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I did some fiddling with the governor, and now I'm running great. The next thing I want to do is lighting, speedometer, and a tachometer. For the speedometer, i'll probably get one of those cheap bicycle ones from Wal*Mart. I've been looking at a TinyTach for the tachometer. SDoes anyone have...

Alright, so I got new carburetors. I stuck one of them on the more complete hornet, and it runs! I feel like I could get a little more performance out of it, though. I've done what I could with tuning the carburetor, but I feel like I'm missing something important. I have the needle on the side...

Well, I got a new carburetor. Two of them. The bike would only idle at WOT after I tightened down the mixture screw on the bottom... right up until the head snapped off. Now, I just have to wait until the show up. I got some sort of linkage figured out, but I have no idea if the governor is...

So, I got my hands on one of the bikes. It runs... kinda. The linkage was really messed up. The needles were corroded in the carb. The whole thing was a giant mess, but the engine runs. Next up, I need to buy a new carb. Here are some pictures of the before state.

Holy crap, that was the single most informative post I've ever read. Thank you. I should actually have my hands on the bikes on Tuesday when I can take better pictures. When I do, I'll have a better idea of where I'm going with these. I did buy them as a pair, so I doubt they've ever been separated.

They're definitely both Hornets... Or at least, they both have the Hornet decal on the fork bar. I know nothing about them, though. Who made the engines? How big were they? How much of a pain is it going to be to find parts?

Hello, there, folks. Today, I found myself a few mini bikes for $50 on craigslist, so I bought them. They're in a city a little while away from me, so I haven't gotten the chance to pick them up, but a friend has them. I had her take some pictures for me. What do I need to do to identify it...