Hi,
I'm new to this forum and pretty new to mini bikes, so bear with me. I fix, restore, and part out vintage motorcycles from 1965-85 and recently bought a large collection of motorcycle and mini bike parts, mainly for the Harley Aermacchi parts. The seller wouldn't sell anything separately, it was an all or nothing deal, so I was bought his collection including the mini bike parts and a couple mini bikes. He was able to tell me that the majority of the parts are either Harley, Rupp, Artic Cat, Coleman, Chaparral, or Gemini. I was able to pick out most the Aermaccchi stuff but most of the rest is a mystery to me. From years of experience working on motorcycles, I can identify many parts by sight, but I'm wondering if there are links to parts manuals you can share that I could flip through to identify parts, or if there are identifying features that would indicate the make of a parts. For example many 60's and 70's Suzuki parts have "Made in Japan" printed in a unique font, so if you randomly pick up a part and see that specific font, you know it's from a Suzuki. I've attached some pictures to give you an idea of what I'm sorting through.
There are about 50 wheels or tires, some that have rims and others that don't. I can google around to determine which size wheels fit which bikes generally, so I'm less worried about identifying the wheels.
Any guidance you can provide is appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike
I'm new to this forum and pretty new to mini bikes, so bear with me. I fix, restore, and part out vintage motorcycles from 1965-85 and recently bought a large collection of motorcycle and mini bike parts, mainly for the Harley Aermacchi parts. The seller wouldn't sell anything separately, it was an all or nothing deal, so I was bought his collection including the mini bike parts and a couple mini bikes. He was able to tell me that the majority of the parts are either Harley, Rupp, Artic Cat, Coleman, Chaparral, or Gemini. I was able to pick out most the Aermaccchi stuff but most of the rest is a mystery to me. From years of experience working on motorcycles, I can identify many parts by sight, but I'm wondering if there are links to parts manuals you can share that I could flip through to identify parts, or if there are identifying features that would indicate the make of a parts. For example many 60's and 70's Suzuki parts have "Made in Japan" printed in a unique font, so if you randomly pick up a part and see that specific font, you know it's from a Suzuki. I've attached some pictures to give you an idea of what I'm sorting through.
There are about 50 wheels or tires, some that have rims and others that don't. I can google around to determine which size wheels fit which bikes generally, so I'm less worried about identifying the wheels.
Any guidance you can provide is appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike
