Frig. Seriously?

[jcoryea1]

Hello all-
Am I the oldest kid on the forum at 65?
I have a few bikes ,restored three of them,and still trail/road ride..finishing up the Yerf Dog for my two year old grandson..well sort of.. I've had to completely rebuild the yerf,TC,chain ,sprockets,axle,brakes, bearings,spindles,tierods,tires,etc.. Interesting that karting spans such an age group. Back in the day,we built "karts" using the tail end of a reel type mower..not very fast, but you could mow sitting down. I got my first "store bought" kart when I was 12 after mowing a lot of lawns..,a Murray two seater with a 3 hp Briggs. Drove six miles on the highway to see my grandpa,got stopped by the police,and had to push it home for three miles. caught hell from my father until HE got caught as well..We all put a million miles on it,never had the engine rebuilt.. Traded her towards my first car..54 Chevy Belaire..
Hope to be on the forum when I'm 75!
John

 

[Doc Sprocket]

I don't know if you're the oldest, you might be in contention for the title... LOL

Meh- you're never too old! All things being equal, I'll be hanging around here for a long dang time, too. Cheers!

 

[landuse]

Welcome to the forum. I like the story about your first kart. Those are memories that you keep forever, even if at the time it sucked to be pushing your kart.

Have you got any pics of the Yerf you have been restoring?

 

[jcoryea1]

yerf dog resto/old kart pics

Hello all-
I do have pics of my yerf resto and also a few of my kart and me as a kid(circa 1956).. I would love to post them but I'm not set up for all that. If I can send them to someone's address via snail mail,someone could do it for me.
Today,we're putting the rebuilt engine back in my 77CB400F supersport. Now, that would be a rad kart engine..HMMM
All the best,
John

 

[landuse]

Hello all-
I do have pics of my yerf resto and also a few of my kart and me as a kid(circa 1956).. I would love to post them but I'm not set up for all that. If I can send them to someone's address via snail mail,someone could do it for me.
Today,we're putting the rebuilt engine back in my 77CB400F supersport. Now, that would be a rad kart engine..HMMM
All the best,
John

Are you posting from a PC or a phone? Have you got the pics on the device that you are using to post? If so, have a look at this thread.

http://www.diygokarts.com/vb/showthread.php?t=19607

It will let you know how to post. If not, send me a PM HERE and we can sort something out. It would also be better if you start your own thread with your restore pics. To do that, go to the forum subtopic that you think it should be under, like 'Project Logs', and then click the New Thread button at the top left of the page