Since we are all talking minibikes.
- Thread starter beertestr
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Tin
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Gotta look away from the city. You can find them in the $100 range where trees outnumber buildings.
DRAG-ULA
Club Member
Looks like this
Whoa whoa whoa! I got dibs on that!!
DRAG-ULA
Club Member
I would actually DO something with that. I'm bored with the ones I have
beertestr
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I traded a MIG welder for mine. I think I have about $175-200 in it. Figure a Predator motor is $100, wheels and tires, 40, clutch $20, chain $20, seat (??) and brakes, $200 did not seem unreasonable. Motor runs great, starts on 2nd pull cold. Tires still had price tags on them.
As for frames, somebody with an NC tube bender can bust out custom frames pretty fast.
Now where is that CNC tubing bender I saw FS.
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As for frames, somebody with an NC tube bender can bust out custom frames pretty fast.
Now where is that CNC tubing bender I saw FS.
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svtserpent
Club Member
Most of the ones I found close to home were way over priced. I ended up driving over an hour to get my blue one.
DRAG-ULA
Club Member
So when's the MM mini bike run?
They used to have mini bike drags at ubly, but its always the day of the dream cruise, and it's only 1/8 mile. I had my hot rod bike geared for 1/4. It was pulling way past the 1/8 but only went 50 something. They wouldn't give me a 1/4 mile mph. I even said please.
Tin
Club Member
They still do the mini bike drags at Milan a few times per year.
svtserpent
Club Member
Motown muscle minibike meet up? or would that be to dorky? lol
DRAG-ULA
Club Member
I'd be down. Give me an excuse to get some of them running. Kong broke at the minibike drags 4(?) years ago & hasn't moved under its own power since.
Tin
Club Member
Just bring one, we'll have a good time. Check out each others bikes, get some ideas, good times.
DRAG-ULA
Club Member
I don't even know if I have one runner. I been zipping around on my old Yamaha Enduro lately.
A few years ago I was working close to home, so on my last day I rode one of my minibikes to work. Damn thing tossed the chain on the way home, and nobody with a truck was around to come get me. It tossed the chain so hard it locked up the tire, so I had to carry it on a 85 degree August day. And, I had a car being delivered to my house for some work. As I'm carrying the minibike I see the flatbed go by with the car on the back. Talk about a bad day. I was so pissed at the minibike I haven't really messed with it since, mainly because that one never, ever, broke down. I put tons of hours on it & beat it pretty hard. And the one time I actually needed it to get me home, it let me down.
Krazybones
Club Member
Well at least it wasn't that reliable engine I gave you on it that let you down! LOL I remember how mad you were that day - Haha
Tin
Club Member
Damn that's rough. Bring the Enduro, that ought to be pretty damn cool too.
DRAG-ULA
Club Member
And the Enduro is a clapped out 74 GT 80 I've had since I was 10. I can't believe it still runs honestly. It tops out at a whopping 35, the clutch only works once it's warm, when you take off you gotta take it easy or the chain slips on the sprocket. I've flipped them a few times already. It's fun as hell tho.