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#2 ·
I have 2 110cc and 1 125cc I think for the cost they are bad ass....the only gripe I have is the slop in the tranny.... my friends beat the crap out of them and rings have been the only replacement ... the 110s to do the rings are a 30 job and 12$ ! what are you looking to do with it?
 
#6 ·
There are many different Zongshen engines. from simple 50cc engines to the top of the line HO engines.
The worlds largest pitbike company ,Pitster Pro, is using them as their primary engine line on their pitbikes and their crate engines.
There is also a reason other manufacturers have Zongshen build their top line engines , like Daytona.

I would say yes they are good.
 
#7 ·
I have a 125 with clutch on the crank. Its been beat to crap by kids and probably never had an oil change before I bought it. It starts first or second kick and doesn't smoke. Only problem so far is when the engine is warm, the shifter is sometimes slow to spring back. Otherwise I'm happy and I ride the crap out of it.
 
#10 ·
supernowa260 said:
where do i buy a new engine other than from ebay?
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Check out sites like t-bolt USA, Pitster pro or firepower minis. For the affordable Chinese engines I like the yx140 personally. They are cheap pretty reliable and have lots of upgrade/replacement parts available. If you purchase from one of these sites you will have better customer support if you have any problems or questions.
 
#14 ·
PhilRabbleCroteau said:
155z pitster pro ist the best start in my opinion (belive that's a zong based yx clone)
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Actually you would be partially right, I took the YX engine and added parts from the rest of the industry, BBR Taky, Lifan, and YX, also some of my own parts, IE 6 disc clutch etc. I then built two engines and personally took them to the Zongshen factory to develop a new performance engine. The YX engines , the bigger ones were a nightmare and reliability was not one of thhe strong points of those engine. The standard z 155 can first as it was easlier, then the HO engine came about 6 months later. This was early 2008, the general public got the z engine in June 2009 and the HO Jan of 2010.
Zonshen is the second largest manufacturer of small engine like these in China, YX is about 20th in size. Zongshen has a much better manufacturing process. YX has improved quite a bit over the last few years.
 
#17 ·
Matified said:
Actually you would be partially right, I took the YX engine and added parts from the rest of the industry, BBR Taky, Lifan, and YX, also some of my own parts, IE 6 disc clutch etc. I then built two engines and personally took them to the Zongshen factory to develop a new performance engine. The YX engines , the bigger ones were a nightmare and reliability was not one of thhe strong points of those engine. The standard z 155 can first as it was easlier, then the HO engine came about 6 months later. This was early 2008, the general public got the z engine in June 2009 and the HO Jan of 2010.
Zonshen is the second largest manufacturer of small engine like these in China, YX is about 20th in size. Zongshen has a much better manufacturing process. YX has improved quite a bit over the last few years.
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Thank you so much for clearing that up
 
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