trail(broke)horse rebuild

[kruger]

a buddy of mine pilfered oops save this mini from the jukyard.of course it didnt run, so he called me to see if I could get it started. so I cleaned the carb added fresh gas & a new plug wala it started and ran like a champ I was surprised at the power of the 5hp tech, needless to say me him and some friends took turns bombing around the yard & the hood.with front & rear shocks thing road like a caddy.someone crashed mess up the forks then it lost spark.i have been trying to get the bike from him all winter to give it some love,once it stop running I knew it was just a matter of time until it was in my claws!!!

 

[kruger]

first thing is to break this horse down hence the title,here it is ready for paint & rust removeable

 

[125ccCrazy]

nice project...you don't see many TH with full suspension...
keep this updated as you go...

 

[kruger]

once I wire brushed and sanded it I found plenty of holes drilled in the frame & one of the tubes was completely broken.no biggie ,out came the welder. I fixed the broken tube filled all the unnessasary holes ,added some more strength to engine mount because I got big gx honda plans for this horse.

 

[kruger]

nice project...you don't see many TH with full suspension...
keep this updated as you go...

tell me about it 125cc crazy , I look at all the trailhorse builds and only found one with shocks,to bad i couldnt save the forks after the crash they did some crazy fork fix but ill clean up the welds & make it look purty, lol.

 

[kruger]

now for the wheels

the rims are dirty but in good condition but the tires are cracked and rotted ,i have a few pocketbike frames laying around because I hate pb's but love the motors.i would like to use the forks and 10" wheels,what you guys think ?

 

[mmisterbungl]

.i would like to use the forks and 10" wheels,what you guys think ?

What will you do about the axle differences? The TH is a 5/8" axle and those pb's are smaller and metric.

 

[kruger]

What will you do about the axle differences? The TH is a 5/8" axle and those pb's are smaller and metric.

if I use pocketbike front fork the pb wheel would fit but a no good for TH wheel.i have used pb wheels on frames with bigger axle holes I made spacers out of old wheels ,you know when you take bearing out of wheels that pipe thats inside between bearing to stop you from over tighten them.

 

[mmisterbungl]

Now that I think of it, someone here had a black TH with fr/rear pocket bike tires. lemme see if i can find the thread.

ah, a quick search for "horse pocket" brought it up :blink:

http://www.oldminibikes.com/forum/project-logs/37331-trail-horse-project.html

 

[kruger]

Now that I think of it, someone here had a black TH with fr/rear pocket bike tires. lemme see if i can find the thread.

ah, a quick search for "horse pocket" brought it up :blink:

http://www.oldminibikes.com/forum/project-logs/37331-trail-horse-project.html

seem like he over thought it just line the sprocket that fits with the one that dont ,meaning center hole ,then drill out mounting holes . simple,not rim holes & tap. just sprocket to sprocket.

 

[Ibanez616]

That TH with the pocket bike wheels looked pretty good.

 

[roccosbike]

This one was a fox street scamp,now with X7 rear swing arm front forks and wheels.the original rear sprocket was made into a hub to accept a two piece go kart sprocket.It has different handle bars on it now.

 

[SimpleTom]

Looks like it's a Trail Blazer not a Trail Horse. Dame frame but the handle bars have an outward bend to them on a Trail Blazer where the Trail Horse bars go straight. I've got a couple Trail Horse rollers myself and I'll be watching your build. :thumbsup:

 

[mopar70]

This one was a fox street scamp,now with X7 rear swing arm front forks and wheels.the original rear sprocket was made into a hub to accept a two piece go kart sprocket.It has different handle bars on it now.

I really like how that came out!!!!

 

[kruger]

I got everything stripped & wire brushed ,as for paint I went with gloss black ,chrome ,& metalic.

 

[buckeye]

Lookin good. Nice work.

 

[leathernun666]

Yep That is definately a Trail Blazer. I had one and basiclly turned it into a trail horse by heating and bending the bars .

If you want to sell the wheels that were on the trail horse let me know.

 

[kruger]

yeah the bar being bent outward sucks makes it feel like a way bigger bike.trailhorse or trail blazer this baby is gonna haul azz.
got it rolling decided to use the oem wheels.

now to pick a motor,

 

[kruger]

I really wanted to use my gx340 in this build but I would need longer jackshaft, it looked great in frame, then I tought about this 17t clutch I have to go on this big tec I was selling before, so I figured thats the combo . no big gx but big tec should do it.

 

[kruger]

well I tried to put the tec in and it sat to far to the right for my taste, so I decide to get a longer jackshaft to center the motor up in the frame .once I took everthing apart and then had to fight to get the jackshaft in place along with the sprockets I figure might as well put the gx340 in it . nothing like big cc motors in minis , and this is a midsized frame .feels like I was meant to have this motor in it