Trojan Mini Bikes

[6doggie3]

Post what you have or owned!

 

[6doggie3]

 

[Taco Loco Joe]

 

[Taco Loco Joe]

this decal was covered by an old paint job! Trojan mini bikes were made in Walnut Creek and San Ramon California in the 60s! today they are very upscale cities of the San Francisco Bay Area. Times sure change.

 

[capguncowboy]

this decal was covered by an old paint job! Trojan mini bikes were made in Walnut Creek and San Ramon California in the 60s! today they are very upscale cities of the San Francisco Bay Area. Times sure change.

My wife's best friend lives in San Ramon. We visited there a couple of years ago. I certainly never would have believed it was once an area with a lot of mini bikes or the location of any manufacturing

 

[MCF2891]

Gotta rebuild the original forks and get new shocks for em

 

[Bonanza BC1300]

I wonder if any anyone living in the east bay area remembers Diablo Enterprises, a Taco and Trojan dealer off Monument Blvd., Concord in the 1960's? Garden Equipment, also nearby on Meadow Lane, was the Bonanza dealer... The good old days.

 

[Taco Loco Joe]

I wonder if any anyone living in the east bay area remembers Diablo Enterprises, a Taco and Trojan dealer off Monument Blvd., Concord in the 1960's? Garden Equipment, also nearby on Meadow Lane, was the Bonanza dealer... The good old days.

. Do you remember The Trojan factory in the East Bay? There isn't any History on the net I could find. I remember the Trojans as a kid in the 60s. growing up in Daly City we had The Pit Stop . They sold Tacos there!

 

[Bonanza BC1300]

I do not Joe. I thought they were made in Alamo, until I viewed the name plate on your bike. I was born in SF and lived in Daly City before my parents moved the family to the east bay in the early 1960's.

I don't recall the Pit Stop, but remember House of Scrambles, a Bultaco Ossa dealer, along with other oddities in Daly City. Also remember a commercial slot car raceway on Mission St. as well.

I recall the Trojan to be more of a utilitarian bike, when compared to Bonanza, Taco and others, but they were a capable mini. The neighbor kid had one where I lived and it was quite wheelie prone, (compared to my Bonanza) even with the 3 1/2 hp Tecumseh engine.


Doug

 

[6doggie3]

A lot of them popping up lately! Post some pic of what you have?

 

[TrojanMini]

1969 Trojan I’ve had for about 30 years.

 

[NorCal]

this decal was covered by an old paint job! Trojan mini bikes were made in Walnut Creek and San Ramon California in the 60s! today they are very upscale cities of the San Francisco Bay Area. Times sure change.

Seems like the bay area suburbs were kinda a meca for mini bike companies back in the day, who knew?

 

[Taco Loco Joe]

Picked up another Trojan yesterday. After talking with the owner for a few weeks, we negotiated a fair price, met at a local Car gathering and sealed the deal with a handshake and a Cold beer.

 

[Triley41395]

Picked up another Trojan yesterday. After talking with the owner for a few weeks, we negotiated a fair price, met at a local Car gathering and sealed the deal with a handshake and a Cold beer View attachment 305007

We're the clutch covers the same as on the bonanza. Wondering if the sourced them from the same supplier. They share a very similar look, do you know which company was started first? Or maybe they were connected in some way.

 

[Taco Loco Joe]

Yes same cover as the Bonanza. Don’t know who the supplier was but both Trojan and Bonanza’s were made in the San Francisco Bay Area.Trojans : Walnut Creek/San Ramon . Bonanza’s: San Jose Ca. Thanks @JTG for posting the ad in the EBay/Craigslist section.