a 67 model Briggs too - nice!
Looks like it might be a JC Penny model, judging by this
1968 JC Penney Pinto mini bike with 1968 Briggs engine, vintage, classic, rare
Looks like it might be a JC Penny model, judging by this
1968 JC Penney Pinto mini bike with 1968 Briggs engine, vintage, classic, rare
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I have that same throttle setup on a '66 Briggs on my Fox campus. That spring is connected to the wind vane governor under the shroud. There is also a solid linkage from the wind vane to the throttle plate which closes the throttle when the flywheel produces enough wind governing the speed of the engine. It's looks complicated but works quite well.
That's not what he's talking about. He's talking about the too short throttle cable going to the Tecumseh throttle plate mounted on the frame with the cable going to a homemade throttle arm mounted to the frame and then the rod going to the thottle arm on the carb.
Just for the record, the Formost Golden Pinto or Bird Fury didn't come with a Briggs engine.
Just for the record, the Formost Golden Pinto or Bird Fury didn't come with a Briggs engine.
That's not what he's talking about. He's talking about the too short throttle cable going to the Tecumseh throttle plate mounted on the frame with the cable going to a homemade throttle arm mounted to the frame and then the rod going to the thottle arm on the carb.
Just for the record, the Formost Golden Pinto or Bird Fury didn't come with a Briggs engine.
Just for the record, the Formost Golden Pinto or Bird Fury didn't come with a Briggs engine.
I kinda doubt that's the factory setup. The return spring is hooked up to the shock absorber :mellow:
It should look like this:
My guess is that white cable and bracket are original to the bike which was Tecumseh powered when new. Sometime over the years they swapped the motor to the Briggs and realized the cable wasn't long enough to loop in from behind so instead of buying a longer cable they called in Rube Goldberg.
Cruhr1 was referring to this picture showing the throttle set up on the Briggs engine itself.
Your throttle set up using a Tecumseh throttle plate from a Tecumseh engine mounted to your Bird Manufacturing frame is not original. The "replaced" engine being a 1967 means nothing. It probably came off an old 67 rototiller.
Your throttle set up using a Tecumseh throttle plate from a Tecumseh engine mounted to your Bird Manufacturing frame is not original. The "replaced" engine being a 1967 means nothing. It probably came off an old 67 rototiller.
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