Taco question

[sparkwizard]

Do these swing arms pivot in the head bolts? Does anybody have a picture of a frame without the Briggs on it?

 

[RobertC]

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Do these swing arms pivot in the head bolts? Does anybody have a picture of a frame without the Briggs on it?

@sparkwizard
Hey Dave...check this out...I just saw this on another thread today.

Look at the kits and see if what you're looking for is shown:

https://redirect.viglink.com/?forma...xt=http://steenstacominibikes.com/Models.html

 

[Broke Joke]

They used a bracket that bolts to the head and pivots off the holes in the frame

 

[sparkwizard]

I looked at that link earlier today, also. That is why I was wondering. I do not see a hinge for the swing arm.
Very strange to use the engine as a stressed member on an air cooled ...well....anything.

 

[sparkwizard]

They used a bracket that bolts to the head and pivots off the holes in the frame

Will you get a picture of the bracket, please? Installed, preferably?

 

[JTG]

Hope this helps:

 

[sparkwizard]

That does help. I also want to see the piece that bolts to the engine.

This is mind-boggling caveman technology.

The top part of that frame looks similar to the top half of a Terra frame that will be my next bike. Before I start cutting and welding, I need to decide what to do with it.

 

[RobertC]

This is mind-boggling caveman technology.

I am thinking many of the mini bike designs were created by non engineering type folks.

 

[sparkwizard]

They were not lawyers, not engineers, and not accountants.
That leaves potheads.

 

[sonerenos]

 

[sparkwizard]

So it is only held on by a few head bolts?

 

[sparkwizard]

These were made in California, I believe. I also believe Rupp was in Mansfield, Ohio.

This highlights the huge differences in quality and strength of drugs available in the midwest and on the west coast in the 60's.

 

[Itype2slo]

Is that the burrito? I think it's the 55 that has the hanging west bend. I like that one better.