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Darren,

Love it! Check out the Gold Horn necklace [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

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And the Thrush bird decal on the side cover.

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I see it now, Priceless [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

How old were you in this picture?

Dan

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That is awesome!

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Darren, you look the same.......if I find mine, I won't post.

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How about a go-kart. That's me in the wagon and my brother driving. My gosh, a parent would be arrested if they let their kid do that today. I still have the scars to prove it's me. This is 1962 in Connecticut.

Re: OLD MINI BIKE
 

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Postsedan</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I see it now, Priceless [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

How old were you in this picture?

Dan</div></div>

12 I think.

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The good ole days [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

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I always wanted a mini bike when I was little. I tried to make one out of a bicycle frame once. I never finished it. Some of my friends had Rupp Roadsters/Scramblers, Yamaha Mini Enduro's, Honda QA50's, and Benelli's. I'd still love to get one. Now I don't have a place to ride it. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif[/img]

I just scored this bad boy. Already modifying it too. It should keep me busy over the winter. This baby is way too powerful and can't keep the front wheel on the ground :)

That thing is mint! Is it new?

Almost NOS.

Very cool! I need to find one and a Honda 50, my first bike!!

I've had this '73 Honda ATC 70 for a few years.
Certainly not NOS, but mostly all there and runs great.

Lately I have been on a Mini Bike Hunt. I thought I was going nuts. Now I see that I am just like the rest of you guys.

No, its a 15 year old DB30 that was restored. :). I was on the hunt too and found it on my local craigslist.

You may have gotten mixed in With the wave of Russian spammers, I just had 40 sign up in 3 days. If one legit guy is in the mix he suffers. And I just had a guy contact me why I didn’t approve him. Lol. I run IP’s. But I’m getting tired of doing it. If your in Moscow, downtown, I doubt you have a Bird lol.

I got a Chinese dirt bike a bud gave me, almost got it done, the harness was a challenge in itself. Most things were missing and it’s in Chinese. Miniriders.com an Aussie site helped mecout a lot.


http://www.miniriders.com

I'd really love to find a nice Honda Trail 70 or 90. I see the ones you guys have and love those. A neighbor kid had a light blue one when we were kids and I always wanted one, ugh.

When I was a kid in the '70's, we had a mini trail 50 and a QA 50. Great bikes!
I recently missed out on a M/T 50 that sold for $50! It sold in minutes.
The lady obviously didn't realise what she had.

Just bought a 72 Z50, totally original everything, all paperwork, MSO orig invoice, warranty book. Biggest problem is convincing my 12 yr old that these are for me, he loves riding them

Had a Heathkit Boonie bike.

I still have this 70 Rupp Roadster being ridden by my brother in this pic in approximately 1974

My daughter on her 84 Suzuki 50 3-wheeler. She is just sitting on it, I'm working on getting this ready for the spring for her

I have 3 50cc broncco minicycle 1a street bike and a dirt bike like i had when i was 13 i would post a picture but i don't know how

Here's a pic of me in approximately 1975? With my Honda CL 70, I had removed the lights and steel fenders to make it more of a dirt bike. My younger brothers XR75 can be seen in the background.

That is a great pic! I would definitely make a poster of it and put it in man cave!!

heres my rupp roadster 2. I collect all kinds of small motorcycles. cant get enough of them.

Man.....is this a new mini section of MCACN coming up??:hmmm: Get it? Mini? Bike? Yeah...I know. But as the newest member of the MCACN staff, I say why not? It's just more work to do:haha: Now I guess i'm on the hunt for one. Those are pretty dang cool!

Cheers:beers:
Dave

I'm sure a lot folks here were all about minibikes prior to getting into cars. I know I was. Collecting them, just another piece of the middle age puzzle, lol. I remember my older brothers friends dumping minibikes off at my house as soon as they could/drive build musclecars. A lot of them were Stellars, which were made here on Long Island, and command big $$ these days if you can find them.

Love this thread! Those pics Wheelhop posted take me back to just about any summer weekend in the '70s. Around here, we had countless suburban developments that needed to be torn up, trailed, and just plain violated. We'd get kicked out eventually and move to the next. There was an operating rock quarry near us that had some pretty intense hill climbs that our smaller bikes couldn't crest on their own. We sat at the bottom and watched the big boys run their Yamaha ATs, DTs, and 360s, Honda elsinores and huskys. Some would make it, but we'd sit at the bottom, eat our humble pie and dream of the days we'd graduate to anything above 125cc. No helmets, no gloves, just sunrise to sunset fun. Dad drug a Moss Cart up from Torrance with us and he drug a dirt track in the cow field for us to rip around on. That kart was given away but I stumbled on another at the local swap meet around 10 years ago, still waiting resto......

absolutely. I was riding a Rupp Spring by 1971 (10 years old) and a new Yamaha LT3 100 in 1973.

Yup Iv got a storage shed full of the lil indians! They were my first touch with motors as a youngster!

Nice putter. I've always liked rigid pans and shovels. Wide glide front end looks great on that frame.

heres another one of mine. this one seems to always peek a lot of interest.

hers what I am doing to mine. To keep me busy over the winter. Hydraulic disk braking, front suspension and open element air cleaner.

that's cool frank. is that a common kit for the old minibikes or something you are fabricating?

Pocket Rocket
 

My son was cleaning out his wife's family airplane hangar and he found this. Any ideas on the make???? or year???. I think I've been tasked to get this running. I see no manufacturer markings.

The hydraulic brakes are a generic kit so a little fabbing has to be done as well as the front suspension. But generally, its a close fit. I'm trying to figure out what handlebars I need so that it will be a comfortable ride next

Steve, that's what is called a Pocket Bike, very popular (culty) dozen or years ago. They used to race those things formally. They can be VERY fast. Good luck with it

Love this thread, I have to go through the old family photo albums to get pictures of the greatest physical gift our parents gave us. One day out of the clear blue sky my parents arrived home to the farm with a brand spanking new CT70. (There were no funds for this but somehow they made it happen) my brother and I put thousands and thousands of miles on that bike!!!

Ryan W31