This is my current bike. Bought it new in 2000...12,000 miles.
I had a 1995 Springer in Aqua Pearl, but that color wasn't a choice in 2000. It came Black and stayed that way until 2018. I bought used sheet metal, had it painted the correct color and HAND pinstriped and lettered with correct 1995 Blue and Silver colors.

Sweet Mitch!

I was looking at future Mecum auctions and there were several Hondas I think at the Houston sale. Looked nice

It’s a 78 KZ1000 with a 73 paint scheme

Awesome bikes guys!

My Grandfather was a partner in the creation of the Cyclone Motorcycle in the 19teens in St Paul, Mn. He was the draftsman for the engine. The Cyclone was the first production overhead cam cycle engine and was extremely fast for its day, winning on board tracks and dirt tracks across the country. The effort however was short lived as high production costs, competition and WW1 did them in.

We think about 300 bikes were built, including road and track models. 12 are known to remain today, and most of those have replica frames around a Cyclone motor.

Here are a few photos.

First pic is me and Dad with the owner of one of the few engine/frame numbers matching road models. Still actively being ridden.

Second pic is the only known original paint road bike. There is also an original paint race bike out there.

Period shot from a team rider.

Page from the 1915 sales brochure showing the stripped stock version.

Mini bikes
 

I have 2 mini cycles

WOW, that is WAY cool. My Dad was born and raised in St Paul and rode Indian's and Harley's but I don't recall him mentioning a Cyclone. BUT, he was born in 1925 and would have started riding around '39-40, so they may have already been scarce.


The pic with the cam cover removed is really cool, shaft driven, overhead cams. :ooo:

Here is some detail on the cam drive and internals. They used beveled gears and SK roller bearings heavily. Later the same gents opened a gear company.

Note also the race version had ports in the cylinder walls so at BDC it had extra breathing capacity. Grandpa also built a sled out of Cyclone parts.

Those pics are priceless. Even the mag is shaft/gear driven. Seems way ahead of the time, with all the ball bearings. Too bad the economy killed this.


Those ports at the bottom of the cylinders is how a Detroit Diesel runs, but they are 2 cycle and depend on the blower to force feed air into the cylinder. That engine was very innovative.


That improvised sled is really neat too. People would make what they need from what they had back then.

Thanksgiving Day mini-bike fun!

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Just picked up a 1977 Yamaha Champ 80 to go with my 1971 Honda CT70 and 1975 Kawasaki KV75

Indian 50 with training wheels I use to own
 

Indians 50 with training wheels I use to have

Harley X90
 

Harley X90 I use to own

Speedway Silver Shadow
 

A pair do Speedway Silver Shadows with 5 speed Sach’s 125cc on a 10 in wheel bike. One lighted and one motocross

Sears Mini Bikes
 

A few of my vintage Sears mini bikes:

Never to many
 

The 50s are my recent bikes. the mini bikeI had since I was 10 it started off a a sears mini bike. I used to go to Sears go in the basement and look at the mini bikes all the time. The Honda cub I just recently bought never knew anything about them until I seen this one. I just bought my 6 year old grandson a PW 50 he loves riding it. The 175 is my newest purchase.

Reading this thread again I thought I would update this request....

Knowing that there are many people here who have a couple of bikes or know other guys who collect & sell these bikes...I would like to ask, if anyone here knows of a nice Honda Z/50, Monkey, or Mini Trail that's available to buy, please let me know? Ideally, I'd like to find a yellow one but would consider any color. Anything from the early 1968-1971 models, or the later designs between 1972-1978. Thanks :)

https://i.ibb.co/wzDXDrb/1280px-Hond...ail-yellow.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/rQ2YQjQ/Z50.jpg

In the early 1990's I was at a 2nd hand store and was looking at the bicycles when I came across a 1974 Z50. It was really, really beat up. The previous owner had removed the carb, fenders, side cover etc. Looks like they were trying to get it running and gave up. The price was all of $5.00. It has followed me for 3 moves with nothing done to it. My son saw it and asked me what the deal was with it. We decided to just get it running. No resto. I purchased a repop carb and carefully re-spliced the wiring etc... and what do you know, it fired right up. Now with the popularity of these awesome little bike we just might go ahead and restore it right.

The early Z 50's are showing up at auctions now and bringing some decent $$

Always wanted a 4 speed version of the CT70 (H model). Was at the Pure Stock races a few years ago and Mean Dean put me on to this 1500 mile example. Runs great, gets up to almost 40 mph. Nice pit bike.

Here's my next project which is a 1969 Honda CT70

Here are some of me and my brothers other toys.....

Wow, those are some crazy cool 3-wheelers!

Maybe not a mini bike but I am about finished restoring my 1978 KZ1000 (1973 paint scheme).

NICE !! I bought a '75 KZ900 new. Wicked fast bike. I sold it in 1982 to buy a KZ1100D Now that I think about it, I've owned more new motorcycles than cars.

My Rural King Coleman pit bike. I don't get to ride it much, but it's pretty fun when I do. There are a lot of performance parts available for these things.

Also not a mini bike but I picked up this resto project a couple of weeks ago. 1965 Bultaco Sherpa S 200cc scrambler. Original ad attached.

Added a 1976 KZ900 to my stable in January. Interesting story was I was looking a BBennys thread on his "House" 1969 L78 Camaro and I saw some motorcycles in the original owners garage. I called Benny and he put me in contact with Jim House and a deal was worked out. Benny even helped me go and pick it up!

Here is what it looked like when I picked it up.

Nice !!
I had a Burgundy 1975 that I bought new.

I had a KZ900 back in the day, what a great bike.

Just found a 1974 Z1 900 Project bike that will be next.

My last street bike was a '77 KZ1000, put those same cast wheels and a similar pipe on it.

I have one of those too!

Bought this 1970 QA50 project back in December and just finished it. I drooled over these at Honda City in Glen Burnie, MD when I was 6 or 7 years old and only had to wait 52 years to get one!

My good friend and LT-1 Vette owner Brian got this "Pit Bike" from the estate of a close friend and fellow NHRA Stock drag racer. It was pretty rough, but Brian has it looking good now! - Bill W

Mine must have been a '74 also, as that is the color it was. First one lasted 3 days before it was stolen from a busy Burger King parking lot at 12:15 in the afternoon. Locked steering and key in my pocket. I was only in the store about 6 minutes. It HAD to have been picked up and loaded in a truck but nobody saw anything...:rolleyes2: Hope that's not the one...:laugh:

Took six months for the insurance company to write it off and pay for a new one. By then, it was late October and all I did was ride it home and put it away for the winter.

My little beater for the last 20 years

Finished (for now) with the 1976 KZ900 (it's actually a 1198 CC motor)
We got her fired up for first time in over 20 years about a month ago.