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Post  WingingIt74 Tue May 08, 2012 4:28 pm

How many of you had one when you were a kid? I didn't, but I had few Yamahas, a Honda and a Kawasaki.

Here it a quick bunch of pics of my son's that we just finished.

When we bought it before mothers day last year.
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After I got it running last year. the 2HP B&S just didn't run like it should... it ran but not where I thought it should be. A few weeks ago he blew the choke out of the carb and he was pretty upset....
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So him and I fixed it all up this past weekend. I had already bought most of the parts. I did have to order a Harbor Freight engine, it runs very well. It's much faster, I made him put his motorcycle helmet on now instead of his bicycle helmet.
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Here is the first one we bought.... to be fixed up after the Jeep, for my youngest son. Not quite old enough yet so Daddy will have one to play on Smile
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Post  nitrosmeller Tue May 08, 2012 6:55 pm

nice bikes I still have a CAT, NOVA and AR with 3 1/2 briggs to get around on have you been on the oldminibike.com /forum?
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Post  WingingIt74 Tue May 08, 2012 6:56 pm

Yes, I'm on there also.
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Post  nitrosmeller Tue May 08, 2012 7:25 pm

from cox to minibikes to cars to.... lol!
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Post  mitchg95 Tue May 08, 2012 8:01 pm

i've got a old tucomseh 3hp 4 stroke mini bike engine that im restoring Smile it leaks oil so i think ill have to get new crankcase gaskets
man, why are these mini bikes so fun?
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Post  WingingIt74 Thu May 10, 2012 1:44 pm

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Post  microflitedude Thu May 10, 2012 1:51 pm

Got it running then?
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Post  WingingIt74 Thu May 10, 2012 2:00 pm

It's been running, just been breaking master links....
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Post  microflitedude Thu May 10, 2012 2:20 pm

WingingIt74 wrote:It's been running, just been breaking master links....

Ouch. Which part of the link is breaking? Is your chain too tight? Is the sprocket on the clutch aligned perfectly with the sprocket on the wheel?
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Post  WingingIt74 Thu May 10, 2012 2:23 pm

Master link just disappears, not sure. The sprocket is tweaked a little and it's an ancient chain. Got both on order Smile
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Post  microflitedude Thu May 10, 2012 2:35 pm

WingingIt74 wrote:Master link just disappears, not sure. The sprocket is tweaked a little and it's an ancient chain. Got both on order Smile

Are you sure you got the "C" clamp on there? I did that once, and the link kept falling out.



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Post  WingingIt74 Thu May 10, 2012 2:37 pm

Yep. This time I put it on the chain facing in... I'll see how that goes.
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Post  SuperDave Thu May 10, 2012 3:14 pm

"I made him put his motorcycle helmet on now instead of his bicycle helmet."

Very Happy
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Post  WingingIt74 Thu May 10, 2012 4:11 pm

Talking old school, how about Schwinn Stingrays Smile ?
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Post  Mudhen Thu May 10, 2012 5:52 pm

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Post  microflitedude Thu May 10, 2012 7:15 pm

I have one!

They make 2 stroke conversion kits for them, I would love to have one. Smile

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Post  WingingIt74 Thu May 10, 2012 7:46 pm

yep... thought about doing that but went the minibike route instead.
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Post  WingingIt74 Fri May 11, 2012 8:15 am

My son was riding yesterday and I clocked the mini with my Vstar at 25 up a slight incline and 35 down a slight incline, so I'd be safe to say ~30mph, which seems pretty quick to me.

I think I got this figured out with the master link. The last time I put a master link in I put the clip facing in towards the bike and the open end of the clip facing away from rotation. When he was riding yesterday I started seeing half arcs on the concrete in the turns. At first I thought he was dragging a peg, it ended up being the chain on the rear sprocket. I told him not to lean so much in the turns. With the clip facing in, I think this eliminated the issue of the clip being scraped off or loose. So far no more issues Smile
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Post  WingingIt74 Fri May 11, 2012 8:17 am

Mudhen wrote:I love those old mini bikes...and the old Briggs and Stratton engines.
For a while I was into restoring the engines. Unfortunately, the powder coat guy was unreliable...and other stuff got in the way.
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Mudhen, you always amaze me with your projects, very well done.
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Post  Jaspur_x Fri May 11, 2012 10:32 am

I still have one of those but she is going to the scrapyard very soon.

I will restore my old Honda 50z instead lol
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Post  microflitedude Fri May 11, 2012 10:38 am

Jaspur_x wrote:I still have one of those but she is going to the scrapyard very soon.

I will restore my old Honda 50z instead lol

What, a minibike?

How much to ship it? lol!
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Post  Jaspur_x Fri May 11, 2012 11:24 am

Yes,the old school minibike is headed out . the honda 50z (also technically a minibike) is on the restoration list lol

The old minibike has seen better days. The "transmission) pulleys and cover are gone,you probably couldn`t get the parts anymore,I really doubt you would want this one,and shipping would probably cost an arm and a leg.

there is a gokart racing guy at the local track that wants the engine,it has a little performance work done to it already ,the frame I was just going to haul in with a bunch of other scrap.

The honda mini is in need of restoration,wasn`t planning on selling it or at least not in "as is" condition
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Post  WingingIt74 Fri May 11, 2012 11:26 am

Even junk minis go for 50-100+ depending on what make.
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Post  microflitedude Fri May 11, 2012 12:44 pm

Shame it can't be brought back.

I was kidding about the shipping. Smile
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Post  sdjjadk Sun May 13, 2012 10:47 am

I never had a minibike as a kid but I had a Honda trail 50 instead and this past X-Mas, I got my 12 y.o. son a Baja Warrior 200cc minibike from Pep Boys and my 7 y.o. son got a nice used 5 horse go-kart.

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