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The engine looks like it belongs there

Good clean-looking frame to start with, should make for a nice build. I second the flathead comment.

Newer bikes, not to my liking but a good deal: https://norfolk.craigslist.org/mpo/d/norfolk-mini-bike-projects/7920308206.html

You can hear them in a few of the videos being shown on the news every night

Lemonade

I pictured a farm kid with nothing but an ac welder, a pile of old pipe/bicycle parts and a rough idea of how a mini bike is supposed to look

That is some creativity right there

Except for the cable holder, that looks very similar to a Honda QA50 or Z50 brake.

Welcome, great place to start from

If you have or have access to a pressure washer, you could blast the frame with a bucket of sand and one of these...

When I said priming, i was thinking more along the lines of blowing out the crankcase before starting. in my experience most things shaped like that are for expelling air (gasses) or pouring in liquids.

Possibly to prime the engine?

What we do in the BSA world, install a long bolt with washers and nut so the bolt sticks out for driving the bearing. Put the wheel half in the oven or BBQ grill, heat to ~250-300 deg F, bearing will likely drop out on it's own. If it does not, lightly tap the bolt and it will. Mount the...

Dunno what they are or what they are worth but i would snatch them up and build them.

Can't help ya but my dad had a Herter's Husky when I was a kid and it was a tank of a snowmobile. I always thought it looked like a frog.

looks like a good buy

Did you put any oil in the cylinder first?

I'll take the bug. Check CL, he has two of those delivery cycles in the background listed as well.

A few more: https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/grd/d/los-angeles-briggs-and-stratton-35hp-to/7902215761.html https://modesto.craigslist.org/for/d/los-banos-hp-briggs-stratton-engine/7877865650.html https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/tls/d/norco-5hp-briggs-straten-engine/7910018418.html

Like the color