Radio Flyer "Mini-Bike"

[trailhopper]

Have been wanting one of these ever since I saw one. Only made for 1 year... it's a 1988 Radio Flyer MB52. Yes the same company that made the wagons and the sleds. Still in business today. I actually called the company and a sales rep gave me info on the mini-bike. They made them originally from 1938 to 1942 then remade for 1 year as a 50th anniversary. Pics are taken with a spray paint can just to give you an idea of how freakin' tiny this thing is.

 

[oldfatguy]

so what size motor are you going to put on it ?

 

[delray]

i pickup one couple years ago. yours is the first one i have seen since i got my bike. i kind of wonder if it was a low number bike built. sounds like it is from the info you got from radio flyer company.

still has the training wheels on my bike.........:thumbsup:

http://www.oldminibikes.com/forum/general-minibike-talk/53390-radio-flyer-mini-bike.html

 

[trailhopper]

Hey delray I did notice that you had one before I bought this one. Yours looks just as nice and man oh man are they tiny tiny. Great piece to have in my opinion. Someone has to preserve the cool items of our past. I have more vintage bicycles that I bought last year and still haven't unboxed them yet. :doah: I will in the next few days. :thumbsup:

 

[trailhopper]

so what size motor are you going to put on it ?

Cox .049....that's about all that would fit. :laugh:

 

[boatguy]

West Bend 820 ought to do it!

 

[Brooklyn Bob]

That is one cool little machine. I never saw one before.

 

[delray]

i had couple more cool looking vintage small bicycle bikes save on my old computer, but that computer crash.....:doah:
cool thing about it, they did say minibike on them....

 

[trailhopper]

Here is another with "Mini-Bike" on it. It's a Garton out of Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

 

[delray]

thats one of the bikes i had save..........:thumbsup: and lost it on my old computer...

 

[trailhopper]

thats one of the bikes i had save..........:thumbsup: and lost it on my old computer...

cool then. now you have it back on your current computer. :thumbsup:

 

[delray]

yes.........:thumbsup:

 

[delray]

trailhopper, looks like radio flyer made two different minibikes. solid red color(maybe little older model?)
i found this one at a swapmeet. little beat up. i didn't buy it....:doah:

 

[trailhopper]

That is cool delray. Mine is missing the training wheels. Not sure if you saw this but I did get the other one made by Garton. (also needs a set of trainers and the headlight)

 

[manic motorcycle]

radio flyer mini bike parts

I am desperately looking for one of the Radio Flyer Mini-Bike Model MB52 1989. My son owned one, it was his second motorcycle, he kept it all these years for when he had a child. My son was a professional motorcycle mechanic and passed away this year before repairing the mini bike for his 3 year old son. I am trying to honor his wish and refurbish it. If anyone has parts or a bike for sale I would appreciate it I need the fenders and seat and pedals.