ORIGINAL: ELTIGRE
just your OPINION. my experience is certainly much different & I have decades of experience with various engine makes.
ORIGINAL: jettstarblue
They are nice engines, if you handle them properly. Like the above posts say.......
E.T.-
Calling them a "P.O.S." and saying "they are a bad design" is
your OPINION.
Too bad your DECADES of EXPERIENCE couldn't help you in getting the K&B engine to operate in a decent manner.
They can be made to operate nicely, if you take a little care.
I realize that the K&B Sportster series are made to be affordable, and therefore are manufactured to a price. This doesn't make them a bad engine, and in fact they are a good engine, with the ability to spin an overly large prop.
My OPINION stands, so take it with a grain of salt, and don't be so advisarial.