Well it was over a year ago that Bayareaburrito told me about this original "Kustom Kart" Bonanza on Ebay. A 1971 BC1300 survivor.
It turned out I knew the seller , I had bought a mini bike from him once before. I called him up and told him I just had to have the bike so we made the deal and I drove to PA to pick it up. I tucked the bike away in the back of the garage.
I decided a month or so ago to drag it out and get it ready for Windber...
The bike looked like it had always been well cared for...it was just tired. My kid and I tore the whole bike down and started polishing the original paint and cleaning the chrome.
Luckily whoever added the front peg bar was not a good welder...we were able to carefully remove it, as well as the incorrect bolt on mid peg.
One of the mid mounted footpegs had broken off, so we found another original peg and bracket (Thanks EvilEd
imp and welded it on.
We pulled the original HS40 motor down just to be safe....the rod journal on the crank was worn pretty bad:
.... so we replaced the crank along with the rod (Thanks for the parts ATKRider!)
All cleaned up and re-assembled:
Fresh points and condensor...set the timimg.
And an NOS patina matching, white recoil showed up in the mail :
(Thank-you Bandit40 :bowdown
Finally, new throttle and brake cables (thanks OldMiniBikes.com)
That was it... the rest of the bike: wheels, tires, shocks, fenders, clutch cover, chrome tank, exhaust, headlight, tailight, throttle, grips, brake lever, sprockets, kickstand, etc etc...even the shock boots and seat...all original!
It turned out I knew the seller , I had bought a mini bike from him once before. I called him up and told him I just had to have the bike so we made the deal and I drove to PA to pick it up. I tucked the bike away in the back of the garage.
I decided a month or so ago to drag it out and get it ready for Windber...
The bike looked like it had always been well cared for...it was just tired. My kid and I tore the whole bike down and started polishing the original paint and cleaning the chrome.
Luckily whoever added the front peg bar was not a good welder...we were able to carefully remove it, as well as the incorrect bolt on mid peg.
One of the mid mounted footpegs had broken off, so we found another original peg and bracket (Thanks EvilEd
imp and welded it on.
We pulled the original HS40 motor down just to be safe....the rod journal on the crank was worn pretty bad:
.... so we replaced the crank along with the rod (Thanks for the parts ATKRider!)
All cleaned up and re-assembled:
Fresh points and condensor...set the timimg.
And an NOS patina matching, white recoil showed up in the mail :
(Thank-you Bandit40 :bowdown
Finally, new throttle and brake cables (thanks OldMiniBikes.com)
That was it... the rest of the bike: wheels, tires, shocks, fenders, clutch cover, chrome tank, exhaust, headlight, tailight, throttle, grips, brake lever, sprockets, kickstand, etc etc...even the shock boots and seat...all original!
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