Chinese minimoto MK 2 49cc Review

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Chinese minimoto MK 2 49cc
3.8 stars
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Guest's Review of Chinese minimoto MK 2 49cc

21st Oct 2008

Overall Rating

4 stars
  • Value for money
    4.5 stars
  • Length of ownership
    5 days
  • Reliability
    4.5 stars
  • Year Manufactured
    2006
  • Build quality
    4 stars
Good Points

Available in whole or to buy parts for practically nothing. Excellent styling and surprisingly comfortable when you jostle the handlebars and foot-pegs a bit.


Bad Points

May need the engine cleaning out on a regular basis due to a not ideal air-filter position.


General Comments

Bought the Mk2 3 days ago, as a non-runner in a tow a few miles away. Having bought a Mk1 around a month ago we had a pretty good idea what might be wrong with it. Went to take a look, and it was practically new. Little rust on the chain and some light scratches but pretty perfect in green and white. Lots of compression on the pull-start so we snapped it up for just under £30. Got it home, and pulled the engine apart - LOTS of oil deposits, and evidence of a very oil-heavy mixture in the tank. Cleaned it all out and hey-presto, one Mk2 for £30 + fuel line.
On first riding the Mk2 isn't a particularly fast accelerator. The Mk1 will wheelie 12 stone off the back if you punish it, but the mk2 just hasn't got that "umph"... Having said that, once you spend 5m or so getting upto 5mph, it just goes, and goes and goes. On the grass strip where we were testing, 200m was enough to hit 38-40mph... And the revs were still climbing!
So for the the Mk2 is a healthy dose of fun. Bought for peanuts, mended with a piece of string and a toothpick, and if you do seriously smash it up, you can almost totally rebuild it for £60 from parts on Ebay.
A nice little bike if you have plenty of room to throw it around, and will challenge most 50CC pit bikes at top speed.

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