Sweet! It's a great feeling flying on a Motorized Bicycle!

I have two 40 mile trips on my phantom and a total of about 300 miles so far and no issues yet. Hopefully it continues 🙏

Awesome Review brother, thanks for the ride too!!

I almost bought the Phantom 85 when it first came out, but I decided to follow your videos on it and I'm really glad I did, still love the motor but I'm definitely going to wait and see if they get The Kinks worked out, I have enough things to work on!

Thanks to your videos I bought a kit to make one of these bikes. It will hopefully be here Friday, I'm really excited.

I have had the issue as well with the bolts backing out on the sprocket and rotor. My fix was to use a slightly longer and better quality Allen Bolt from the hardware store, then use red Loctite. You can still get them out with the red Loctite if you have to, you just need to manhandle them a little bit.

That's looking nice! Nicely running aswell! Thing's fast! Heck, I already feel like I'm going to die at 25mph!

Surprisingly enough, my gen 1 phantom with the gen 2 bushing is holding up pretty good, even in this heat we've had the last week or so. And I'm very astonished that I didn't drown out the ignition system yesterday in the rain, had that happen once on my first China doll kit. So far just basic maintenance and an occasional spark plug cleaning, mine is still running strong, built last December. 36 tooth sprocket on an older Schwinn Frontier. Ride safe!

I 100% agree with your assessment on Phantom V-3 85. Awesome power if it decides to start.

5:06 Isn’t that the turn where you went over the handle bars? Looks familiar. Again, so glad ur ok. So true what the designer said; how they cut corners to make a buck. Ur videos, never cuts any corners, and we appreciate the reviews. Thank you!!!

Been subscribed for a long time and every video just gets better and better

Mr la hover bike the camera you’re using is excellent the clearest video ever as for the bike the phantom 85 reviews you give is honest so I’m really not sure if to buy one this summer for my birthday.i have made some really good mods to my motorised bicycle so I’m very happy let’s say it not the stock timing but I only have gt5 engines I would like to find a Zelda motor bicycle to get a speed test😎 the umotos engine you have is the closest to minds I would like to send you some degrees number for that engine.oh almost forgot I’m using a21 mm carbs and love it

I was thinking about getting one of those phantom cylinders and pistons that they sell separately. I have one of those yd100's with the bigger wrist pins. I couldn't use the motor in it's stock form because apparently the cylinder and bottom end come from two different factories 🤦 I say that because the cylinder didn't line up with the bolt holes, even without the studs in the bottom end 🤷 the wonderful world of buyer misfortune in the motorized bicycle community, lol Good video as always, keep makn em and we'll keep watching ☺️

I am on my third Phantom muffler via Warranty claim. The welds are terrible out of the box. My MS460 piston positions the intake ring pins just slightly wider than the factory piston, so I have not had a ring snag problem yet. The port edges are also horribly finished. I don't recommend running the engine without chamfering the port edges. Otherwise, Mine has been good to me so far. Just had to pull apart the case and clear our a ton of metal shavings before running it, and true my crank.

New here, love your detailed videos

Thanks for the review. I'm new to the channel and thinking about getting into the hobby. Any advice for what to look for in a donor bike? I wasn't sure what frame size is needed to fit a motor.

Sounds pretty darn good to me.

i ordered a phantom 85 for the spring sale, very nice deal of like 260 or something. got it shipped with a cylinder head missing a bunch of chrome/ceramic lining, they actually sent me a new cylinder head though which was very nice. still looking for a frame im comfortable putting this motor on. hopefully mine does not get messed up like yours. i bet it will though

Can you give a link for that mirror? Thanks for the awesome content as always.

I went to repack the grease in the rear hub and figured i would put my new rear sprocket on thinking my old one was bent. Ended up bending my new spocket and breaking 2 bolts trying to get the spocket true/strait. Had to salvage the allen bolts from my blown bt100 and my old spocket was fine. The rubber tire crush ring was cut so far off there was a 3 millimeter difference between one side from the other causing my sprocket wobble. I used an old wood plane to level it out and now my wheel is perfect.

Dude, your alive! Thanks for the ride.

How would you compare the power of a stock phantom 85 with an amazon 66? My 66 has a true expansion pipe, and I ported it. Run 36:1. Tops out at 40mph, I think it has more in it but I suspect the stock carb is being starved of fuel. Otherwise stock. Thanks!

Great video as always

Wow i wasnt expecting that i thought the phantom was actually gonna be a good engine oh well Well doing my first custom mod to my coleman im painting it

Man that bike is singin

have you ran into any current problems with the v2 as i have just ordered one would you recommend for me to do anything to it before installing

That expansion chamber for the 85 ever come out? Im just gonna make my own but the welds are definitely thin on the stock exhaust

What size is your bottom bracket? I bought a 116mm or a 118?? and the chainring is out to far. It falls off when I peddle one rotation. I have the same size chainring and cranks. I bought the new faker frame from cdh. Like yours but Without kickstand.

I'm putting a phantom 85 on my go ped!

Hey bud .. I've been watching you for many many years I'm starting my force field and it's my first gas pipe frame it is possible to now to the back sprocket and use a disc brake on those frames isn't it looks like you got one on can I use a rag joint or do I have to get a hub adapter..?please let me know thank you

Hay got a? How do I stop the top gaskets from leaking and what is a good muffler for it I have a budget I'm on SSI

Ooh, I'm very interested in changing the needle thickness! Please let us know.

Hi! Could you inform the specification for rear sprocket and break disk assembled together ? Sprocket- how many tooth! Break disk - what’s the size (180mm)? Thank you! 😊

i feel your frustration with the phantom exhaust.....my third ride less than 1.5 hours on the motor the silencer separated from the 90 downward elbow. i have(as of today)cut the flange off one of my clone type exhast with expansion chamber fit it with a sleeve to go into the phantom stock exhaust a few inches downstream from the flange connects. trial and error for this "whatcha gunna do? DIY of course". this is my first phantom 85 as theyre very difficult to purchase here in communist Canada. i was curious about the "ting ting" sound from the cylinder, i hear yours has the same sound. my experience with that has been that the piston crown is contacting the top of the jug.....apparently this is a normal occuurance for this engine type? anyway many thank yous for your continued tips and reviews....not gospel which you have indicated on more than one occasion but it has deffinatly helped me to further investigate some of my build speedbumps as well as to sit back and enjoy the ride......take the bike to a place where youre not overtaken by traffic and pedestrians(just always pack some roadside repair items). thank you again sir, well wishes for you and yours. be safe

Hello, does anyone have a good installation video suggestion? I've built a few bikes but my buddy wants to get one and try his hand. Thank you in advance

How’s the vibration on these when an engine is installed?

Would you mind putting a link in for the chain tensioner.

I just brought a phantom V-3 85 and like you said, " plenty of power to spare ". However it's difficult to start. Two three times pedaling down a hill, just pops a couple of times . Out of breath , pull & check plug it seems flooded. I let it sit, cycle stroke w/plug removed to clear out fuel. Try again. I keep the bike indoors. Starting fluid help's sometimes. I'm afraid to shut it off when it does start.

Yeah I gotta say that what your saying seems to be a 100% about the phantom. Now I don't have one obviously but from what I'm gathering from everyone else talking about their experience with the phantom, it sounds pretty much exactly how your saying too. It's a really shame cause the motor came out with so much promise for the consumer but just seems like the ball was dropped just to rush it out and save money. Which is kinda funny cause at $300 it's pretty expensive for them to cut corners. Of course that's just my opinion but it's seems valid to me. Thanks for posting, was about to message you and see where you been and if you was ok cause seemed like it's been a while since you posted.

Always good entertainment,and great info.Thankx LA.

I noticed your phantom has the same noisey rattleing sound as mine, is that normal? When i first installed the piston to the connecting rod, there wasn't a lot of wobble, but from side to side there was. seemed a little more than usual. It's still running fine,it just has me a little worried sometimes that something may give out soon. And also I ordered the Zeda Dawn in black, my first pick was the screaming demon,but the dawn went on sale, I'm glad I waited. Thanks for the review on both of these, now I know what to upgrade on the dawn. keep the great content coming and have a great day!

Did you ever try a skyhawk engine ?

Has anyone tried the 110cc pipes on the phantom? We may not need the expansion chambers for the motor, but I’m still waiting for my engine in the mail so if anyone has tested it, please let me know!!

Another great video! Any chance we could get a link for the crank/chainring setup you used? Thanks, & ride safe!

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Do you recommend the newest gen for my first build I don’t do long rides so no overheating but I plan on putting a 44 for a lot of acceleration

I know this is a old video jw if your going to do a review of v3 phantom??

Great bike build... I've gotten rid of all my builds... I miss riding them so I will be building a new bike soon...!!!!

Nice knew bike I got a seeutec like the one you got

The stock wheels on the V2 arent worth getting trued, i have the same bike and well i dropped while riding it one day and took just the back wheel to get trued or see if it can be trued but they are so cheaply made that when i dropped at 5mph i bent them beyond repair which caused me to order new wheels

Is that a 32t or 30t crank sprocket to clear the motor?

What would be a good quality bike to put a 4 stroke 49cc motor on ? I am near 6 foot tall 59 years old and weigh about 250 lbs . Any suggestions for a bike under $500 will be considered.

Had the same problem with spoke wheels from bike Berry. Spokes was literally falling off the wheel when you touched them. And they know this before sending them to customers. Now I'll have to pay more money to have a local bike shop true them. Beware of bike Berry.

Do you know if its bad for the bike to remove the baffle

Bro I did a high throttle clutch drop that engine lifted sweetly 😁👍👍

I don't know if you already know about this but those forks have been snapping on multiple people on multiple occasions just a heads up brother safe travels

The triple trees look nice, but if was my bike a RockShox. would go nice with that build.

I definitely need to buy this engine

Nice video! Btw why did u downgrade the carb?

I’m like hmmm could go work on my bike.. or watch La hovers new video! Great looking bike man I know you have a lot of bikes but I really recommend building a hyper beach cruiser. It’s basically a sturdier Cranbrook

Hov what do u think the best cruising spees is to keep the phantom at a good temp any idea?

Would like to see a tier list of engines from you. I wanna build a big bore bike, but don't necessarily know which engines are which. I was about to buy a Phantom, but you just changed my mind.

I'm a MASSIVE two stroke fan, I say this from experience an owning an riding dozens an dozens of two strokes!. the two main issues with two strokes but more so with smaller displacement two strokes, is one they depend on the best expansion chamber you can get, if you wont maximum performance an proper reliability!, An two which I think is the most important of air cooled small displacement two strokes is, they DO NOT!! like being held at a high rpm for long periods of time! (now just before you anger type an cry BS yelling at me that, there's 300-600cc 2stroke street bikes from the 70s! lol, remember I said small displacement two strokes), leaving it in the top end of the rpm range for longer than usual time can an will chew up the plug scorch the piston an warp the rings after prolong use, its way better to get up to your top speed or top rpm range then after 10 seconds or so, let of the throttle so the bike can coast an then back on the throttle, an work your way back up to the top rpm range again an repeat!. This is also the best way to ride smaller cc two stroke dirt bikes with prolonged power bands, you wouldn't take a chainsaw turn it on an pin the throttle for 2-3minutes straight right!. You would work your way up an down the top end of the chainsaws rpm range as your cutting. I hope this helped anyone an if you do lock a two stroke up let it cool down, throw some liquid wrench in the cylinder an start it back up, but you will need at a minimum more than likely new rings, but the oil in the head trick should get you home or off trail etc, but its a two stroke piston an rings are inexpensive an super easy to install. Cool videos thanks! GOD BLESS YA ALL!! have fun an be safe!.

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Is the ohantom 85 relyable ?

U need a reed stuffer 🏆

I bet a real pipe would change the game on that

Lol bro I let my buddy try the phantom ,I told him it's not the regular China dolls he said yea yea didn't listen shit kicked up off back of bike and dude cracked his head on pavement

You'd think a Horizontal Dropout would be more or less standard issue on any engine-ready frame, but nope, CDH's frame has the standard Bicycle dropout, making it necessary to modify the dropout if you wanted to use axle-mounted Chain Tensioners, ala most Motorcycles, eliminating the need for something hanging off the Frame/Engine, waiting to fail. It seems to me a lot of those types of things would be no-brainers in the design of any of this stuff, like the Triple Tree Forks, another CDH item...no matter what I try to do I can't get rid of the front/back slop in the stem...no up/down to speak of, but nothing I've tried will eliminate that front/back slop, even with the plastic bushing they provide...there's a lot of things about these bikes that require constant attention, but that Phantom Engine, and all it's fallacies? Could be it was intended for a Racing application, requiring the constant replacement of parts? Just a guess on my part...

I left a comment earlier but I redone my you tube account and upload a pic I will be a you tuber soon I will be uploading videos of my bicycle and the works from stock to high performance with out killing my china dolls as you guys call them if the first comment was deleted is was all good news but I lost WiFi for a couple of days

Make a high-speed motorcycle bike!

Lol I’ve seen this bike before 🚲💨👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

If I had a phantom I'll be try go full speed always 😂 lol I hear it's a 50mph motor out box true or not want one but not 269! Maybe 200 will see in future if I get one untill then my cheapo minarellis going be my dailys and my 66cc

Sell me one proper

I almost bought the Phantom 85 when it first came out, but I decided to follow your videos on it and I'm really glad I did, still love the motor but I'm definitely going to wait and see if they get The Kinks worked out, I have enough things to work on!