My dad saw one of these motorized bikes and he thought it was one of the coolest things that he had seen in quite a while. He didn't get one right away, but a few months later, he came across a motor kit that installs on a bicycle. He couldn't resist, he just had to have it! So about a week later, he got his engine kit in the mail. Now all he needed was a bike. He went to a couple of places and found himself a Schwinn cruiser on sale.

Perfect.

Now to put the two together. He asked my brother Chris to help him assemble it. Chris, of course, said no problem. He took everything out of the box and looked at the parts.

Chris said (and I swear these are the exact words), "This is a joke, I'll have this together in a half hour, maybe an hour tops!" (Famous last words...)

Of course... after 1 hour, he didn't even have the engine attached to the bike yet (that's the first thing he tried to install).

He tried to install the engine, but the engine mounts wouldn't fit. The bottom bar of the bike was too big. Then as he set the engine in it's place, he lined up the muffler and noticed it wasn't going to fit. My dad fiddled around with the sprocket. Of course it wasn't going to go on either. The center hole was too small in diameter to fit over the dust cap on the hub.

They encountered one set back after another. As soon as they found a solution to one problem, that led to another problem, which in turn, led to another problem, and so on...

By the end of the day, they had a "plan" of what to do, but they really didn't have anything installed.

You have to understand that my brother and my dad are both somewhat mechanically inclined. I'm not saying they are mechanics, but they both pulled an engine out of a Chevy Blazer and installed a new one. (Yes it ran afterward.) You would think that two people who can R&R an engine in a Blazer would have no problem with installing a little 48cc engine kit to a beach cruiser!

Part of the problem was the instructions. I have never seen such ridiculous instructions in my life. In one sentence it says "connect the black wire of the kill switch to the WHITE wire coming out of the engine." Two sentences later, it says "connect the black wire of the kill switch to the BLUE wire coming out of the engine." Come on! Which is it? The WHITE or the BLUE? It's got to be one or the other. Make up your mind.

By the end of the third day, they had the engine installed (except the front motor mount wasn't attached and the muffler wasn't attached either). Basically, they had the sprocket, gas tank, throttle, handle grips, and clutch lever installed.

My dad had turned it over to my brother by the end of the second day. By the end of the third day, my brothers patience was long gone. He was about ready to blow a gasket! He had plenty of better things to be doing then trying to figure out how to put a lawnmower engine on a beach cruiser!

This is where I come in.

I came over to my dad's house, and in the living room there was a bike with an engine on it. Long story short, he asks me to finish putting it together.

The bike needed the muffler, chain, chain guard, chain tensioner, and kill switch installed, and the front motor mount bolted on somehow. No Problem...

Two days later (including a bunch of talking and admiring the bike) I was ready to put gas in it and give it a test ride. Not.

First, I rode it around my dads driveway without turning over the engine. I knew the chain tensioner was undoubtedly going to be a problem. I was going walking speed and popped the clutch to see how good it would hold up. :-(

Chain tightened, tensioner went into the spokes. Now I have a wheel with two broken spokes.

I replaced the wheel, found a better way to attach the tensioner, put gas in it, and wouldn't you know it, the darn thing started.

I was ear to ear GRIN!

What a BLAST. This is one of the greatest thrills...

About 5 seconds later, I'm going about half speed, and I realize I'm not wearing a helmet and that the odds of something NOT going wrong on this thing was astronomical! I slowed down and started looking at the chain and at everything else on the bike to see what was going to break or fall off!

Amazingly, I made it around the block without it falling apart.

This is where Green Earth Choppers is born.

As soon as I get back from the test ride, I'm thinking how cool this motorized bike is. I start thinking about the 150 mpg, the fact that you don't need a license, and just how much fun this thing is. I'm thinking "who wouldn't want one of these"?

Then it hits me, who would want to go through what my dad, my brother, and I just went through to get this thing installed? Are you nuts? The kit says 6-8 hours. B.S. The average person who thinks he's a shade tree mechanic won't even get the sprocket installed on the wheel in 6 hours (on 1st install).

I know there are a lot of people who want a 150 MPG, 20 - 25 MPH, motorized bicycle and want it already assembled and ready to go. I know there are a lot of people who bought the same kind of kit that we got, and WISH somebody else would have installed it for them.

So here I am to give it to you.

For around 600 bucks (depending on bike), you can get a Generation 2, EPA Certified engine kit that is way better than what we had to start with. You get the bike, engine kit, and the benefit of knowing you didn't have to spend 3 or 4 days installing a kit that said you can do it in 6 - 8 hours.

I know of at least 3 people who wish this option was available to them when my dad bought his kit! Looking back on it, I would have gladly paid $100 just for the instructions we have now!

Well, that's my story. I hope you don't have to go through what we did. If you buy one of our motorized bicycles, you won't have to. If you buy one of our motorized bicycle kits, you won't have half the problems we encountered.

Happy riding.

Thank you,

Bill Alexander, Jr.

Green Earth Choppers

This is the Beautiful 1st bike we put together

Our Motorized Bicycles Kits are the best two stroke motor kits available today.
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We have both 48cc and 66cc engines. (The 48cc engine meets the ARS requirements to not have a license, not be registered, and not have insurance.)