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    Honda gc160 help

    Okay so my honda gc160 is losing power as i ride it (each ride) and is geared 6:1 and goes about 20mph but i would like to get a little more acceleration and top speed out of it. Is there a way i can adjust the governor safely? How safe is it go push more rpms out? Thanks, Isaac
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    Losing power?

    Hello, As some of you know i have a db30 with a honda gc160 5hp engine on it, geared 6:1. I feel like after riding for a while it loses lots of power and *oomph* and accelerates slower. is it getting hot or am I riding it too hard? I'm not planning on keeping it too long but I still want to...
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    Oil in cylinder not running good?

    Hello, so my friend crashed the mini bike :hammer: and it wouldn't pull over. After looking in the spark plug hole there was quite literally a pool of oil on top the piston. I drained the oil and the oil off the piston and it started right up but has a huge lack in power. I figured it needed to...
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    kill switch

    Hello, I just got my mini bike running with a honda gc160, I bought a kill switch and hooked it up to the coil where the old kill switch (used to hook up to old throttle and turn engine off when throttle was shut with a button) but it doesen't work at all, on or off. Is there anything im...
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    Suspension?

    Hello, I have a DB30 that i recently got running with a honda 5hp gc160. Its a blast but really bumpy :surrender: i see that OldMiniBikes warehouse has shocks for sale but is there any "best" way to do this? just chop off the forks and install the shocks? weld them on? Any advice or "how i did it"...
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    Baja db30

    I think this is a baja db30 but really had no idea when i bought it. Just wondering in case I ever decide to sell it.
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    GC160 hard to pull

    Okay, so i bought a gc160 for $100 runs great and fits my db30 perfect but is hard to pull. I changed oil, plug and it pulls normal until it hits a certain point (obviously at the top of the compression stroke) and if you dont time it right and pull with this in the middle of your pull it will...
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    Wheel size?

    Okay im ordering the parts for my mini bike and the rear tire is still having trouble with air, so i decided to buy a tube if needed. the tire is 12 in diameter (from ground to top of tire) so does that mean i need a 6 inch tube? Its 6 inches from the ground to axle bolt. I just am not sure how...
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    re-size a chain?

    If I bought too large of a chain is there a way i can pop off links and then just use another master link to close it?
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    Fixing tire leak?

    So my rear tire was flat and i hoped that filling it up would be the fix, but unfortunately there is a slow leak from it (drains the tire in a few seconds with weight on it) but the hole is about the size of a pinhole, i think its too small to get a plug into it. Any ideas how to fix it?
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    Good Clutch?

    As a few of you may know, I am building a mini-bike with a 5hp honda gc160 engine, and I was wondering what clutch i should get. All i need is a centrifugal clutch but wondered if there were some better than others? Thanks, Isaac
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    Help with gearing?

    Hello, I am building a mini bike with a 5hp honda engine and i need help on how to gear it. With the location of the sprockets i may have to use a jackshaft so what would be a good gear ratio? Id like some torque but i wont be doing burnouts, 20mph would be good enough for me. The rear wheel is...
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