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  1. B

    Picking up 2 - Manco 573-00 this week.

    Dont know much about these Manco 573-00 minibikes. But think they look cool as hell. Manage to find these while picking up my 1980 something puddle jumper. Wasnt expecting to get these but thought they were to cool to pass up for the price. Plan is to keep one for my collection and sale the...
  2. Not so mini bike

    Another vintage find for the week

    So this on let go list as a Briggs engine. You had to go into ad and look at other 2 pics to see what it was he was selling. Drove an hour and a half round trip before going to the in laws for dinner to pick it up. Not sure the year but it's a bonanza mb250. Engine is a 68 Briggs 4hp. Has...
  3. yankee-bears

    Got Ropered into these last week

    Picked up a couple Sears Ropers last Thursday . 1st one is a 2 speed model that runs . Missing chain guard , grab bar , front emblem plate and band brake set up {which I have ]. 2nd one is a Torque Converter model that was missing the driven jack shaft and brackets , the recoil and exhaust tip...
  4. buckeye

    Six Week Summer Buildoff??

    Anything goes. No classes, no rules, just build the best mini bike you can in six weeks.. Open voting. Prizes...bragging rights as the best dang mini bike builder on the best dang mini bike forum in the best dang United States of America!! Who's in?
  5. jeep4me

    Labor Day Week Sale

    Two nice old minibikes, one low, low price. Tote Gote Mini Gote and Dave Grattan Hound Dog. Both run and ride nice. Pictures to follow. Asking $800 for the pair. PayPal or cash. This week only. No shipping, sorry.
  6. minibikin'

    Getting to work on a super special project this week

    A quick back story is my best friend in jr high/high school, Todd has a nephew battling leukemia. I've been very close with him and his entire family for 30 years. Graham is only 6 and has been through more than any should have to with this cancer. I just knew from day one that this kid had what...
  7. Agombie

    PMR Hydraulic Brake is busted after 1 week.

    I purchased the PMR hydraulic brake about 2 weeks ago. I got about a week of use out of it and it has now locked up. I had to pry it apart with a screw driver. With it off of the brake disc it no longer pushes its self back and just clamps shut. How do you fix this. Im kind of irritated because...
  8. glenn baine

    Stolen Bike Alert !!

    Glenn Baine ‎Louisville Stolen Bike Alerts Be on the lookout folks, stolen simplex mini cycle built by my buddy Don to bring with him this year to Winber it had a whole 9 miles on it. they stole it in the middle of the night out of his shop this week. don well be there Friday it be great if...
  9. JohnnyTillotson

    Vintage Clutches

    Spent the night removing some of the old clutches I've obtained from buying engines. I had sprayed PB Blaster on them for a week leading up to this as the last one I removed was an unmittigated disaster. (RIP lil Max Torque!) These all came off smooth and easy. 3 Max Torque, one Mercury...
  10. W

    Hi I am Wayno from ME

    I finally signed up in here,been doing research on here for awhile. I built a Baja Dirt Bug last year with the Predator Engine,it goes good but breaks every week?? So I need some advice!p
  11. J

    Just got a Tri-Rod

    First post and looking forward to many more. I just picked this up the other day and finally figured out what it was thanks to this site, needs some work, have throttle and cables on the way and getting new levers this week for the brakes, going to just run it a bit and then get a seat made...
  12. S

    525 project

    I finished painting my 525 project this week and started putting it back together today. I thought I'd share a picture. The seat is just there to see if I wanted to use it on this bike. Not sure what I'll do. Because this one started as just a frame and forks, I don't have a lot of the hard to...
  13. bikerboybenny8

    Frustrated....OldMiniBikes Warehouse..

    Okay so i need to rant a little bit.. I ordered these rims off of OldMiniBikes Warehouse on April 7th.. 10" Steel Wheel, Black Oxide With 5/8" ID Precision Bearings Figuring they were in stock ready to ship... about 3 or 4 days later i get a voicemail from a lady there by the name of amanda??? Sweet...
  14. redclayhd

    Scold me if I need it!!!

    I'm not sure if this should go here or in off topic or where--- Did anyone in the South East (or elsewhere for that matter) make it to the South Eastern Cushman Assoc. meet in Perry Georgia last week? I wanted to go but just did not make it. Of course my Cushman is in 1000 pieces anyway, so I...
  15. Not so mini bike

    Murray track 2

    I bought a Murray track 2 last week and rode it most of the week end. Then found that the forks were a little wobbely. Took the nut off at the top and not what I expected. There is a lot of play and that needs to be fixed before I do an engine swap. I tried searching thought the forum for a...
  16. dakota

    Big tire bike

    I could pick this up next week. mini bike
  17. chrismh

    Bonanza ID ?

    Hi Ya'll, I am looking for some help to ID a roller bonanza mini bike I purchased last week. The ID number on the fork badge is 790120. Thanks in advance, Chrismh
  18. L

    "HUGE" Mystery Fat Tire Mini Bike Frame!.

    Mystery mini-bike frame bought off craigslist last week, spent a whole week researching to try and figure out who manufactured it, no luck, everything on this bike is huge, from the 23 X 8.50 X 12 tires, huge clutch, sprocket & chain, big welded on jackshaft assy, note fold down ape hanger...
  19. R

    Picked this up last week

    Any idea what this is ? I took a 5 HP Briggs off this
  20. D

    Suzuki 90

    My wife said I was a good boy, well mostly so she let me go and do something totally selfish. The last week of December 1971 I bought my 1st motorcycle, a 1971 Suzuki TS90J. Paid $409 out the door. Last night I bought another one. https://neworleans.craigslist.org/mcy/4800128732.html...
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