new guy from Ohio

[joegamma1]

So, I got the old minibike frame from my uncle about 6-7 years ago and i find this old briggs for it so my wifes (girlfriend at the time) boys can have a little fun. Now they don't ride it, but i do . I've been looking at hopping up the motor, as It just doesn't pull 200 lbs up the slightest of hills, but after looking up the engine code; it appears to be a 1950 2hp.
So I'm thinking of picking up a 5hp briggs and starting on that.
I've always loved this little machine, put a lot of seat time on this baby when I get was a kid and I still can't help but giggle a little on the inside when I get on it.

 

[thejoker]

Welcome to the fun. If you don't already have a 5hp briggs you can get a 6.5hp predator engine from harbor freight for 100. Lots of guys like them on here. I have on on one of my bike and I'm 220 pounds and it pulls me around great.

 

[buckeye]

"Can't help but get a giggle". This guy gets it!!

Welcome to OldMiniBikes.:thumbsup: Pictures??

What part of the great state of Ohio??

 

[OND]

Welcome Aboard Joe. :thumbsup: Have fun !!!

 

[Brooklyn Bob]

Welcome to the minibike madness!

 

[toomanytoys]

Where you at in ohio

 

[RobertC]

"Can't help but get a giggle". This guy gets it!!

For Sure :thumbsup: !

Welcome aboard JoeGamma !

Sounds like a good excuse to either as you say buy a 5hp motor....or an even better excuse to consider buying that 5hp connected to the frame of a second mini bike..!!

You know...keep your old one and it's cool vintage 2 hp briggs intact..and find you a second one for your now growing minibike collection.. :shrug: ..oh you know...like those potatoe chips...you can't have just one ! :laugh: !

Lot's more giggles where those came frome.

Again welcome !!

 

[chipper]

Omg , another Buckeye ? Welcome !

 

[joegamma1]

Marysville, just northwest of Columbus.
I may just have to pick up another.....Hmmm
Wife's gonna kill me

 

[OND]

Marysville, just northwest of Columbus.
I may just have to pick up another.....Hmmm
Wife's gonna kill me

Oh yea , you'll fit right in !:clap:

 

[joegamma1]

She's been ok with the collectors motorcycle (hence the gamma in my name), the rc cars-helis-planes, the tuning cars, Eclipse Gsx and currently a Subaru, the aspirations of becoming a home shop machinist/wood working/any tool I can fit in my garage.
So, I think she'll be ok with a lil less expensive hobby. LOL

 

[joegamma1]

Here's a pic....I think

 

[buckeye]

Ooo, she is needin some love.:thumbsup:

 

[joegamma1]

Yeah, it's always been a constant "just keep it running" now I can give it a little love, pulled the motor out yesterday and pulled the head, checked the valves, plained the head and intake surface joints then resealed those with a thin bit of rtv and cleaned it up and put the head back on...sans govna...it has a lil more power now and started on the first pull (even with not replacing any gaskets) once I realized I had left the needle sitting on the work bench, and draining the little bit of gas I had put in the tank out on the garage floor :facepalm: lol.

 

[joegamma1]

The boy just rode it for the first time in about 3 years (my cousin has had it), he's 16 and has his own car but still grins like I do when he's on it. He noticed I "did something" to it,:thumbsup: lol.

 

[joegamma1]

New pic, still runs like a champ....with a lil more punch.

 

[Spyderdregg]

Welcome fellow Ohioan.:thumbsup:

 

[toomanytoys]

That smile and feeling never goes away. If I need a smile I usually get one of my bikes out..unless it won't start then I get angry..

 

[chipper]

A Bird Wren ! I love me some Birds :smile:

 

[joegamma1]

Is that what it is? I've never known....