ever seen a Micro Mini Bike?

[ltbaney1]

My old man and I just finished building one for my daughter, i finally got to rip it around the street on sunday. I have 3 other mini bikes and this one by far is the most done up. we built sheet metal covers to keep her from getting in the chain or clutch and covers the straight pipe. we also set it up with a foot brake so she can work it. the motor is a 79cc predator from harbor freight, we have the governer on it set just high enough so the clutch locks up and it runs about 18MPH so we are regearing it so its a little more tame for a 2.5 year old. the training wheels come off with 1 cotter pin for when i want to rip around on it.

 

[aj923]

That's awesome! My daughter is always asking for rides on the 50. Now I have to look into something like this!

 

[RitcheyRch]

That's awesome and looks like fun.

 

[ltbaney1]

That's awesome! My daughter is always asking for rides on the 50. Now I have to look into something like this!

heres a link to where we bought the chassis kit from. its been a lot of fun.

RCF Micro MiniBikes – Micro mini Bikes

rcfminibikes.com

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

That could be very dangerous after dad has a few cocktails. Move over kid, hold my beer.

 

[Bear Down]

GOODNESS...that looks great... I need to make sure to never show my daughter the picture of it....

I thought of making something for my daughter using a HF motor...NOTHING remotely close to that...Being too Mexican has its disadvantages..LOL

 

[2Driver]

That could be very dangerous after dad has a few cocktails. Move over kid, hold my beer.

LOL crystal ball sees calf going under training wheel.

 

[ltbaney1]

LOL crystal ball sees calf going under training wheel.

yeah that image has ran through my head. we get a little rowdy on them, pic below is running mini bikes at Irwindale last year during the nitro revival. 2 of us got tore up pretty good that da., it gets kind of squirly at high speed and one of those wheels touches do

wn it kind of wants to "hook". when the bike is straight up the training wheels are about 1/2" - 3/4" off the ground.

 

[AZmike]

Looks trick, nice build!

 

[RiverDave]

Never even heard of one!! That's bad ass!

RD

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

RDP - Rice Rd. is too dangerous.

Also RDP - Hold my beer while I race a death scooter.

 

[ltbaney1]

RDP - Rice Rd. is too dangerous.

Also RDP - Hold my beer while I race a death scooter.

dont go using that logic on us

 

[monkeyswrench]

Soooo,
When we having the "Death Scooter" meetup on Rice Rd?

It'll be like the Isle of Man ...only slower, and more Coors Light

 

[old rigger]

My old man and I just finished building one for my daughter, i finally got to rip it around the street on sunday. I have 3 other mini bikes and this one by far is the most done up. we built sheet metal covers to keep her from getting in the chain or clutch and covers the straight pipe. we also set it up with a foot brake so she can work it. the motor is a 79cc predator from harbor freight, we have the governer on it set just high enough so the clutch locks up and it runs about 18MPH so we are regearing it so its a little more tame for a 2.5 year old. the training wheels come off with 1 cotter pin for when i want to rip around on it. View attachment 963546 View attachment 963547

Very cool little mini bike!
I remember when I was a kid and the mini bike fad took off, I never had one, but Hot Rod mag for a few short years always had coverage of the events and builders.
This isn't the pic I'm looking for, I was hoping to find it in the archive rather than search through all the 59-62 hot rod mags, but this is a cool micro too. The bike I remember is maybe even smaller with a grown man, or teenager, sitting on it. I'll find to tomorrow.

Maybe 10 years ago a group of guys started having mini bike races, like outlaw races, on city streets. One of the mags, maybe Hot Rod Deluxe, covered the events. Looked like fun.

 

[motormonkey]

Amazing workmanship.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Very cool little mini bike!
I remember when I was a kid and the mini bike fad took off, I never had one, but Hot Rod mag for a few short years always had coverage of the events and builders.
This isn't the pic I'm looking for, I was hoping to find it in the archive rather than search through all the 59-62 hot rod mags, but this is a cool micro too. The bike I remember is maybe even smaller with a grown man, or teenager, sitting on it. I'll find to tomorrow.

Maybe 10 years ago a group of guys started having mini bike races, like outlaw races, on city streets. One of the mags, maybe Hot Rod Deluxe, covered the events. Looked like fun.
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This dude is insane. He’s got the crazy eyes.

 

[ka0tyk]

take it down the compton and race it. they're all about the mini bikes right now.

 

[4Waters]

yeah that image has ran through my head. we get a little rowdy on them, pic below is running mini bikes at Irwindale last year during the nitro revival. 2 of us got tore up pretty good that da., it gets kind of squirly at high speed and one of those wheels touches do View attachment 963607 wn it kind of wants to "hook". when the bike is straight up the training wheels are about 1/2" - 3/4" off the ground.

Did you get time slips, what they run?

 

[ltbaney1]

take it down the compton and race it. they're all about the mini bikes right now.

some of those compton boys get intense about it. but to be fair, so do we.

 

[ltbaney1]

Did you get time slips, what they run?

they did issue us time slips, i dont remember ET but i know my high speed was 33.5 on that bike with 6.5 HP predator, high speed from our group was 68.5 on a all aluminum alcohol motor from a JR dragster.

 

[ltbaney1]

Very cool little mini bike!
I remember when I was a kid and the mini bike fad took off, I never had one, but Hot Rod mag for a few short years always had coverage of the events and builders.
This isn't the pic I'm looking for, I was hoping to find it in the archive rather than search through all the 59-62 hot rod mags, but this is a cool micro too. The bike I remember is maybe even smaller with a grown man, or teenager, sitting on it. I'll find to tomorrow.

Maybe 10 years ago a group of guys started having mini bike races, like outlaw races, on city streets. One of the mags, maybe Hot Rod Deluxe, covered the events. Looked like fun.
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heres a size comparason between a full size "taco" style bike and the micro.