What kind if mini bike is this?

[bandit77]

I found this mini bike yesterday...anyone know what it is?

 

[Mac]

The guys will pop in and show you that it's an MTD / Columbia.

 

[bandit77]

what year do you think it is...and is it worth saving?

 

[buckeye]

Svaing vs what? Hell yes it's worth sving. They all are.

 

[Mac]

what year do you think it is...and is it worth saving?

....We all know it's somewhere between 1968 & 1971, because those were the "Minibike" years.

Save it and trade it for something you want for your own.

 

[KustomKartKid]

That's a crazy forkplate decal !!!!

 

[murrayeliminator]

I don't know the maker of the Mini bike, But i know that name plate from bicycle collecting. it's the Flying O from Otasco tire stores..

 

[KustomKartKid]

I don't know the maker of the Mini bike, But i know that name plate from bicycle collecting. it's the Flying O from Otasco tire stores..

...that doesn't look like just some sticker that a kid stuck on there....I wouldn't be surprised if the Otasco tire stores didn't selll those MTDs just like Western Auto.....

 

[murrayeliminator]

...that doesn't look like just some sticker that a kid stuck on there....I wouldn't be surprised if the Otasco tire stores didn't selll those MTDs just like Western Auto.....

It's not a sticker a kid put on there, your right, it's where the mini was sold at. the ones on the bicycles i'm talking about are the metal name plates put on there from the factory, for bicycles sold at (Oklahoma Tire and Supply Company)

 

[TomH]

Yep, Flying O, I used to work for Otasco. Stores were mostly in Oklahoma. Most of our wheel goods were made by Murray MTD. Bikes, minis, mowers.

 

[The Restore Kid]

...that doesn't look like just some sticker that a kid stuck on there....I wouldn't be surprised if the Otasco tire stores didn't selll those MTDs just like Western Auto.....

I had an MTD that I called MTD forever, until I flipped it over, and there was a sticker that said "Firestone" :blink:

 

[TomH]

Svaing vs what? Hell yes it's worth sving. They all are.

This answer should get the award for best answer:clap: Go Buckeye.