Well, after gaining a lot of quality knowledge from the users at OldMiniBikes, more than a month of searching and a very bad jones, I finally purchased a (old style) Doodle Bug Mini Bike today.
Why I wanted one so bad, I have no idea? I owned 2 or 3 as a kid and have been riding very fast/powerful street AND dirt motorcycles for my entire adult life -- but I just had to have a mini bike....like a junky, I needed one.
I guess I'm regressing as I age.
Turns out, the bike was better than I expected. After talking to probably 50 sellers, who told me that their bikes were worth SO much more than the others out there, I found one with a "blown motor" for $80 bucks.
It had a ton of dusk on it from sitting but the guy confessed today that he had only ridden it 5 or 6 times when the engine started giving him problems.
So, I'll be here asking all kinds of stupid questions as I make this thing whole again.
Thanks to all the users here!
Why I wanted one so bad, I have no idea? I owned 2 or 3 as a kid and have been riding very fast/powerful street AND dirt motorcycles for my entire adult life -- but I just had to have a mini bike....like a junky, I needed one.
I guess I'm regressing as I age.
Turns out, the bike was better than I expected. After talking to probably 50 sellers, who told me that their bikes were worth SO much more than the others out there, I found one with a "blown motor" for $80 bucks.
It had a ton of dusk on it from sitting but the guy confessed today that he had only ridden it 5 or 6 times when the engine started giving him problems.
So, I'll be here asking all kinds of stupid questions as I make this thing whole again.
Thanks to all the users here!
