Caterpillar Mini Bike

[toddelliott20]

Starting to build a Caterpillar mini bike, Big Chevron Tires, Industrial Equiptment Yellow paint, flapper tip exhaust. 5hp briggs, Gearing down,

I need ideas on design, attributes, style and heavy equiptment ideas

 

[buckeye]

Nice, nice, project. No suggestions cause you look like you know what ya doing.

 

[70sVintageTrikes]

Figure out how to make use of exhaust from a D9 Cat......HaHa

 

[delray]

are you going to put a bucket or blade on the front of it ..........:laugh:just kidding....

color yellow on the rims look good with a black frame. rims you are using look alot like fox rims. 5hp briggs will be a good choice.........:thumbsup:



here are couple cats that where sitting in my yard

 

[jeep2003]

Heres one. I think if you do what they would do at the factory itll turn out great.

 

[Neck]

Full length side panels with expanded steel vents surrounded buy large half inch bolts, and you have got to have at least two hydraulic cylinders on it someplace. Maybe a cutting edge and couple of ripper teeth up front under the engine too! And a huge gas cap. Looks like your off to a good start. You can call it a 277L:laugh:

 

[Clayon]

Nice. I like what you are doing in this project. Can't wait to see what you come up with. :thumbsup:

 

[The Restore Kid]

Full length side panels with expanded steel vents surrounded buy large half inch bolts, and you have got to have at least two hydraulic cylinders on it someplace. Maybe a cutting edge and couple of ripper teeth up front under the engine too! And a huge gas cap. Looks like your off to a good start. You can call it a 277L:laugh:

Thats what I was gonna say.. big boxy bulldozer looking. :laugh:

You could even hang a boom off the back and make like a tow truck out of it.. :laugh:

 

[texasfabguy]

are you going to put a bucket or blade on the front of it ..........

That sounds like a really good idea. Maybe backhoe buckets for fenders??

This looks like a fun project!

 

[The Restore Kid]

Two Wheel Drive.. :mellow:

Peerless 3 speed with reverse, belt tensioner hand clutch, lighted vertical shaft 7 horse from a John Deere..

 

[toddelliott20]

Love it!!

I LOVE IT ALL. Great suggestions! I would love to be able to ride it after its all done so large blades and ripper teeth are probably not going to happen. I dig the expanded metal idea, easy, makes it look tough. I have a few old Hatch stuts look like cylinders. Got a tractor air cleaner for it to stick out of the side. I would love to put on a Yamar 6.5 Diesel on it but price is a bit steep.

I still dont know what this bike used to be, an old Manco, Fox, not sure, if you guys have any ideas, let me know!

 

[The Restore Kid]

I don't know on that one. :blink: It's special thats for sure. You should put it in the (what is it?) section, and someone would probably know.

 

[toddelliott20]

Engine

The Engine, 5hp briggs, New Caterpilliar Yellow, Runs terrible, getting carb parts nxt week

 

[Andrewp]

nice flapper! your motor looks good that color:thumbsup:

 

[Clayon]

The flapper is a nice touch, that cat yellow look good on the motor. :thumbsup:

 

[grumpyed]

A 4hp Hatz diesel from northern tool :thumbsup:

 

[toddelliott20]

Diesel

That would be a sweet engine, Hatz Diesel, I saw those. They are proud of those little guys. 1600 bucks!!

 

[toddelliott20]

Seat and Jack Shaft

Seat is an old Tractor seat. Suspended by a square tube connected to a torsion bar/ hinge so that seat "floats" kinda like the old tractors did. Wondering if the mini bike frame can handle this torsional load, may have to gusset a bit.

In all the cutting and grinding Im finding that some of the framework was Braized and not steel welded!!

Many thanks to OldMiniBikes Warehouse for the jack shaft mount kit, its a very precise cut piece.