Honda clone engine

Ascot500 · 07-30-2021, 09:49 AM

There are horizontal engines on the market that are labeled as "fully automatic"

So what is inside? is it just a centrifugal clutch with a single speed or or a clutch & CVT?

wheelbender6 · 07-30-2021, 06:00 PM

Good question.
Some Chinese go carts have a 110 Honda Cub clone engines with a fully auto tranny.

franque · 07-30-2021, 06:11 PM

I'm not 100% sure how the 'fully automatic' engines work, it could be more like the semi auto engines that you move the shift lever with your foot, or they could have another mechanism that shifts the transmission.

The semi-auto Honda engines use a centrifugal clutch, it is quite possible that it uses that.

I've never seen a Honda version of the 'automatic' engine, so the Chinese could have innovated and created a new design, though I doubt that it's a CVT on the inside, as it would be inside an oil bath.

wheelbender6 · 08-01-2021, 10:26 PM

Do you have a Honda Ascot 500? Please post a pic.

Ascot500 · 08-03-2021, 09:58 AM

Not have, had..
From 1983 - about 1999
Red 1982 FT500
Would like to get another, but they are hard to find.

Regarding the clone engines, I think now they are just single speed

Falkon45 · 08-03-2021, 11:00 AM

They're centrifugal clutch, single speed.

stewbrash · 08-04-2021, 02:09 AM

There was one in the kids ATV (72CC), it was like a 2nd gear on a motorcycle...the torque from the centrifugal clutch got it moving...then it could accelerate to about 15-20 mph. It was pretty worthless trying to get going on a hill, but at least your kid's not going so fast to get hurt.

07-30-2021, 09:49 AM	#1
Ascot500 Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 90	Honda clone engine There are horizontal engines on the market that are labeled as "fully automatic" So what is inside? is it just a centrifugal clutch with a single speed or or a clutch & CVT?
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07-30-2021, 06:00 PM	#2
wheelbender6 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,902	Good question. Some Chinese go carts have a 110 Honda Cub clone engines with a fully auto tranny. __________________ "Its not WHAT you ride; its THAT you ride"
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08-01-2021, 10:26 PM	#4
wheelbender6 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,902	Do you have a Honda Ascot 500? Please post a pic. __________________ "Its not WHAT you ride; its THAT you ride"
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07-30-2021, 06:11 PM	#3
franque Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Marseille, France -> Conakry, Guinea Posts: 1,481	I'm not 100% sure how the 'fully automatic' engines work, it could be more like the semi auto engines that you move the shift lever with your foot, or they could have another mechanism that shifts the transmission. The semi-auto Honda engines use a centrifugal clutch, it is quite possible that it uses that. I've never seen a Honda version of the 'automatic' engine, so the Chinese could have innovated and created a new design, though I doubt that it's a CVT on the inside, as it would be inside an oil bath.
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08-03-2021, 09:58 AM	#5
Ascot500 Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 90	Not have, had.. From 1983 - about 1999 Red 1982 FT500 Would like to get another, but they are hard to find. Regarding the clone engines, I think now they are just single speed
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08-03-2021, 11:00 AM	#6
Falkon45 Join Date: Aug 2020 Location: Savannah, Ga Posts: 759	They're centrifugal clutch, single speed.
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08-04-2021, 02:09 AM	#7
stewbrash Join Date: Oct 2016 Posts: 405	There was one in the kids ATV (72CC), it was like a 2nd gear on a motorcycle...the torque from the centrifugal clutch got it moving...then it could accelerate to about 15-20 mph. It was pretty worthless trying to get going on a hill, but at least your kid's not going so fast to get hurt.
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