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It's been raining off and on all for the last two days so I haven't made much progress. I did manage to get about a half hour break between showers to mock up the bike with the new tires... The shaft of the existing triple tree is about 1/5" too large to go through the head head tube...

mckutzy, First off, I love the bike you have linked in your signature. I've read that post all the way through twice so I appreciate you weighing in. I tried a set of bicycle bearings I had in the parts bin and to my mild surprise it fit in the head tube of the mini chopper. I am going to...

I picked up this frame in a combo deal with some other small engine items. I sold part of the stuff off and am basically in the frame for $20. It came with a random wheel and I used a pair of forks off an old mountain bike to get a rough idea of what it might look like. Here it is next...

Alright this is my last purchase before I start building something new. Seriously. I mean it this time. I got this 1986 Fourtrax 125 for $80 and the pocket bike (as seen in the pile of junk I bought above) The pull start is present and recoils, but needs some work and the...

Bought a big pile of junk for $50 All I wanted was the yellow frame. Ended up being bigger than I thought. When I arrived he threw in the pocket bike w/ motor, backpack blower and chainsaw for another $20. Blower starts on first pull and runs great. Maybe it will just stay a...

Thanks for the quick reply. No phone # on the ad. but I've fired off the email asking to go take a look at them. I'll follow up if I ever hear back. Is $150 a good price or should I try to haggle?

I did a search on the forum and came up blank, but has anyone ever worked on a Chibi mini bike? I found this ad for on local CL asking $150 for a pair of them… Only one picture in the ad

And part 2

The forum doesn't allow all the pics to be posted at once, so here is part 1

A big "thank you" for the info. I will take some better pictures tonight and post them up for review. Two things for full disclosure... 1) I know almost nothing about karts. I am only here to leach knowledge from the big brains of the members. I bought a couple of karts for my kids and...

It's Father's Day weekend so my wife couldn't be mad at me for dragging home more junk, right? I picked up this Monster Moto mini bike and a go kart frame for $150 total yesterday. The bike is in good shape and was garage kept, but SHOCKER it's been sitting up with fuel in the tank for over...

I just bought it for parts without any intention of putting it back together as a quad. As Bubba mentioned the big upside to these is that parts are cheap and readily available and the motors are pretty zippy for such a small size. I know Hellion has mentioned this before and he's dead on -...

If it takes real courage to run into a burning building then it takes real madness to buy a vehicle a vehicle that has been on fire. The last ride this 4 wheeler went on ended in conflagration and I bought what was left for $40. Frame and handle bars appear to unharmed, tires and axle...

I haven't posted here in months, but I still stop in to check out new builds every week or two. I just wanted to say thanks to all the builders, subject matter experts and smart asses who make this site a great place. If I ever have an idea - boneheaded or brilliant - there is an extremely...

Finished the "phase one" portion of the project yesterday morning (get it running and driving) and we had a blast taking it around the yard. The kids and I rode for about 4 hours yesterday and it was hard to tell who had a better time. Made a little 30 second clip of the action...

Day 10 Busy week at work and too much going on in the evenings to do anything during the week. It was a balmy 24 degrees here today (Arctic like conditions for Alabama), but I managed to get the kart driving. Chancer, Yes, that's pretty much exactly what I rigged up. Hellion, Thanks for the...

Days 5-7 Returning to work has put a damper in the rate of progress, but I did have a few good things happen. I spent another hour or so on the Tecumseh and between some carb cleaner and some gasoline in a squirt bottle I got it "kind of sort of running". Put it on Craigslist and made a quick...

Day Four First of all, Happy New Year to everyone. Another soggy day here. I got up early and checked the torque converter. The rest of the pieces cleaned up pretty well, but the shaft is still stuck firm. I gave it another 12 hours and tried to tap it out again and again, it’s still...

Chancer, I am so cheap I thought about returning it and re-buying with that coupon. I can feel all five of those wasted dollars screaming! ----------------------------------- Day Three Not too much accomplished today. Mix of rain and sleet on and off all morning and I don't have a heater...

Day Two I didn't have any real ambitions of keeping the Tecumseh on the kart, but I made a half-hearted attempt to get it to start. The cord for the pull start was only retracting about 3/4 of the way after each pull so I removed the flywheel cover in hopes I could get at it with a drill, but...