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[rugblaster]

hello all...........I've been a lurker for a while. Enjoy the board. I recently rebuilt a K&S Hornet I found in Brownfield, Texas via Craig's list. It was pretty much a basket case. (it had 1/2 inch all thread for axles and about four coats of paint on it) my next one I'm building for my younger brother. My older brother came up with a NOS kit, he thinks it is a later model Bird...I'll see if I can get the photos on here.

The K&S is also used as a power plant for a pusher bicycle....that is why it has that piece of square tubing welded behind the fork....I just take the fork off the mini bike and install a hitch for the bike. I still need a seat and a decal for the front.

 

[SouthernTechGuy]

Great Bike!:thumbsup: Welcome to OldMiniBikes

 

[buckeye]

Welcome to OldMiniBikes.

Interesting dual purpose.:thumbsup:

 

[rugblaster]

thanks!!!

Here is the pusher bike set up......this works great. It took a while to figure out the throttle system.

 

[6doggie3]

Here is the pusher bike set up......this works great. It took a while to figure out the throttle system.

With it setup as a pusher is it legal on the street in Texas? Nice mini by the way!

 

[rayvel67]

welcome!!!!

 

[rugblaster]

With it setup as a pusher is it legal on the street in Texas? Nice mini by the way!

I don't know.....I have never been stopped by the fuzz. If I ever get pulled over, I'll click the mag off and it will become just a trailer, no pusher.

I'm pretty sure it fits into no known category.

 

[rugblaster]

something for the cops to really get mad at

I built this a few years back....still have it.

 

[Toycartony]

Nice paint job, You do it?

 

[rugblaster]

yep....I got into painting a few years back. I chemical stripped the frame. It had four coats of cheap paint on it. I sanded it with 320 w/d paper and primed it with SEM self etching primer in a rattle can. The paint store I trade at allows me look through their miss tint and otherwise screw up cans. I have no idea what color that is. I just look through their stock till I find something I like. They just give it to me at no cost.....good tip there. It looks somewhat like some of the late model Dodge colors. I sprayed three wet coats of the base on there and used Matrix clear over that......Thanks

 

[Toycartony]

Looks really good:thumbsup:

 

[rugblaster]

thanks man......I was looking at some of your photos.....you have some really cool stuff. My older brother has a building full of stuff too. All kinds. I would like to find a Skat Kitty.

 

[kawazukimaha]

yep....I got into painting a few years back. I chemical stripped the frame. It had four coats of cheap paint on it. I sanded it with 320 w/d paper and primed it with SEM self etching primer in a rattle can. The paint store I trade at allows me look through their miss tint and otherwise screw up cans. I have no idea what color that is. I just look through their stock till I find something I like. They just give it to me at no cost.....good tip there. It looks somewhat like some of the late model Dodge colors. I sprayed three wet coats of the base on there and used Matrix clear over that......Thanks

Nice! Good tip on free!

 

[rugblaster]

Nice! Good tip on free!

Yeah I'll bet every automotive paint store you go into has a shelf of free paint. They end up just throwing it away. Just tell them what your doing with it (restoring something they may have had as a kid) and they will give it to you.

most of the time the intended paint was to be used for a panel repair and some blending so it will be in a pint or more likely a quart can.....that's all you need......and some clear......and some activator....and some reducer.....and some cool neighbors.

 

[butch63]

welcome. lots of great folks here with vast knowledge:thumbsup:

 

[rugblaster]

welcome. lots of great folks here with vast knowledge:thumbsup:

Thanks Butch......I've been looking at the before and after thread, stealing ideas. Some real craftsmen on here. I cruise the HAMB too. Some smart folks there also.:thumbsup: