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  1. Bikerscum

    The Alpha minibike... a little piece of minibike history

    I bought this a while back out of curiosity, & to preserve it I guess. Now I'm neck deep in minibike sh*t & have to clear some space in the garage for a Harley project. Alpha minibike, number 1 of 1. The lady selling it said it was built by her brother back in the 70's. He was a machinist & had...
  2. A

    History of Stellar mini bike

    Looking for the history of a Stellar Mini bike, can't find anything online about them. Thanks
  3. MCF2891

    Wal-bro carb

    My friends said that if i wanted my 5hp briggs to perform better i should put a wal-bro carb on it. What do the look like and what is the history behind it?
  4. Taco Loco Joe

    Trojan mini bike

    Picked up a Trojan mini bike from MCF2891 up in Sacramento Ca. These minis were made in Walnut Creek Ca. In San Francisco Bay Area . In the 60's. Anyone know any history of this company?
  5. KustomKartKid

    Humphrey's Wheel Horse _1966

    I posted this link over with the Vintage Tractors and Mowers but it is such a cool story with great photo history that I thought it deserved it's own thread. As Paul Harvey would have said..."Here's the rest of the story..." A Humphreys' History — Humphreys' Outdoor Power
  6. Black Bullet

    New to the forum and love it!

    Hey fellas, been using the forum for a while just never got around to introducing myself. Just this year I got mini bike bug bite when I saw that my brother had a baja warrior in his shed just collecting dust. Gave him a $100 bucks for it and now, well the rest is history. Once I figure out how...
  7. tippycanoenm

    weekend road trip and new mexico history

    had a great weekend chasing minibikes and exploring new mexico history...........in case you are wondering and yes people ask.......new mexico is part of the u.s.....(that's a joke) went to Farmington nm to pick up a trailhorse that was all apart and while on the road, a friend called and...
  8. The Restore Kid

    Aviation History Log Slitter...

    I'm hoping to get this..... I have an old splitter that was originally set up to run on a large gas engine or a 3 horse 3 phase electric motor. Right now it has neither, it sits on 14 inch wheels . two I beams stacked and powered by a cylinder that came off a B-52 bomber front landing gear...
  9. SimpleTom

    Lambrecht Chevrolet auction on History Channel right now

    Really cool to see some of these cars with such low miles. Check it out. One of the hosts doesn't know anything about cars and gets a little annoying but it's cool seeing the cars themselves. I have a friend who is there with his brother ready to bid on a couple.
  10. boatguy

    Little indian history

    The new Little Indian that I picked up today has a serial# 40130 and I would like to figure out the build year. Can anyone steer me to the Little Indian History site that I have seen mentioned here? Thanks Bill.
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  13. bayareaburrito

    History of SAAPE

    Here is a brief history of SAAPE Trans Dapt Alan Powell writes: "In polite circles it meant Say Ape....but us insiders knew that it meant striped ass ape" And for those who wanted to know what the clutch cover decal may have looked like here is a newer version but you will get the...
  14. 5

    Briggs & Stratton Wikipedia

    I've known about this for a while, but it seems that info has been added. Production years for cast iron & aluminum engines + Links Logo History Innovations Briggs & Stratton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  15. Motra

    Honda Engine History

    Here's a cool story about how the Honda engines were developed. It's 7 pages long, click "next" on the bottom of each page. Honda Worldwide | History
  16. M

    Skat Kitty History

    Over the last six months, I bought and restored a Skat Kitty with an original sidecar; Before [/url] After Part of the process was to duplicate the original decals - the main one looking like this; To learn more, I Googled "Projects Unlimited, Dayton...
  17. alexp

    History of OldMiniBikes???

    Just curious what brought this site about and when lol? any input? Thanks!
  18. KustomKartKid

    The TRAG : History of the 2-3 Wheel Workhorse

    After stumbling upon the photo of the bike below I added it to my Freaks/Oddballs/ Kustoms thread…but after reading up on the “TRAG” I found the story behind it to be quite interesting and decided to create a thread for it in hopes that others on here might find it interesting too. Maybe some...
  19. TACO Don

    A Little Mini Bike History and a 1967 TACO 44

    Just uploaded a video I made about mini bike history and the TACO 44 check it out. YouTube - Mini Bike History and a 1967 TACO 44 TACO Don
  20. jeep4me

    Lil' Indian History

    Anybody ever read the history of the Lil' Indian mini-bike and quite possibly the history of the mini-bike industry. Very interesting. HISTORY
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