back to watching these again lately..if you like 2 strokes give a listen..:001_cool: .. https://youtu.be/lf77O3Wm-gY
a mini bike of the automotive world
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When D&D mini cycle was open I had a man come into the shop looking for chain and other parts for his go kart. This kart was powered by a DKW 3 cylinder two stroke engine and had a Harley Davidson kick start gear box down to a live axle with only a 6 inch Bendix brake. He ran slick kart tires. The thing had a huge flywheel that helped maintained rpm. Each cylinder had it's own coil and Carburetor and exhaust.
He used this kart to challenge race for money against cars like the Plymouth GTX and Pontiac GTO's they raced down in the Los Angeles river bed . That gave the Sherriff's a big problem enforcing the non publicized events. He started the kart for us but didn't drive it for us but I sure sounded wild but he was a wild man for sure.
He used this kart to challenge race for money against cars like the Plymouth GTX and Pontiac GTO's they raced down in the Los Angeles river bed . That gave the Sherriff's a big problem enforcing the non publicized events. He started the kart for us but didn't drive it for us but I sure sounded wild but he was a wild man for sure.
https://youtu.be/eeOjEqjVihY. wake up the neighborhood..lol
I didn't know the Trabant was a two stroke. Nice engine compartment layout. I had a friend that had a two stroke Saab. He drove it for years before it died. When I had my motorcycle shop a customer from Michigan brought down an H Modified sportscar with a 750cc 3 cylinder Suzuki engine for me to fit 34 mm Mikuni carbs to. It had Ocelot expansion chambers and, needless to say, was LOUD, but music to my ears (probably why I don't hear well now). Those videos bring back good memories. I ran a few Rallies when I had the Triumph TR3 and the Fiat Abarth. Great fun, even managed to win one in the Abarth.
Yes the Abarths did require a lot of maintenance and hard to get parts, Steve. I bought my Abarth new and it was a fantastic car for 10,000 miles. After that, not so much. I was running south on 31 out of Kokomo heading to Indy at 118 mph (its redline) and the distributor exploded. Sounded like a hand grenade went off right behind my head. A year or so later the cam wore out and it sat for over six months waiting for a cam from Italy. It was more reliable than the TR3 though. Everything that could go wrong with that car, did go wrong.
So I'm sitting around this month w two scraped knees from getting rekt on the mmb80 and had oral surgery(feels like I've been eating light bulbs)..good meds tho sooo I'm watching more Trabbie vids. :laugh: guess it's the round headlights and the 2 stroke..these are like a basic rectangle mini bike frame,they look good no matter what color..the 3cyl is a Wartburg eng.. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gEnvxZyaCiAhttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_p-WIfivf14https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_OxQq2iWAyc
