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I want to start this post by saying that I registered here a few years back, and never got around to posting. I appreciate all the knowledge on this forum, and I have been a longtime "lurker". I hope that this post is well recieved and my intentions/thoughts are understood. I appreciate all...

This is good. The long, rough ride ahead for 'Made in America' | Reuters Scroll thru all the pics, neat to see our small hobby still being relevant. Never saw a Monster Moto Go Cart though. Later, Keith

Hello all. 1st post and new to the forum. I purchased my first Dunecycle about 36 years ago as a young teenager for $350.00 from an area used m/c dealer and salvage yard. It was the coolest thing I'd ever laid eyes on. Long story, but it got away from me while I was in the USMC back in around...

One day back in the 90's I was flippin' through the pages of a motorcycle mag and saw an ad for Zippers mini bikes. If I remember correctly there was a coupon you could fill out and send in to get a brochure. So I did. A few days later the UPS guy stops by where I was workin' and he had a...

I picked this gem today in a barn right outside my hometown. A couple weeks before Christmas my dad told me he saw this mini bike in a barn that is rented for storage by the company he works for. I called the guy that owns the barn and it turns out the bike is owned by his brother so he told me...

Nice frame. Previous owner added some welds etc for some high speed rides. But before it got transformed......what was it? Note: I'm thinking of using it for a low cost drag bike cause it's sturdy as..... ........but I know I got too much in the shed. As always, thanks again!

I'm in the process of spiffing up my '62 Craftsman Tecumseh aka the Flying Waffle and I ordered a few more OldMiniBikes Clutch Brake setup just to have around as I know I'm gonna use them. So I figure why not put one on. But then I notice to my astonishment that the holes are not drilled. I don't...

Good Evening All, I am Josh. And this little lady is my 76' Super Bronc VT-8 and her story: One fall evening my grandpas uncle thought it might be nice to have a machine

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

Gunther, Christine and Otto That's awesome. Guy takes his old Benz SUV and lady across tons of countries over the course of 26yrs.

Cork's Mustang Story By Cork Marcheschi I had left my studio in Pacifica to grab a couple of sandwiches at Sam’s Deli but when I got there, Sam’s Deli had been spirited away and the sign read that a NEW deli would replace it. I liked Sam and his wife. This pair made sandwiches of integrity...

I'm no KKK (Gerry) when it comes to telling a story, but I thought it was pretty cool that I got one of my childhood bikes back. I got this Rupp used when I was younger. I would say 1973. The bike never ran right. Of course now I know a lot more about mini bikes than I did back...

Sometime in 1968 my dad was driving up Valley Blvd in Alhambra Ca and he saw what he describes as a shop that looked like it was selling bicycles. On a closer look no they were little motorized bikes. We were in to off roading so he figured that would be a good vehicle to keep my sisters and I...

This is a bike I got a while back with the help of another member again and thought this was perfect timing to show you guys. This a hard to find George Barris Flamer " hahahah" I will just cover that now because I already can hear the jokes now. This is the only Barris Flamer that I know of...

Anyone remember this guy? http://www.oldminibikes.com/forum/search.php?searchid=3746494 User name guiseppeculo, looks like he only joined to sell some bikes and parts. That's just fine and dandy, we all need parts. Check out the Hodaka, Rupp Turbine wheel and Black Widow threads and how he...

My shop is over-loaded with bikes, so last weekend I advertised my perfect CT70 - it is/was beautiful but it just isn't me! I got a few calls but the first (and only) guy to come see it, Jim, immediately saw my minibikes and starts telling me about his childhood minibike. He is in his...

I have been watching this auction for a week. With over 30 bids I'm sure there is many here that are watching as well. My question is what's with the extra welded rear axles. Scrub brake, 2 stroke set-up maybe? It looks like someone has already asked. If original as seller claims it had...

Doodle-Cop We all got story's of leaving the cop in a cruiser in the dust. So I thought, on this last nite of entries, what the cop should of had to catch our butt-tocks back in da day. So here is my last minute entry on what the Po-PO should have had. I want you all that got away, on that...

Was thinking about upgrading my compressor with my december bonus, I have a little 50L, and I struggle to blast and paint. Was looking at the Adendorff catalog thinking 2.5HP belt driven - 8.5cfm - 200L tank - just within budget. So I got home from work and thought lets just see what I got...

With the rules of succession kind of in limbo right now the next king or queen of Canada already has something to be sad about. What I find most repuslive is a young lady taking her own live over a phone call and foolish prank. This would have been funny had no one been harmed. But thats...