Hellion
Disc brakes are for cowards!
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Hustler Minibikes are made in the classic style by an entrepreneur in New Zealand that sells them for big bucks. What the USA pioneered are basically unheard of there because they have to import everything, as is my understanding, so this guy has found his niche for the upscale 'boutique' minibike buyer. I.e., the rich and the senseless.
https://hustlerminibikes.nz
The most highly priced item in his shop sold for $17,250.00 ($15,000.00 in New Zealand dollars)...
It uses a Sachs Wankel Rotary engine..
...so it is a bit special to justify that price I guess.
The rest in the lineup appear to use rather unremarkable Briggs and Robin OHV engines and there's one in the video with a "patina'ed" Briggs flathead...
Correction: the Robin engines he uses are an OHC design (assumed it was overhead valve, pushrod engine) that runs a timing chain. He also erroneously states the Robin is the only stationary engine that uses an OHC design; I guess that's true if the Honda GC series doesn't count.
Great build quality, attention to detail and all that. That Sachs is a neat engine though, woweeeeeee.
https://hustlerminibikes.nz
The most highly priced item in his shop sold for $17,250.00 ($15,000.00 in New Zealand dollars)...
It uses a Sachs Wankel Rotary engine..
...so it is a bit special to justify that price I guess.The rest in the lineup appear to use rather unremarkable Briggs and Robin OHV engines and there's one in the video with a "patina'ed" Briggs flathead...
Correction: the Robin engines he uses are an OHC design (assumed it was overhead valve, pushrod engine) that runs a timing chain. He also erroneously states the Robin is the only stationary engine that uses an OHC design; I guess that's true if the Honda GC series doesn't count.
Great build quality, attention to detail and all that. That Sachs is a neat engine though, woweeeeeee.
