Got me a new hog today...

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My first - R3501
Boys Life - Model cars, slot cars, mini-bikes came next.

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Ended up ordering new tires and inner tubes from Summit today. Should be here Friday that's the same time the sandblaster said he should be done..
got a hold of the guy who did the seats for my duster and he said he still has just a little bit of alligator skin left... LOL..
Taking the seat over tomorrow to have it reupholstery and he's even going to build I knew piece of plywood for the base...
I still need to find some handlebars and I need to start cleaning up the wheels and figuring out what I'm going to do as far as refurbishing those...
I did join a minibike forum and getting a little information from that....
 
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Sweet! I've currently got a Cat 400X that is awaiting restoration.

Edited to add: check out the rear brake caliper that uses the greasy rear sprocket as a rotor. LMAO
 
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j par said:
If you don't hear from me...lol...
My wife may have killeded me...
I'm looking at this..
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Well I talked to the guy who owns that chopper and he gave me a lot of good advice about my own minibike. He let me know about rebuilding the shocks which I started doing instead of buying...
He said they're really expensive restored on eBay and they're made in Italy... I looked and sure enough. he said my front rim is probably original Bananza as well.. likely I could sell these originals buy after-market and still have money left over LOL...
 
The minibike forum is kind of cool.. of course not as fast pace is this one but one thing I did like is you can send pictures and personal messages without being a paid member...
 
Oh good lord it's a sickness or an addiction like everything LOL..
Got me another hog today LOL..
at least this one is a runner and the funny part is I have less in to it then those pieces hanging from my garage LOL..
I guess it has some local small airport history it's got a little bit of airplane apparatus on it...
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j par said:
Oh good lord it's a sickness or an addiction like everything LOL..
Got me another hog today LOL..
at least this one is a runner and the funny part is I have less in to it then those pieces hanging from my garage LOL..
I guess it has some local small airport history it's got a little bit of airplane apparatus on it...
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Nice. :thumbsup:
You should hang that horn out the side window of your Duster. :lol:
 
Sweet minibikes, my buddy collects them prob has about 12 in the shed. I’ve got 2 in pieces I’ve had for 20 years.
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Dartsun said:
Sweet minibikes, my buddy collects them prob has about 12 in the shed. I’ve got 2 in pieces I’ve had for 20 years.
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I don't think I'll be happy till I make my own from scratch...
I've been thinking of a concept for a chopper and I found a guy on the minibike forum who did exactly as I was thinking earlier this year...
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I've got a Lil Indian roller sitting in the garage that I need to do something with. I have a good 5 HP Briggs & Stratton, but I need to find a kit or something to convert the throttle control on the motor. It currently has the little lever that works for a tiller or wood splitter. I checked the link that was in the first few posts here, and found throttle cables and a clutch. :)
 
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