junkyard find

[minibikedude]

Its defiantly not a Rupp. There were a lot of minibike manufactures back then and they like to copy each other styles. Look at the differences in the frames.
71-up Rupp frame

1970 Rupp frame.

 

[richs]

I was thinking alexander reynolds like the one I have but it only has one front down tube and yours has two

 

[Mark G]

Oh man I was soo wrong, clearly not a Sensation. I must have gotten all excited about the kick starter.:laugh:

 

[markus]

Looks like the decals on the tank might be painted over, be very very gentle and try to remove the spraypaint over them, might say what it is. bikes of this vintage commonly used foil decals with silkscreened(?) lettering/designs so I can't stress enough on the "careful" but it is doable. Good luck and let us know, My first guess when I saw it was a sensation go devil soon as I saw the tank, but its not, unless they redesigned the bike later on as the early ones were very backyard built looking frame wise.

 

[alfalfa]

i have seen these a couple times, i'm absolutely sure its an arco, that would explain the arco plastic tank on it. they did make suspension bikes, but you don't see them too often. go surf the alexander reynolds picture category and you will find a pic of one of these, i'll go look for myself and post a link later maybe.

 

[alfalfa]

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close, wierd seat pan and has a rupp tank, possibly it.

 

[jimh]

The double front downtubes are what's weird about this one. The front fender mounts look like the bigger ARCOs. The narrow handlebars look like Rupp. The tank, technically, isn't an ARCO tank. It's the same tank they used, but Bird, Manco, Sensation, and some others also used that tank.

 

[alfalfa]

didn't see those double downtubes, I'll call it a speedway, with that wierd seat mount or a sears, it looks similar, I'll keepon looking. edit: maybe even an mtd?

this thing is wierd.

 

[jimh]

It may be like "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop" The world may never know. :doah: It looks a little like everything, but not a lot like anything. Did that make sense to anyone but me?? One more thing to watch for is the little rounded headlight ears. That's a little different than most.

 

[crazy4flatheads]

It may be like "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop" The world may never know. :doah: It looks a little like everything, but not a lot like anything. Did that make sense to anyone but me?? One more thing to watch for is the little rounded headlight ears. That's a little different than most.

yeah the headlight ears got me puzzled i cant find nothing with them on it like that

 

[Bonanza Bryan]

it looks kinda like this its got minor differences im not sure what it is i gotta find some numbers on it or something

It's definantly not that one it only has one bar in the front and the swing arm is wrong WHAT don't you get.

 

[crazy4flatheads]

It's definantly not that one it only has one bar in the front and the swing arm is wrong WHAT don't you get.

yea i noticed that i understand its not a rupp now i posted that like this morning before i went through and looked at more pictures