Hope I'm not butting in, but I was poking around the web for someone who actually owns the Ice Bear sidehack bike, and found this thread. It's great that it happens to be Barnone. We've spoken a few times about pitbikes and Chinese-built stuff on ADV. I've had both "Skyteam" 125 CT70 and Z50 clones for a few yrs. I have 2 of the Z50 versions. I couldn't pass up a second when Wholesale Cycle in Akron had them for $800 if you pick up yourself. Mine all say they were manufactured by Jaingsu Sacin on the MCO's. Sacin is the manufacturer I put on the VT registrations and they went thru fine. Mine have all had minor fuel system/starvation problems that were caused by the inline fuel filter at the carb floatbowl. Removing it or flipping it fixes the issue.

I also had problems (leaking fuel during transport in the back seat of a rental car --haha) with the charcoal canister and some of the vacuum emissions add-ons. Basically, I removed the canister, and plugged one vacuum port on the intake manifold with the appropriate metric screw and locktite. I left the air injection system on each bike alone because it causes me no trouble and probably helps keep the catalytic converter clean. I replaced the crappy air cleaners with Uni Pods, and put an automotive-type fuel filter in the end of the crank vent tube on each bike.

The only failure I've had w/ the bikes is a clutch cable that snapped at the lever on my CT70 clone very shortly after I bought it. Otherwise, they've been good bikes. I bought "Snow Hog" tires for one of the Z50s but they don't fit as well as people claim. I'm having to grind the Inner diameter of the beads so they'll fit on the rims.

I picked up a used "Wildfire" CT70 clone a few weeks ago. It's a different manufacturer than Sacin and it's actually a 70cc. From the VIN, it appears to have been built around 2005. It has a manual clutch, kickstart only, and has very good power for a 70. It only has 100 miles on the clock. I sorted minor issues like a dead/leaked battery that made a mess, and dead headlight bulb. It starts and runs fine-- with one exception. It burns a little oil and smokes like a 2-stroke. I test-rode and bought the bike at night, and didn't see that. The price was only $420 anyhow. Maybe I could have knocked him down some if I'd seen the smoke. Oh well. New rings were $8 on ebay, so I'll give them a try when I get them.

Oh, Ethanol gas has given me fits w/ all my bikes this summer. After sitting over the winter, jets were clogged badly and some of the bikes had nasty green corrosion throughout the floatbowl. Don't store them long w/ gas containing ethanol !