Hellllloooooo OldMiniBikes Community!!
My name is Justin, I'm new to the site and I'm 16 years old. I live in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, where this thing is VERY not legal :laugh:
I paid $160 for the doodlebug originally from craigslist, with the stock 97cc and no brakes :thumbsup:
I thought maybe you guys would like to join me on my build!
So to start, I picked up this minibike and threw it into the back of the jeep:
Here's the first day I got it
Next I brought my new doodlebug home, not knowing anything about it.
I rode the thing around town with my friends, and my first "Mod" was this yellow tool container than I drilled holes in and tied to the frame using rope to haul around all my extra Sh:censure:T !
Took it off a few days later because it was extremely loose and didn't work very well.
It was also around this time (1 week or so of owning ) that I figured out that this thing had NO torque, it wouldn't make it over a speed bump!
Next I rebuilt the whole thing and cleaned everything up
A couple weeks went by and I decided that I was tired of dealing with this Shi:censure:ty engine and fixing it all the time, and I knew some things had to change. I started with getting the engine and taking apart the bike to clean/sand/prime/sand/clean/prime/paint/clearcoat (I choose Rustoleum "Acid Green")
Next I got the engine mounted (No adapter plate, I'm a teenager w/ no job, I can't afford that!) I am still young and dumb so I made a few holes that shouldnt have been there :hammer: but I figured it out and got it all mounted up and lined up with the clutch
My name is Justin, I'm new to the site and I'm 16 years old. I live in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, where this thing is VERY not legal :laugh:
I paid $160 for the doodlebug originally from craigslist, with the stock 97cc and no brakes :thumbsup:
I thought maybe you guys would like to join me on my build!
So to start, I picked up this minibike and threw it into the back of the jeep:
Here's the first day I got it
Next I brought my new doodlebug home, not knowing anything about it.
I rode the thing around town with my friends, and my first "Mod" was this yellow tool container than I drilled holes in and tied to the frame using rope to haul around all my extra Sh:censure:T !
Took it off a few days later because it was extremely loose and didn't work very well.
It was also around this time (1 week or so of owning ) that I figured out that this thing had NO torque, it wouldn't make it over a speed bump!
Next I rebuilt the whole thing and cleaned everything up
A couple weeks went by and I decided that I was tired of dealing with this Shi:censure:ty engine and fixing it all the time, and I knew some things had to change. I started with getting the engine and taking apart the bike to clean/sand/prime/sand/clean/prime/paint/clearcoat (I choose Rustoleum "Acid Green")
Next I got the engine mounted (No adapter plate, I'm a teenager w/ no job, I can't afford that!) I am still young and dumb so I made a few holes that shouldnt have been there :hammer: but I figured it out and got it all mounted up and lined up with the clutch
and some hand guards (don't know if I'll like the look or not.. but they were extremely cheap so I'm deciding to try them)
