Hey folks,
My name is Jesse. I just picked up my first mini bike recently off of the facebook marketplace (of all places!)
Hoping to get it fixed up and going for the summer. I've always wanted a mini bike ever since my dad sold his when I was a little kid.
Here's the picture of it the day I got it. I cropped it out of the for sale ad, it's been raining so I haven't taken a new picture.
I think it's a Manco Thunderbird from what I've been told.
As you can see it needs a few dozen parts thrown at it, but it was cheap.
I have a 6.5hp OHV briggs engine I was going to put on another project that I've been procrastinating about, so for now it goes on this one.
I need to build a new exhaust for it because the 6.5 engine has just a pipe with a 90 in it.
I also need to find a good thumb throttle setup, some springs for the kickstand and scrub brake, and perhaps a new gas tank... I think the nipple was broken off the bottom. I need to take a better look at that.
Thanks for having me. Hope to chat with you all soon and learn all sorts of cool tricks to do to this thing.
My name is Jesse. I just picked up my first mini bike recently off of the facebook marketplace (of all places!)
Hoping to get it fixed up and going for the summer. I've always wanted a mini bike ever since my dad sold his when I was a little kid.
Here's the picture of it the day I got it. I cropped it out of the for sale ad, it's been raining so I haven't taken a new picture.
I think it's a Manco Thunderbird from what I've been told.
As you can see it needs a few dozen parts thrown at it, but it was cheap.
I have a 6.5hp OHV briggs engine I was going to put on another project that I've been procrastinating about, so for now it goes on this one.
I need to build a new exhaust for it because the 6.5 engine has just a pipe with a 90 in it.
I also need to find a good thumb throttle setup, some springs for the kickstand and scrub brake, and perhaps a new gas tank... I think the nipple was broken off the bottom. I need to take a better look at that.
Thanks for having me. Hope to chat with you all soon and learn all sorts of cool tricks to do to this thing.
