i have a what is it

[ML-TOYS]

picked this up today for yet another project.

 

[augidog]

ok, i gotta ask...do all you minibike guys eventually run straight into something?

 

[ML-TOYS]

Yeah it has bent lower forks

 

[augidog]

actually, i was proud of myself for figuring that out, no matter how many bent forks i've looked at, it still takes a moment

i like an awful lot about that little thing, and you say you don't know what it is...i surely wouldn't. do you have a closeup of the engine label?

 

[B man]

5hp tecumseh L-head. Funny how you guys think its bent. its not. look close youll see why.

 

[bighead]

Its bent, no way a fender would go on as is. IMO

 

[B man]

Its bent, no way a fender would go on as is. IMO

I was talking about the front forks.

 

[landuse]

5hp tecumseh L-head. Funny how you guys think its bent. its not. look close youll see why.

I think you are going to tell us anyway...

 

[SCK]

Nice! I like it!

 

[Bluethunder3320]

that is very old. i have a tecumseh that style. very tough motors.

post it at the OMB forums they would be able to tell you in like 5 minutes. lol

motor could be H40, H50, H60

 

[augidog]

5hp tecumseh L-head. Funny how you guys think its bent. its not. look close youll see why.

i am looking close, but i do not see why, unless...is it "spring-only" with no telescoping tube?

nah...i still think it's bent. that looks like tire-rub on the downtube.

 

[landuse]

me neither

 

[exenos]

There is no reason to have them bent like that. It just weakens them.

 

[B man]

The forks look like there off a different bike.(i did some looking around the internet.) every bike i saw with similar or near exactly the same front end had a different frame and rear shocks, .you guys are right there probably bent. but i think someone did that on purpose.

 

[ML-TOYS]

heres a pic from omb forum, they said it is this. hmmm straight forks

 

[Mac]

Looks like an Arco to me. (Alexander Reynolds).

 

[bighead]

I was talking about the front forks.

I was talking about the fender not fitting for the forks are bent.

 

[Bluethunder3320]

hmm... secure the back tire, put a ratchet strap on the front tire and around a tree.. tighten... straight forks!

EDIT: looks like your gas cap is chewed, is it? i have a tractor with that style tecumseh gas cap and it got chewed. then i bought a new one and it got chewed too. they must look tasty to squirrels

 

[ML-TOYS]

Yep its an Arco, gas cap is chewed a bit.

 

[bighead]

Yep its an Arco, gas cap is chewed a bit.

They must think it's a huge wallnut...