First bike!!!!!!!!!

[minipex]

I bought my first mini bike yesterday. doodle bug with PREDATOR 212. it needs some work but thats the fun part. i got the engine running today, sounds great.

I'M going to do yellow frame with black fenders

 

[buckeye]

Welcome.:thumbsup:

 

[Phil1958]

nice looking bike! welcome aboard.

hmmm, yellow and black! another BEEter! :laugh:

:thumbsup:

 

[Brooklyn Bob]

Welcome to the minbike madness!

 

[capguncowboy]

Welcome! I've seen that bike somewhere before. Was it posted on Ebay?

 

[OND]

minipex, looks like a great start :thumbsup: Welcome Aboard !

 

[minipex]

it was on CL. i got it for $100. yes thats it. will be back together this weekend
here are more pics of my progress

 

[minipex]

this frame and fork had at least 4 layers of paint on it. took forever to come off

 

[capguncowboy]

this frame and fork had at least 4 layers of paint on it. took forever to come off

All that paint just keeps the frame from getting rusted, so I don't mind. It's when they're not painted that drives me nuts.

I cleaned a Fox Sprite frame that I thought was orange. It was, but it had previously been black, green, blue, orange and green again. It weighed about 3 lbs less when I got it all stripped than it did when I started.

Looks like you've got it pretty clean

 

[minipex]

i used a diablo wheel. great for stripping paint

 

[OND]

Man you are moving on minipex, looks great so far !:thumbsup:

 

[chipper]

Minipex do you have a welder ? Cut the kickstand off and move it to the right side ( which is actually left side ) and re-weld it to rear of frame ! The Chinese are backwards ?

:thumbsup:

 

[chipper]

Forgot to say , looking good Bro !

 

[Coolcat70]

Welcome to your newest addiction :thumbsup:

 

[minipex]

here it is

 

[brown boonie]

lookin good. black and yellow are a good combo. my son has a mtd Columbia that is black and yellow that he is building.:grind::hammer:

 

[chipper]

I hate to ask but what is the deal with the seat ??

 

[ludicrous speed]

I hate to ask but what is the deal with the seat ??

looks like same thing happened to me
those seat bottoms are made out of poo plastic and breaks right in half...broke mine at Windber lol.

 

[chipper]

Un-staple the vinyl cover , cut a piece of 1/2" plywood get a couple T-nuts 1/4 x 20 and rebuild that sucker !