran great, but I didn't.

Brrr, I am so glad that the temperatures have finally warmed up around here, lol. That part was written as it was starting to warm up in the spring.   

Yes, I ride everyday! Half the time, I'm pulling a trailer...one less car on the road ;)

 

If a kit seems like the price is really low and it's almost to good to be true, it probably is.

Buyer beware, take your time, look around, and ask questions. That is the best way to help insure that you are going to purchase a bicycle engine kit that will last for thousands of miles instead of one that might last a mile or two.

I can talk like that because my customers and I know very well who has the most rugged and reliable bicycle engine kits out there. Get yourself one of my real bicycle engine kits, and you'll know it too! Spend a little bit of time reading thru the forums. Yes, you'll find other sellers in there trying to push their low priced kits (they need to, whereas mine sell themselves from having happy customers), but I'm not worried because when it comes to a quality engine it's my name that people are saying. I realize that not everyone out there can afford a higher priced engine, but what is really going to cost more? When you have to keep buying an engine (or parts) from the other guys over and over again, and having to deal with the downtime and your bike sitting parked, or spending a little more in the first place for an engine that has been done over (by me) to make it the most reliable out there.

 

Generally speaking, I ask everyone that buys a bicycle engine kit from me for pictures and feedback that I can post up on this website. Most people say they are more than willing to send me this, some have, and some haven't. I wish more people would send something so more people can see that these bicycle engine kits truly are the BEST! I do have a huge back-log of pictures and comments to post up on here, and have been trying to make the time to get them up. I really do appreciate all the pictures and comments that have come in and will hopefully get things up soon for everyone to see.

 

I have a full-time job (that I enjoy...most of the time) that takes up my days, and I sell the bicycle engine kits as a hobby in my free time (whatever that is). I started selling these after getting burned and feeling ripped off from buying kits from other people. I knew that there had to be a better quality kit out there and if there wasn't...I was going to make one myself! So, I did.

These engines mount low in the frame so they don't disrupt your center of gravity while flying around. This is especially important if your doing any sort of trail riding or flying down gravel roads at the high speeds available to you with one of these kits! These are NOT the tire-scrubber, friction drive type of kits that burn-out your tires or slip when they get even the slightest moisture on the drive rollers!

Haven't you ever wondered why almost every vehicle with an engine has the engine mounted low? A few examples would be, motorcycles, dirtbikes, atvs (3 and 4 wheelers), cars, trucks, go-karts, etc, etc. All these and more try to mount the engine as low into the center of gravity as possible.

Why should I want to argue with professional engineers and have a bicycle engine that mounts high on the back of the bike, lol.

Sometimes, I guess it's good to follow the paths of others. 

 

My kits are nothing but the best! These are premium quality, high performance engines. No slipping rollers or belts to worry about, and no extra weight sitting up high on the bike making it want to tip over!

 

This premium quality kit comes with everything that you need (except gas and oil) to convert almost any 24" or 26" mountain bike, cruiser or chopper into a motorized bike.

You can still pedal and shift the bike like normal, but I need to ask, why would you want to? You can simply start the engine by releasing the clutch lever on your handle bar after pedaling only a very short distance.

Mine usually starts after about 4-6 pedals, and yes it's just as easy to pedal with the kit installed as it was without the kit.

There's no tiring ropes to be pulling on these, besides wouldn't you rather be out having fun riding instead of having to get off your bike and be pulling on a rope to start it, then getting on and riding, turning it off and then having to get off and start it again.

That doesn't sound like a lot of fun to me.

I'd rather just pop-out my clutch and be gone!

My engine kits are premium quality, you can start and stop the engine while you are riding. You can even still pedal (or pretend to, sometimes I go by people and pedal backwards just to watch the look on their faces, then I stop and talk awhile, lol).

These kits use a twist grip hand throttle (similar to a motorcycle or dirt-bike) which provides for smooth power control of your speed. Depending on the gear ratio (the tooth count) of your sprocket, you can expect your speed range to be as slow as you want (with a lot of bottom end torque) or with a racing sprocket you can hit some scary speeds. Keep in mind that you're on a bicycle and not a motorcycle...bicycles aren't made to be ridden at super scary speeds, lol.

 

The kit also contains all the needed hardware to get this up and running on your bike.

Everything is included except the bike, gas, and oil!

To install my kits you will be needing a little basic common-sense (or my email address for questions...we all have those kind of days, lol) or you can call me with any questions (1-807-628-0667, before 11:PM eastern time...please), and a minimum of tools (a couple of metric wrenches, sockets and screwdrivers). It only takes about 4 hours or so for a first time installation on almost any bicycle that does NOT have rear suspension. Front forks with shocks are alright but you can NOT install this kit on a bike with a rear shock because the movement of the back end of the bike will cause a deflection that will force the drive chain to jump off the sprocket and that will either seriously hurt you or could destroy the engine (or both)!