Recent content by Lil Injun

I'm one luck grandpa. Thanks boys, it's been a blast.

Got lucky and found a new Comet 30 TAV kit for a fair price and it fit the Honda 5hp motor with just a slight modification. It was missing the cover so back to the scrap pile for some thin aluminum diamond plate. The sprockets had been lined up prior to welding the motor plate in place so next...

After checking one last time everything was disassembled and prepped for paint. I had some 2-part epoxy primer for base and the boys picked 'hammered silver' for the finish as well as red for the wheels. A good combination. No comment on the upholstery, not my forte. We made a quick rotisserie...

I came close to building a new suspended front axle but time didn't allow so the old axle was modified and dropped 3" below the frame just to make the kart set level. At the same time the front of the frame was beefed up with steel bars driven into the ends of the original frame about 5". With...

Wheel spacing was done using some 6" well casing from the scrap pile and pieces of 3/16" plate. I needed 2-1/2" added to each side. There is about 1/2" clearance between the frame and tires now. This kart wasn't made for 19" tall tires so next is making spacers at the front axle to keep things...

The rear wheels came with the project. The rear axle came from a Kawasaki three wheeler. Other than being too narrow it was a good choice since it already has a differential, brake and sprocket in place. The 540 pitch sprocket is quite large so the motor plate had to be raised to get the...

Ten days with 9 & 10 year old grandsons was a blast even if I'm worn slick now. This kkartt had a rough life ending up in in a scrap pile. Being a sucker for trying to breathe life into old iron and to show the boys what ingenuity can accomplish we did just that. The frame and wheels was...

You nailed it. It was probably the Explorer model. The grandsons helped me strip it down and build it into a fun kart. The rear is now a Kawasaki KLT 200 live axle which is great. Rear tires are 19" tall so had to raise the front axle to keep it all level. Motor is from a Honda 5.5 hp sprayer...

Hopefully someone can identify this cart 'frame'. I'm thinking it may have been made for a kart rental track since it is so heavy. Overall it's almost six feet long. Also under some of the paint I see several 'safety' stickers. Several holes has me thinking it may have had a body on it at some...

The powder coater snuck in and got the frames done, at a premium price but one less thing to worry over. I wanted to get swing arm coated but couldn't get the rubber bushing out and didn't want them burned up when the powder coating is baked. It will get epoxy painted along with all the other...

It's a bead blasted finish. Color will be black.

What started as a 5 hour job turned into a 10+ hour job. The curse of trying to be a perfectionist. Most of my motorcycle restorations take a year or more but a minibike??

I did get some time in on the Lil Indian today. The seat base was badly damaged as well as the foot peg supports. The steering neck has been resized to hold the bearing race and the steering stop has been beefed up. By tomorrow it should be finished. I want to send it along with the dragbike...

Well I've committed to entering Double Trouble in a bike show in late April. So now instead of taking the time to build it as a runner I will just do the polish and paint thing so it looks like it's ready to fire up. Later I will build the rear engine and have a real runner.

Still gathering parts for the MM5A. Picked up a Eastwood powder coating unit so will be experimenting with it soon. At the same time, I'm starting to restore my old Triumph drag bike that's been neglected way too many years.