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That's awesome ! I've wanted a Ural forever ! I'd mount an MG42 Airsoft machinegun or movie prop on the sidecar. http://www.evike.com/products/44006/Quote:
Originally Posted by barnone
My fullsize hack is an R69 Frankenbike.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...69s3babe-1.jpg
scottro,
Very nice BMW hack.
https://flic.kr/p/qV8rz2
Took a run out today on the Lifan, still pretty chilly and damp here. Another month or so until Spring, still good to be back on 2 wheels, if a little wet and muddy.
Good to hear that you are out riding.
Its still pretty chilly here but the linging to ride again is stronger than the urge to avoid the cold, on Sundays at least. As i get older I get less tolorant to being cold. Am dying to get back to commuting into work but cant find the strength just yet to ride when its still single celcius fiigures.
Started commuting again last week, managed 3 days out of 5. The days are lengthening and its nearly Spring. Took the Lifan out for a test run yesterday after fitting a larger carb. It seems to be running ok with gentle acceleration. Will see how it perform this coming week.
Do you need to play with the exhaust, too?
No going to leave it as is at the moment. I still have a straight pipe spare and have now picked up an original heat shield so may play around with those two. Possibly use a syraight pipe and fit the heat shield to it, yry to keep the original look going.
Hello all, been lurking about for a few months and since I now have a CT70 clone, I figured I'd join in here where it's a dedicated thread.
OK, I sort of lied, the Ice Bear Champion is actually my wife's but I bought it for her and will be the one fiddling with it, and she's not going to do any gearhead, guy-stuff, forum-surfing anyway. Believe it or not, I had to really badger her to consider it. She's away for Easter and hasn't ridden it since I uncrated it last Thursday. But she did pronounce it "cute," which I took to mean she wasn't instantly intimidated by it. And my neighbor's wife wants to ride it, which will be a nice positive incentive. Hopefully next pic will have her on it!
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But I know already it needs better tires for the mostly off-road and gravel road use I (we!) have in mind.
I'm thinking either Shinko 421's in 3.50-10 or IRC TR-1's in 4.00-10, with Shinko 426's in 120/90-10 as an outside possibility. Thoughts? Thanks. -Scott
NIce looking bike, there, Scott! I'd like to read about what you think of it when you ride it. Like how cramped is it for you and such. I'm about 5'9" or 5'10" and 195.
Hi Scott, welcome to the thread. I have a Facebook group that covers clones too, its Dax CT70 ST70 Clones if you are interested? Nice looking little clone, looks like a Skyteam in your photo. Cant really comment on off road tyres, i went for road tyres on mine with Conti Sport Twists.
birdmove: I can tell you it feels pretty small to me! Actually more wheelbase short and correspondingly twitchy than riding position short or cramped. But I haven't been on a minibike in a very long time and my frame of reference is full size (my current bike is a KLR 250). I'm 6'1" and 200 so I'm pretty much at the max for the IB. My wife's 5'2" and 125, so she'll be fine. I wouldn't see me doing much commuting on it even on the country roads I take to work. But I will ride it some just to keep on top of how it's doing.Quote:
Originally Posted by birdmove
My hope is that when she gets comfortable enough on it we can putter around the unpaved back roads around here and down in the Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania where we have a family camp. Plenty of dirt roads locally and hundreds of miles of them down in PA. I love doing that on the KLR, just plonking along at low speeds and seeing the country, and the IB will be great for that too.
-Scott
What are the cues you see that makes you think Skyteam?Quote:
Originally Posted by trexuk
The air filter looks like the model that Skyteam offen use, the colour too. They seem to run them off in batches of certain shades. Suddenly everywhere you look there is for example gold or orange ones. The colour of yours is one I have seen from them. TBH I often wonder if they are all made in one factory then badge engineered.
trexuk--the Ice Bear DAX clones are the ones with the 4-speed semi-auto transmission; the engine is made by Zongshen, whereas the far more available Skyteams are 4-speed manual, and the engine is made by Loncin. Ice Bears come with a lot more safety disclaimer stickers, too :lol8:
...but I wouldn't be surprised if they weren't all made in some factory, or at least the rolling chassis, and sent to their respective brand to have the engine installed or something like that. In the US, for instance, in order to be federally certified for both emissions and streetability (lights, turn signals, tires, etc) bikes have to be submitted for testing. There are oftentimes 6 or seven brands of scooters with virtually the same scooter tested and certified on the lists (they are publicly available via the internet as a pdf). I am fairly certain the scooters are made in one, or a series of several factory, or at least the parts are, and then the various 'manufacturers' get the bikes sent to them as so-called knock-down kits--they assemble them and throw their stickers on them and submit them to a US EPA certification lab in China--officially, that complete scooter is 'their' brand per the US government for that particular year, while someone else might have the exact same bike certified as their own.
In Skyteam's case vs. Ice Bear, the difference is the engine. At least, that is my theory!
I think mine is Skyteam
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Well I can certify that my Ice Bear had a freaking full compliment of safety stickers! I think I got them all though. I did save them in back of the manual for posterity.
This was my favorite:
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Yeah, I would stay off the interstate.:lol8:Quote:
Originally Posted by wsjones
I am glad that Roketa decided to import the Skyteam bikes. I believe that SSR is getting away from them, and SkyteamUSA (who are NOT the official skyteam distributor in spite of their name) don't even show them on their site. I think Roketa will keep these bikes moving, which will keep them in the US for quite a while. Also, members like wsjones who prefer the semi-auto trans (ok, his wife, but we know who will be riding 'her' bike :mwink:) have revived the Ice Bear DAX clone, although not as widely available, at least online.Quote:
Originally Posted by barnone
I have the semi auto on my hack and it is a good set up. Either one is fine for me.
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I'm back in the mountains of Western North Carolina and rejoined with my China bike. All four of them started up and ran just fine after setting for six months.
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Gonna sell the red Z50 clone as the yellow CT70 clone fits me better.
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Kinda quite here.
Took my CT70 clone way up the mountain and she is running good.
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Barnone, you have one horizontal with semi auto clutch.
Could you tell me what is proper way to get smooth ride with this semi auto?
My acquaintance bought "Kymco's" underbone and moving down through the gears is nightmare to him.
Sorry but I don't know how to adjust semi auto clutch but maybe these sites will help.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zorge
https://tboltusa.com/store/tech.php?...tch+Adjustment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pP_L85mo7A
Not to adjust - I wanted to hear from you how to use this semi auto clutch, all the details, all the timing when and how to shift through the gears.
And this is serious question.
I just push down for first gear from neutral and accelerate for a bit and then up shift to second, same for third, and fourth gear.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zorge
Nothing special.
Maybe someone else can join in with better information.
Same as Barnone,except cut the throttle while shifting.
This guy is having problem with shifting down through the gears?
What is the fuss about it?
Maybe he needs to adjust the auto clutch. Sounds like it is not releasing.