Trail Sport TS-500 Mini Bike

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Looking for a home for a heavily modded 6.5HP Predator 212cc...

Complete and running Trailsport TS-500
5hp Tecumseh
Comet TC
Brakes

Exactly what I think I need for frame (to fit 212cc, TC, and 14-16" wheel)

$450 - wouldn't need the engine.

I've been pricing parts and think this is a decent deal?
Deal or No Deal???
Any other similar sized mini bikes I could find is this state of completeness for less (with or without engine)?

I may buy this one!

https://chicago.craigslist.org/wcl/mcy/5563713463.html
 

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Sorry for double post!

Looking at it tomorrow!
How much to offer?
He said make reasonable offer. Not half!

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It's almost perfect! 54T sprocket (wish i knew if he had #35 12T or #41 10T).
With 145-70-6 (14" right?) and TC overdrive....
5.4:1 gives 50 mph
4.5:1 gives 60 mph

Looked it up! Stock..
10T
420 chain
6" hand operated band brake
110 lbs
40" wheel base
23" seat height
5" ground clearance

Bought it.
Got it to my buddy's house.
Started it up.
Lightly twisted the throttle.
Stood it straight up.
Lots of white smoke.
Lots of oil in the air filter.
Had to leave before I got it started again.

The Tecumseh is probably too much!
Wait for my 212!
If you see me dressed like the Gimp from Pulp Fiction, you know why!


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Couldn't quickly find a choke???

Hopefully I can get this bike started again after softball. It is real quiet - compared to the predator I have been running with no muffler.

Not sure I could call that even a test ride. I think the tire just stayed there and the the bike and I rotated around like we don't weigh 275lbs combined? LOL

This is going to be awesome. Terrifying and awesome!

Helmet, leathers, wheelie bar....

I want to see at what speed it still pulls the front wheel up?

I'm assuming this is still governed. Haven't much looked into these 73CUM54# engines yet. Not sure if its even worth messing with. I'll maybe clean the carb. Haven't done a carb clean yet. Time to learn, I suppose. Lemon Juice, Boil, Poke, and Repeat.

Hope it just starts up?????????????
 
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Here lies Bob..I knew him when...he decided to GAB again...his broken bones and busted skull...were only the predicated and eventual end ...given another start...it'd be a different end ...

A few more jackshafts..stronger springs..a Poboy friend! And if he'd paid more attention in class with Geometry....would have realized Mary was dating Ackermann..A to Z!

Soooo
..while on the trail Cowboys sing his song...how Mr. Ackermann done him wrong....he limps along on crooked feet...still proclaiming with all his might...DIY is an awesome sight!!!

FINALLY! !!! .....He got SOMETHING right!
 
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I know you are gonna tear this apart and G.A.B.
So turn it into a Parts pile, Make up a story of what you will do to it and...
Enter the Build off Competition.
 
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Wheelies and 50 mph!!!

Remember Wheelies and 50mph???? Going to get there, just not in the kart. Not yet!

So I lied. The 5HP is not too much. I am little b%&*h and don't know how to ride a bike.

Once I tightened up the handle bars and applied a little pressure, it only pulled the wheel up a little with only tiny throttle! lol

It is fun! Without a governor, It will be better! With the engine that's going on there. LOOK OUT!

I guess no choke here. I have to keep pumping the carb primer when warming up. I guess it's the same idea?

Learning how tight I can turn, I touched a peg and almost died already.
 
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Remember Wheelies and 50mph???? Going to get there, just not in the kart. Not yet!

So I lied. The 5HP is not too much. I am little b%&*h and don't know how to ride a bike.

Once I tightened up the handle bars and applied a little pressure, it only pulled the wheel up a little with only tiny throttle! lol

It is fun! Without a governor, It will be better! With the engine that's going on there. LOOK OUT!

I guess no choke here. I have to keep pumping the carb primer when warming up. I guess it's the same idea?

Learning how tight I can turn, I touched a peg and almost died already.
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If you or a loved one has suffered a serious injury or death while riding a Trail Sport mini-bike....contact the law firm of Ben, Dover, and Liquett....our law firm has handled dozens of cases like this and almost won....
 
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I know you are gonna tear this apart and G.A.B.
So turn it into a Parts pile, Make up a story of what you will do to it and...
Enter the Build off Competition.
Click to expand...

No sir. I can't afford to do anything other than the motor swap. I thought about purchasing a "$100 weld it yourself frame" or a $200 roller.

Add TC, brakes, throttle, seat, wheels, chain, time.....

I decided on this because it is just about exactly what I wanted to build anyway. And I could ride it as is while saving up money for the next phase.

Why do I keep getting RED? This might get a Paint job. I got two rattle cans of Kawasaki Green looking stuff.

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Funny story about a Hispanic merchant who frequents the bar I work at on the regular.
All my talk about go karts convinced him to get a mini bike.
This dude is 300lbs with face tattoos! lol and got an 80cc mini bike that he paid $400 for from a go kart store. Should of asked me first. I told him NOT to go to that store in the first place!

He wanted me to put a 212cc on it for him after I told him the 80cc will be too small for him. I let him ride mine today. Now he wants a 212cc and TC and wants to put the 80cc on a longboard.

If I put the 80cc on a long board, off road skateboard - does that qualify? I have to read the rules
 
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No but I saw a guy on TLC with no Legs, ride one of those gas powered off road skate boards.
 
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Cold Start - EZ take off. No wheelies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NHs_QtBfog&feature=youtu.be

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"Permission to Buzz the Tower?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RVjHmW1iTE&feature=youtu.be

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"Permission Denied!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzrGnoLYCTY&feature=youtu.be

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A little controlled Wheelie...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ENLyltaYPc&feature=youtu.be

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And the REAL WHEELIES!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFYWPkFi8W0&feature=youtu.be
 
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