What brand is this mini-bike?

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Liroku

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This was given to me earlier today by someone who had it sitting in a barn. I have never owned a minibike before, but for free it might be a fun restore. I have no idea what brand this is and couldn't find any quite like it. I took a few pics, hopefully one of you guys will know. Has a 3 horse Tecumseh engine.

This partial decal was on the chain guard.



This between the handlebars.



A pic of the bike in it's entirety.
 
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Liroku

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Wow you guys are quick, real pros :p

Question: All the I've seen have the bars more vertical and then the bars going from joint to wheel at a forward angle, which makes sense. These seem to be the opposite, is it possible the handlebars are on backward?
 
KustomKartKid

KustomKartKid

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Liroku said:
Wow you guys are quick, real pros :p

Question: All the I've seen have the bars more vertical and then the bars going from joint to wheel at a forward angle, which makes sense. These seem to be the opposite, is it possible the handlebars are on backward?
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The forks are bent....bad!
 
f150tilt

f150tilt

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It should be a Bird Wren made for Sears Roebuck...the forks are called "high speed forks" because someone hit something bending them. They should look like this

 
Slick Rick

Slick Rick

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"High speed forks" Like hitting a curb or wall at a high rate of speed LOL! Maybe you could bent them back with a lil heat and some elbow grease lol
Nice bike by the way, I wouldnt mind puttin it in my stable, especially at that price!



Edit: Damn, yous guys are quick!
 
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Liroku

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Wow after looking at the pictures I have to agree that they are, in fact, very bent. I can't stop laughing thinking about the poor person that hit something on that tiny bike that hard. Makes it even better for me to know that someone probably has memories of that bike forever instilled within them. Adds a little value to it to me.
 
cheezy1

cheezy1

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Liroku said:
Wow after looking at the pictures I have to agree that they are, in fact, very bent. I can't stop laughing thinking about the poor person that hit something on that tiny bike that hard. Makes it even better for me to know that someone probably has memories of that bike forever instilled within them. Adds a little value to it to me.
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If not memories...bad scars forever from that crash.:laugh:
 
buckeye

buckeye

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Oh yeah. There was at least one cast involved in that crash.:laugh:

I have read but, never attempted, you can put those in a press and mash them babies straighter.
Also read, heat isn't good. May weaken them. Not written in stone with the heat deal.
I think old fat guy did a thread on mashin them straight.
 
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Liroku

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buckeye said:
Oh yeah. There was at least one cast involved in that crash.:laugh:

I have read but, never attempted, you can put those in a press and mash them babies straighter.
Also read, heat isn't good. May weaken them. Not written in stone with the heat deal.
I think old fat guy did a thread on mashin them straight.
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Well, may as well attempt to straighten before buying replacements. Heating shouldn't weaken them...I may heat them and get them back into shape, then let it air cool or bury it in sand. If I can get it to bend fairly easy under 1000º it shouldn't weaken it...I don't believe.
 
oldfatguy

oldfatguy

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The easies way to fix them is with a shop press like this. Don't take a hammer to them because you will dent the tube. I don't like to use heat because it could cause problems like cracking. That's a nice complete survivor bike,

welcome to the fun, you will have several more bikes within a year. It's happened to all of us --LOL
 
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