easiest/cheapest four stroke to work on

[nathan k]

I've had a few 2 strokes now and feel confident i know the ins and outs of them. if anything engine wise went wrong i know i could fix it myself, might need some help if it was the gearbox though.

I can drive a 125 soon and although it will be another 2 stroke i'd like to start learning about four strokes. I know very little about them so far. so what's the cheapest and easiest four stroke to work on including purchase price? I will probably just sell once everything's fixed on it so not too worried about performance (not that there is much to be had from a 125)

[stocksmenace]

GET A HYOSUNG GV OR KARION....MORE SO THE KARION YOU GET TO PLAY OFF ROAD...BUT THE GV HAS AN EASY ACCESSIBLE ENGINE...THEY ARE KOREAN NOT CHINESE...MORE RELIABLE...SHOULD BE ABLE TO PICK ONE UP QUITE CHEAP AND PARTS CAN BE CROSS REFERENCED IF YOU HAVE THE PATIENCE
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[Barnaby]

Best thing my dad ever bought me was an old Austin 1800 engine & a bag of spanners.

In the days before t'internet when books with pictures cost a weeks wages.

Stripping that engine to its component parts & then bolting it all back up again taught me a lot, or so I thought.

It's one thing to know that a piston goes up & down & a crank goes round & round. It's another thing entirely to diagnose & cure a cough & fart, a non starter or an intermittant (shudders) lektrical problem.

[Rogerborg]

[_Iain_]

Cg, ybr, cbf.

Cheap, hold their money, good to pass tests on, and theres a shit ton of information out there regarding repairs/working on em readily availible. Fuck up maintaining it or break it, lots of ebay engines availible.

Regarding the hyosungs, hop down your local bike shop and ask for a haynes manual. Then ask for a haynes for one of the three i've suggested. Parts wise, how many hyosung dealerships are in your area? One if you're lucky? How many yamaha/honda? Not saying they're bad bikes, just that for the purpose described its a shite idea!
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[blito]

If you want to learn to use spanners then you can do no better than this
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/honda-c90-/261046664685?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item3cc797fded


or this
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MECCANO-837550-25-Model-Set-with-Motor-Car-Bike-Buggy-Toys-069341-/380447383833?pt=UK_Construction_Toys_Kits&hash=item58946e6119
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2012 Zontes Monster

[TheSmiler]

I'd go for a CG125 (like I did ) go for one with kick-start, easy to maintain not bad on fuel and with the kick-start you don't have to rely on jump-starting if you your battery dies.
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

From an ownership point of view, I'd go for a CG, but if I was buying to learn about 4 strokes, I'd go with something like the GS125, as it has a cam chain - you're more likely to run in to one of those on a bigger bike than you are the pushrods of the CG.
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