Recent content by Metalhead96

Was looking around on Trademe (NZ's ebay) for minibikes and came across this Other Mini Bike 1960 | Trade Me wish I had the extra coin to get it. Just thought it might be a conversation starter is all.:thumbsup:

sweet, good to know. I almost got a 10hp one a while ago but I lost the auction.

cool, thanks for the info guys :smile:

BTW it has a sticker on the cowling that says its a I/C series and it has a cast iron sleeve.

So I got myself a neat little 3hp briggs, nothing special really (except the chrome air filter cover:thumbsup:). The thing is it was an old industrial motor, possibly off a pump of some kind. Anyways I was wondering if there is a difference between the engines that came on lawnmowers and ones...

Im in :thumbsup:

South Island. I had a look at some of the kits, prices were pretty good but shipping was going to be through the roof.

Hi all, thought i'd come introduce myself My names Brandon, i'm 17 and live near the bottom of the world in New Zealand. I've recently had an itch for minibikes, after looking around on the internet I found out it is going to be fairly expensive to buy one, so why not make one. I've been...