I just ordered 2 new turf tires and tubes for the Mighty Burro. I'm taking the rims down to be sand blasted. I may paint them but I am leaning towards having them powder coated. If the front rim was also aluminum I would just clean them. I could clean them down to metal and clear coat them. Does anyone have pictures of steel rims that have been clear coated with no paint color and run for awhile?
I know I saw that today so did my wife and she said no. It's not a Minni Burro and yes that is how it is spelled. It is a Mighty Burro. The Minni Burro weighed about 100 pounds and would fit in your back seat. This bike the Mighty Burro is bigger then my Heald VT-5 there is no way it would fit.
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The Moto & Minni Burro
Here is a rare bike that I had sitting in my basement for years before I knew what it was.
The only clue to the manufacture was a large embossed Burro's head on the sheet metal
head badge. Then I received an email from Don Williams who had a brochure on this bike.
I have posted this brochure to this web page and in the near future I will post some pictures
of surviving examples of this bikes.
Here is a rare bike that I had sitting in my basement for years before I knew what it was.
The only clue to the manufacture was a large embossed Burro's head on the sheet metal
head badge. Then I received an email from Don Williams who had a brochure on this bike.
I have posted this brochure to this web page and in the near future I will post some pictures
of surviving examples of this bikes.
I would like to thank Don Williams for his valuable contribution.
SPRAY BOMB I had them blasted and I primed and painted with camouflage. The rear wheel is very pitted, I think casting flaws. The steel front wheel has no pitting at all so not corrosion. I have the new inner tubes, but the tires won't be here tell Tuesday. Here are the spray bomb pictures.
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The Briggs & Stratton that came in the Mighty Burro had a bigger mounting pattern then the Tecumseh hm80.So on the mounting plate I used the left rear slot as the master slot. Then I cut 2 new front slots. The last slot the right rear I widened just a bit. Now I have a bolt pattern for the 8hp Tecumseh and the pattern is still there for the original Briggs & Stratton. The 8hp Tecumseh fits good looks good. I would much rather have the original engine on her it fits better, fuller. I put up a picture of the original engine so you can compare the 2 and see the Briggs & Stratton fits better.
Hi you guys I still need to hook up the kill switch and cut throttle to fit that's it. I ran the engine today and got to see chains, belt and rear wheel spin. The aftermarket 40 series clutch with the original driven pulley and new belt all seem to work fine. The original driven pulley seems to open very quickly, as soon as I throttle up. I am hoping that with a rider on it the driven will hold longer on acceleration. Does anyone know if that old original driven pulley is adjustable? Here are some pictures.
Just showing where I need to cut the throttle cable housing.
Just showing where I need to cut the throttle cable housing.
It's coming along nicely Matt. From what I gather, those drivens were/are adjustable only by installing stiffer springs.
I wouldn't use a static no load test to determine anything at this point though. It'll probably work good once you ride it.
I say that because I see the same things on my last two driven systems. (My only two) Seemed like everything was working way faster than it should have, but the Gote worked fine once under load.
I'm getting a kick out of all those pillow blocks. :thumbsup:
I wouldn't use a static no load test to determine anything at this point though. It'll probably work good once you ride it.
I say that because I see the same things on my last two driven systems. (My only two) Seemed like everything was working way faster than it should have, but the Gote worked fine once under load.
I'm getting a kick out of all those pillow blocks. :thumbsup:
I had to flip the air filter over so it would not hit the pillow block and chain. Now that it is flipped over I can't turn the choke all the way off. To be able to turn the choke all the way off I will have to bend the swing arm. The air cleaner fits and the choke works fine now.
after flipping could only open the choke half way.
Bend the swing arm and it opens all the way
full choke.
shows bent swing arm
after flipping could only open the choke half way.
Bend the swing arm and it opens all the way
full choke.
shows bent swing arm
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Hi every body I ordered what I hope is the rest of what I need to make the Mighty Burro ready to ride. The parts are going to get here on Thursday. I hope to have it running this coming weekend. I still need to replace a jackshaft shaft, a few locking collars, a couple of keys and two sprockets on the jackshafts. I did buy a set of Trail Horse 5 spoke wheels off Ebay I am thinking about how they would look on the Mighty Burro. :grind:
