Vintage Mini Bikes
 

Just got back into mini bikes about a year ago anybody else? Post your pics! Here are some of mine.

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I restored a 50 dollar swap meet find a few years ago. Its fun to ride at swap meets.

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That's clean love the ape hangers! What brand of paint did you use on the motor? the sliver that is?

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The engine is all powdercoat. Actually, everything on the bike is powdercoat.

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I did this one a couple of years ago. It's a Taco 22 with a 6HP Subaru engine.

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Thats a real sweet Taco you can never have enough chrome! Did you use the new kit or redid an older frame?

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Forgot to mention the yellow one is a Trojan and the black one is a bonanza I sold to a friend.

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[QUOTE=6doggie3;6306555]Thats a real sweet Taco you can never have enough chrome! Did you use the new kit or redid an older frame?

I believe the frame is a 1966 or 67.

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Here's my taco 22 with a 62 I picked up!

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Now you have me thinking about stealing the B&S from my edger. Never use the edger.
Now to find a vintage frame......wait I have too many projects now! :lol:

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Those are neat. I hadn't thought about a mini bike in years before yesterday, but saw an article on them in the latest Hot Rod magazine. I had never heard of a Taco before, I guess that was a west coast brand.

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Check out oldminibikes.com web site ! I never knew how many different mini bikes were made until I found this site!

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tractor supply has a nice one ever so often for $150-$200 new, ya couldn't buy all the parts alone for that much.

I like the ones with the snowmobile like belt drive system, giving it "gearing" they go allot better over direct chain drive.

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Mine. I think its an early Rupp, but can't be 100% sure.
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I cleaned it up and got everything working and repainted a few years back. Just pulled it back out of the shed the other day and took it for a ride. Now I'm thinking about customizing it a bit.

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This one is almost ready to put in the bed!

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That was the Cadillac of mini-bikes back in the '70s, and everybody I knew wanted a Rupp. They were kind of a hybrid between the standard mini-bike and a real motorcycle. The spoked wheels, drum brakes, and front/rear suspension were cutting edge for a mini bike back in the day.

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Those Tecumseh engines had good torque as well and had the ability to deveope RPM a bit quicker than the B+S engines.

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Hey guys does anyone know what kind this is? I was thinking about taking a look at it but would like to find out more info first. Thanks
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Looks like it maybe a Sears. Not sure on the year.

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Update Pics!

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That's a good looking bike and truck.

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Picked this up at a local farm sale a few weeks ago.
The seller was the son of the owner. He said
I remember sometime in the early 70's the ups truck coming down the lane and dropped a huge box in the yard.

A few days later my dad had it up and running.
He would ride it up to the milk house every morning pulling a small trailer.
Sometime in the early 80's pops bought a quad and he put this in a run in shed and left it sit. but I don't think anything was wrong with it.

I thought It was awesome looking! Being a one owner and complete(except for the seat padding) I brought it home and started tinkering with it.
A Few small fixes and a good overall cleaning and the tec runs great.

Leaving the patina and just giving it a mechanical freshining.

1974 heald super bronc.
8 horse hm80 lighted coil tecumseh engine with 30 series comet tork a verter.

Should be a fun ride...with a trailer hitch:lol:

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I have two 1969 Honda Z50's two 74 QA50's and one weird project from all the leftovers. No pics right now but all run and I just can't seem to let them go.

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Looking forward to playing in the snow with the super bronc.
I want so bad too customize it but it's too oe too do it and I'm diggin the patina.

I did make a quick cover for the seat and put a basket on too help with those quicky mart milk runs.

A buddy of mine had a perfect nos comet clutch belt that makes this thing move so much better, oh an i put tubes in the tires.

Over the summer I had the lawn wagon hooked too it with 7 kids in it.
They friggin loved it.

I don't believe the tires ever touched anything but dirt until I got it.

I have a line on another hm80 tecumseh for it just waiting too hear what he wants for it.

Pops calls it the moon Rover lol.

This thing is a blast and it don't tic off the neighbors like all my other off road toys did.