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Tacojoe has some good ideas in the works. After a lengthy phone conversation with Joe, I believe his product is going to fit right in with the direction I want to take for Track Trends. I've been looking for a top quality product as an alternative to the cookie cutter frames. Keep up the...

I am guessing 2 stroke. I have not seen the parts. My customer comes in every few days and when he is in next I'll ask him. Thanks for the response.

I'm trying to help out one of my good customers. He wants me to rebuild his crankshaft for an '81 Yamaha DT 100 but he needs a connecting rod and he has not been able to find one. If anyone has a broken motor and is willing to part out let me know. If someone has a complete motor they are...

With the sidecover on and properly aligning the crank and cam, with the spark plug removed, the crank should turn over freely. If the engine ran with no oil it probably ate up the rod. The aluminum rod will got hot real quick and start to melt onto the crank journal. The rod will need to be...

Thanks for the pics. I like to see people who think outside the box. That is the market I am aiming for with my business. The hard part is finding products that are unique, because if they were easy to find then they wouldn't be unique. It's a catch 22 but I'll keep working at it because...

Thanks Ratbike, that's a nice little peice of info to keep handy. I also like the looks of that jackshaft setup, I might consider using that one. Question for anybody out there. Curious about using a drive belt set-up instead of a chain. I had a customer a few years back racing a quarter...

This is my first custom build. I'll post some pics soon. (After I get my son to show me how to get my pictures from my phone to my computer. I'm not too quick to learn the techie stuff. I'm more of a hands-on person.) I've been real busy working evenings and weekends on the website so I...

I'm trying to contact webmaster@oldmimibikes.com to advertise for Track Trends website, a parts supplier. This was the only contact address I could find. The emails are getting kicked back. Anybody have another email contact? Thanks, Tim