Talk:GY6 engine

message: I keep seeing this stuff about the GY6 being a clone of the Honda 125cc  Elite engine. I have a Honda 125cc Elite and a Chinese 150cc GY6. Both engines are 4 cycle internal combustion single cylinder engines. That is where the similarity ends. Among other things the REAL honda engine is water cooled, has external valve adjustments and NO cooling fins. THe Honda cyclinder leans about 15 degrees to the rear. The GY6 might be 15 degees off horizontal. The GY6 may be a honda clone, but it sure as heck not a clone of the elite/spacey 125cc scooter engine.
Somebody needs to check their facts. 21:14, October 15, 2006 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.215.40.190 (talk • contribs) 
This is a picture of a 150cc GY6 engine:
http://www.buggydepot.com/store/images/IMG_6462.JPG
This is a picture of a 1985 Honda Spacy/Elite 125cc engine (the 150cc version is visually identical):
http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/yy209/BlackSheepRadical/090921_131406.jpg
These are two completely different engines. I just hope no-one reads this article and buys a GY6 to put in their Honda Spacy...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.125.146.80 (talk) 23:02, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: October 2006

message: As far as I can tell, the GY6 engine was never used in any Honda product.  It seems to have appeared in the 1990s in Chinese and Taiwanese models.  Whether or not the engine was actually designed by Honda is anybody's guess - I have yet to find conclusive evidence which confirms or denies Honda's involvement in the design of this engine.  There doesn't seem to be a reliable source of information on these scooter engines, and this article is not helping to cut through the confusion - users have pasted excerpts from this entry all over the internet, further exacerbating the problem.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Colindoyle (talk • contribs) 22:27, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proof of Honda's design input? 

message: A recently developed resource that covers most aspects of GY6 maintenance and tuning is "The GY6 Place" a colorful site that caters mainly for the amateur GY6 owner.
ScootDawg
The GY6 Place
Chinese Scooter Owners Club
--Dbratland (talk) 20:05, 27 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Your motives aren't the issue.  That's great that you're not trying to benefit commercially, but it doesn't make any difference.  The links fall under links normally to be avoided, such as community forums, and retail sales sites.  What this article really needs are independent, reliable sources.  Just to be clear, it is not Wikipedia's job to be a directory of useful links on every topic.  Whether these links are helpful to someone buying parts for engines is not relevant. What matters is whether or not they make the article better according to Wikipedia's criteria.  The Open Directory Project might be a better place to submit useful links, at http://www.dmoz.org .  Unlike Wikipedia, DMOZ.org is a directory.--Dbratland (talk) 01:09, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

text: By all means, delete them too.  I'm not responsible for every leaf that falls on Wikipeidia. --Dbratland (talk) 15:46, 1 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Links to possible references 

message: Due to the article not meeting Wikipedia's standards and not having citations, I have edited the page to incorporate only the non-contested content contained previously in the article.  Due to the nature of the lack of evidence on the topic, the article needed a major cleaning.
I would welcome any verifiable additions to the specifics of the GY6 engine. Especially in regards to its history and origins.
Kennethleesands (talk) 21:28, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: If you look at WP:Five pillars, Wikipedia:Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not, it might help explain why most of the GY6 stuff doesn't belong on Wikipedia. If you ask me, there are more than enough websites -- forums, clubs, and commercial sites -- that tell you all you need to know about the GY6. But if you feel that even with all that, there is still an unmet need for some kind of Wiki article with GY6 lore, I would look to Wikibooks for a format that is more open to the kind of how-to advice that is the mainstay of the GY6.<P>If you have reliable sources you can cite, then feel free to expand this article, but remember to stay away from how-to advice. --Dennis Bratland (talk) 04:57, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Regarding Cleaning of Article