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Jaguars' Motorized Bicycle Performance Parts |
69cc Engine Kit* This updated kit has a balanced crank, a larger Speed V2 carburetor and a smaller rear sprocket for 10% more speed. Most of the other engine kits have unbalanced cranks that cause too much vibration. Click here to see examples of bicycles I can install the engine into. QUALITY is what you get with this from a professional installer with decades of 2 stroke experience. No, this kit isn't too powerful, the others are too weak. $350 local installation * also known as 80cc using an uncommon method of calculating displacement |
Machined Heads for Higher Compression Standard compression on these engines is around 90psi which is too little and reduces power (which the factory wants so the engines can be allowed into more countries). Increasing to around 130psi helps greatly with more power. Above 130 is not recommended because it can cause the chrome cylinder plating to come off. All of the aftermarket heads available create too much compression. I sell standard heads that have had enough of their mating surface removed to increase the cranking pressure considerably. Local people need to let me work on their existing heads because I only order heads to fulfill mail orders. $20 labor, $30 for new head |
Jaguar CDI and High Voltage Coil The standard CDI is somewhat unreliable and causes the ignition timing to happen too early in each combustion cycle so that too much combustion pressure is created which causes loss of cylinder plating. The Jaguar CDI was created by me years ago when I was improving my ride when I lived in the mountains of Ecuador. It has correct timing for higher top speed and less vibration, and it increases spark strength for more consistent combustion. $10 labor, $70 cost |
Lighter Wrist Pin The standard engine (not the ones I sell) vibrates too much due to the balance hole sizes in the crank wheels being too small to not properly counterbalance the weight of the piston assembly. By lessening the piston assembly weight you can lessen the vibration. The piston pins I sell are 30% lighter for less vibration. With this pin if you still have too much vibration then you need a balanced crank (see below). $20 each |
Balanced Crank Assembly The standard crank assembly needs a couple extra balance holes to give the correct balance for the engine. This reduces vibration and makes riding your bike a joy. The only real challenge is splitting the cases but with a few good tools it's not too hard. I will require your crank so I can drill the holes in it. Click here to go to my pages about crank balance. $50 labor |
55cc Engine Upgrade This is an upgrade from 48cc although you need to stay at 48cc to stay legal in many States. But really the cops don't take apart the engine to measure its dimensions to calculate its size. People that are heavy and people that climb a lot of hills are usually the ones interested in this upgrade because of the power increase it gives. This is for those who already own a 48cc engine. Also advised is to get the lighter wrist pin because the 55cc piston is heavier. 32mm stud spacing for intake, 40mm exhaust. $100 cost, $20 installation |
Intake Adaptors To use a quality carburetor such as Mikuni or Dellorto may require an adaptor. I have various sizes available. If you are serious about having the best power and running clean then a different carburetor other than the ultra cheap ones that come with most kits is essential. Click here to read more. adaptors $7, manifolds $15 |
Click here to read about aftermarket expansion chambers, cylinder heads, and boost bottles for these engines and why I don't usually recommend them. My Story: I am an electronics technician by trade and have owned and repaired motorcycles off and on all my life. When I lived at high altitude in Ecuador and needed transportation I had a new 48cc Grubee Skyhawk engine installed in my bicycle but was sorely disappointed when it was unable to climb the inclined streets of the city. (I lived up on one of the steepest ones.) So then I started to study two stroke engine technology and experimented on my ride until I was able to get it powerful and reliable enough for me to be happy with my purchase. I then rode it for the next two years without any real problem other than having to replace the crank seals. I had learned that the Chinese had put a cheap and unreliable 4 stroke CDI (ignition system) on it and so I developed my own CDI that gave a hotter spark (for more engine power), was more reliable, and reduced engine vibration by retarding the spark timing at high RPM. I also found out that installing a lighter piston wrist pin reduced engine vibration which is what I did with mine. There is nothing more annoying than having to tolerate constant engine vibration tingling your hands because the Chinese either didn't take the time to correctly balance the engine, or they imbalanced it on purpose to reduce peak RPM and power. I had also replaced the crappy NT carburetor that came on the engine that hardly worked at all. Fortunately many of the engine kits available now come with a better carburetor such as the CNS and Speed. Click here to see my pages on 2 stroke technology and Grubee engine modifications. So where do you sign up? Call me to let me know what you want to do, look at the bicycles I list that have the basic credentials for use with an engine, buy the bike you want and bring it over (or have a bike ordered online delivered to me) for me to motorize it which will take at least a day. (I will ride it around to make sure it works right and adjust the brakes, etc). Then come back over and plunk them greenbacks in my hand and get a riding lesson from me. Then go riding off into the sunset. Why shouldn't you just buy an electric bike? Because they are more expensive, slower, and have a very limited riding range. (I know because I had one.) And you are always charging those darn batteries up, like twice a day. And you have to replace the expensive batteries every year. With a gas powered bike your riding range is around 50 miles! And it's so fun and people are friendly to you asking you questions. It's just really cool. (Some hard core bicyclists snub their nose at you though.) Now just scroll down to the "assembled/tested motorized bicycle" link and click on it. |