Looking for a "kit" bike

Colonel · 02-09-2017, 06:04 PM

Hi, so glad i found this site! As the title says I am looking a kit bike that i can assemble at my shop. I have found lots of alibaba sellers with almost any part i can think of. Besides the frame. I would also just prefer to have most of it/ all of the parts come from one seller. Thanks!

Bruce's · 02-09-2017, 07:05 PM

What type ,size ,bike are you looking for ?

culcune · 02-09-2017, 07:30 PM

Are you in the US? You won't be able to import a bike from China due to EPA regulations if you are in the US (at least one without EPA certification).

HappyAndy · 02-10-2017, 08:13 PM

Hypothetically speaking, could you buy a roller and add an engine? That's how some kit cars are sold to work around the EPA rules.

I know that PCC motors used to sell some half decent pitbike rollers at some point in the past. Is there enough interest to make a business of that for full size bikes?

culcune · 02-10-2017, 10:05 PM

I had thought of the roller idea, but I think you won't be able to register the bike if you are planning to street register it. Perhaps some states will allow you to register a kit, however.

Bruce's · 02-10-2017, 10:29 PM

Years ago I built a Bimota ,and I almost bought an Egli kit when I had too many smacked bikes in the yard ,there was something that looked like a Ural ,and a Chinese BMW looking thing ,not sure if they are still around but many people who buy kits never finish them so you might be able to find an unfinished one .There was somebody selling ct70 and z50 kits not long ago as well .

HappyAndy · 02-11-2017, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by culcune

I had thought of the roller idea, but I think you won't be able to register the bike if you are planning to street register it. Perhaps some states will allow you to register a kit, however.

Quite a few of the big V-twin custom choppers are legally speaking "kits" ,so more states than not have means of registering them.

wheelbender6 · 02-19-2017, 12:13 PM

The 5150 hardknock bobbers are the only kit bikes I remember. Chinese made kits sold by US dealers.
http://www.kikker5150.com/Hardknock.html

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Colonel Join Date: Feb 2017 Posts: 1	Looking for a "kit" bike Hi, so glad i found this site! As the title says I am looking a kit bike that i can assemble at my shop. I have found lots of alibaba sellers with almost any part i can think of. Besides the frame. I would also just prefer to have most of it/ all of the parts come from one seller. Thanks!
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culcune Join Date: May 2006 Location: Yuma, Arizona Posts: 9,056	Are you in the US? You won't be able to import a bike from China due to EPA regulations if you are in the US (at least one without EPA certification). __________________ "They say that life's a carousel, spinning fast you got to ride it well..." TGB Delivery Scooter 150 TMEC 200 Enduro--carcass is sadly rotting in the backyard
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culcune Join Date: May 2006 Location: Yuma, Arizona Posts: 9,056	I had thought of the roller idea, but I think you won't be able to register the bike if you are planning to street register it. Perhaps some states will allow you to register a kit, however. __________________ "They say that life's a carousel, spinning fast you got to ride it well..." TGB Delivery Scooter 150 TMEC 200 Enduro--carcass is sadly rotting in the backyard
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02-19-2017, 12:13 PM	#8
wheelbender6 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,902	The 5150 hardknock bobbers are the only kit bikes I remember. Chinese made kits sold by US dealers. http://www.kikker5150.com/Hardknock.html __________________ "Its not WHAT you ride; its THAT you ride" Last edited by wheelbender6; 02-19-2017 at 06:01 PM.
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Bruce's Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Sudbury ,Ontario Posts: 855	What type ,size ,bike are you looking for ?
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02-10-2017, 08:13 PM	#4
HappyAndy Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Philly 'burbs Posts: 18	Hypothetically speaking, could you buy a roller and add an engine? That's how some kit cars are sold to work around the EPA rules. I know that PCC motors used to sell some half decent pitbike rollers at some point in the past. Is there enough interest to make a business of that for full size bikes?
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02-10-2017, 10:29 PM	#6
Bruce's Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Sudbury ,Ontario Posts: 855	Years ago I built a Bimota ,and I almost bought an Egli kit when I had too many smacked bikes in the yard ,there was something that looked like a Ural ,and a Chinese BMW looking thing ,not sure if they are still around but many people who buy kits never finish them so you might be able to find an unfinished one .There was somebody selling ct70 and z50 kits not long ago as well .
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