Vintage minibikes

'72ish Speedway Shrike
8hp Te***seh, no pegs, no brakes.
It's a bit hairy to ride, but you get used to it after a while.
Worst part about it is the te***seh ignition. Stupid internal points.

 

No BRAKES???!!!!

I wouldn't last long on that thing!!!

 

Here is my current fleet.

 

here's my old one I sold to buy my t-bucket. I owned it for25 years!

 

Cleaned one up to match the shop truck and take camping & going to the drags.

 

Nice Cat. The truck ain't half bad either...

 

Hey S***chn - That looks much better than it did when it left my house! Quite an improvement!

 

Here is a Honda QA 50 it a 1973 and we have had it since new.

 

Here is my Manco. It will be running a 50's Briggs 6BS. The front end is not much to look at and it needs a smaller front rim.

 

Here`s one completed about 3 years ago. Trail Horse Frame (Bonanza clone), 2- 98cc Sachs engines (West Germany), 2- Max Torque clutches, and all n.o.s. vintage parts from 1968-72.

 

Jesus 200cc mini that thing must fly.

 

wards /arco i just picked up with 1962 briggs

 

my sons 70cc chopper



with it cleaned up

 

In the works.......

 

1969 Rupp Goat

 

Here's one I built last October-ish for the Florida Billetproof Drags. I liked it better in black primer, but later flaked it out silver. Yep it has a parachute, bababooyaa!!! Custom made tank, mid-controls, scrub brake, shotgun exhaust, internal throttle cable, chain guard, wheelie bars, bla, bla, bla...

Check out this video, and search "vonloppy" on Youtube for more crazy*** stuff happening in the Salvagerz World.

 

is this un-restored? these old minis are cool as hell!

 

Kaw MT1 (71) Just finished it's second freshen up since I've had it. Lost it's oil injection along with a few other parts over the years. Was my pit bike now the grandkids toy.

 

68 Rupp TT500 original Paint

 

Another Taco here

 

My Powerdyne Chopper - 6hp Techumseh

 

My new "barn" find! Anyone have info on this little guy? I already have a 8 HP Kohler with torque converter for power. I was told it is a Fat Kat??

 

Here are some pics from a fellow HAMBer of a minibike reunion in PA a couple weeks ago. Thanks for the pics Joe. Hope to see you guys soon.
http://public.fotki.com/JoeGrippo/2010-mini-bike-reunion/
Smokey

 

Here's the link to that magazine article: http://www.vintageprojects.com/mini-bike/pocket-bike.pdf For some reason they took off the name of the magazine but I seem to remember it may have been Mechanix Illustrated. I think the one unkamort saw was a different minibike, I have a copy of that Car Craft magazine somewhere.

 

Coooool!

 

Yeah I've gotten ****ed down into this too, I started with the "swap meet transportation" excuse and in the last week since I made the $30 investment, its running in the front of projects. Investment is still below $60 and now I have 6 derelict small engines to climb over!!!!!

 

That's how it starts, man...

 

Wow great bunch of photos. Looks like you had a great turnout.

don't know how that thumbdown thing got attached but however that is a mistake

 

Rupp Continental Electra shed find missing the headlight

 

Okay sports fans! Here it is! Probably no one remembers, but I promised to post a picture of my mini when I knew how. Ta Da! Also, For those that are in the Phoenix area - If it is not raining cats and dogs on Thursday evening a few of us are going to get together at my house in downtown Phoenix and ride around a bit. Most of humanity leaves when the little go home whistle sounds down here, so I have found it excellent for doing stupid things like buzzing around on my mini bike. I f you would like to join us give me a call at 602 881 0175 I'll try to throw some brauts on the grill maybe? Talk is of possibly taking a ride up to George and Dragon and having a refreshing adult beverage... On mini bikes, of course! P.S. I wish I could take a picture of this that would show the monsterflake metal chunk gold my buddy THE LIBERACE shot on this for me...