Customer Reviews

How to Build a Kit Bike

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Nice overview of building a motorcycle from a kit but not enough depth. I wish the author had spent time on engine installation, primary installation, and electonics. Good book but it is not going to help you when you get dirty with your bike project.

This is a good introduction to what is involved in building a modern "bike in a box", or a Harley clone, as marketed by any of a number of companies out there. It gives you some general tips and hints, a review of shop and tool requirements, then walks you through four pretty similar kit bike buildups. All are modern, all are soft tails, and it should give you an idea of what you're getting into. Doesn't mention the wide variety of bikes that can be built out there from catalogs - Old School lovers can look elsewhere. This is all about the new trendy "choppers" you see all over the place, which is okay if you're into that.

This book is an easy reading one. If you are looking for an introduction to Harley Davidson motorcycle kits overview, it is for you. Details on building RevTech Soft-Tail kit from frame, engine, transmission, suspension, electrical system, and etcetera are covered from the open box to finish.

What I like?
Engine and transmission installation, alignment and what king of engine with what king of transmission.

What do not?
The scope of the material presented. If you are a cycle kit man, this book is probably not for you because everything is presented in good simple manner.

Being a shade tree wrench and finding my self interested in maybe building a Hawg I picked up this book. If your looking for detailed information, I'd move on. Otherwise, this is a pretty good overview of what to expect painted in pretty broad strokes. There are some useful tidbits that would probably make it worth the price for anyone who has never touched a bike before. He goes through a number of builds...all choppers. It can be a bit repetitive in places but, he gets a little more indepth on diffrent subjests from build to build. I think it would have been better if he had stuck to one build and just covered the alternatives.

I did not get a lot out of this book. I found it uninformative and
and to general in the info provided. Not very impressed with this author. It was not much not much help to me.

The book was great it will be really useful in building the bike, pretty much helps you through the things I did not know...Love it

I built a kit bike a while back. Without this book it would have been a tough go as there is no such thing as an instrution manuel. Just a big box of parts.(500+-).

There was some good info in this book. It shows you how to line up the primary, and some basic stuff like that. I wish they would have covered the swingarm a little better. I pressed the bearings in from the wrong direction.

Good beginer book! Okay overview of building a kit bike. YOu want build a bike from scratch with this book!