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TB 117 or Kitaco 124se?

3.8K views 30 replies 11 participants last post by  26Red  
#1 ·
Im thinking of getting a new big bore kit for my newly aquired 50, so i've narrowed my choice's down to these two, trail bikes 117cc stroker kit 6 or kitaco 124se.which is better for me, Im not going to be racing anytime soon, so its mainly just for backyard bashing, but maybe in the future i'll start racing so does anyone know the performence comparision of these two kits, and is there anything that can be done to the TB 117 to maybe boost it to the level of the 124se?
 
#3 ·
The 108 kit can be run with the TB non-stroker (88kit) piston for higher compression, assuming you want to run race gas. Every time I've heard someone say that setup is faster than a 117, it's been rebutted saying it may spin up further, but the 117 has more power across the board. Makes sense to me, the 117 should be able to outgun it from bottom to top.



What'd be nice, dynos.
 
#6 ·
The 117 is faster than the 108, the guy who said that is a tard. The 117 is much faster than the 108 with them both in stock trim. Im sure with a hella work to a 108 against a stock 117 it might could run beside the 117, but then simply do the same work to the 117 and its a monster. THe 117 has much more torque and power across the board over the 108 and simply pulls it every which way possible.



And for your needs. go with the TB117, especially if you dont really plan on racing for a while. Even so though, the TB117 will be more than plenty competitive against the likes of 124se's.
 
#7 ·
I have two kitaco 124se motors they flat out will rip your arms off the bars, but if you just want it for messing around the tb 117 will be just fine and if you want it to be stronger send it to crower to have a cam put in it. He told me he can get 11hp out of the tb 108. He is redoing one of my bikes right now and adding a cam. I will let you know what that dynos at.
 
#12 ·
My 124SE runs SOOO smooth, if you have the money i would go for the 124 SE. I have a inner rotor so it kinda sucks for backyard bashing but with a stock flywheel i think it would be fine. The thing is with these big motors is the powerband range is so big that you dont need to be using all the power to get somewhere, you can still just putt around on it. Unlike the smaller motors like the 88s where you have to be pinned to be moving anywhere.



Now i have never ridden a 117 TB motor so i cant say how that compares, im just stating that the 124 SE is a GREAT running motor.