Mini-choppers

[Nashty]

Just won an auction on eBay for a mini-chopper. GD cool little thing, should make a great pit bike. I'll use it around town to run errands too. Been thinking about making one. This on is a Custom Mini Chopper drag bike style.

I'll try to get some pictures of it soon. Haven't even picked it up yet. I can't wait !!!

 

[myclone]

Mini choppers are cool pit bikes... Im in the planning stages of a twin engined one (engines angled to look like a V twin and two engines will hopefully give a miniature harley sound). If I could have figured out a simple pressurized oiling system it would have been turbod but I guess I'll hafta stick with a mini supercharger for now. If all goes well I'll have a miniature belt drive similar to the 3-4" ones you see on custom full sized bikes also.

Post pics when you get the bike

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

Something like this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=34284&item=2449713068

 

[Nashty]

I didn't want to post the link because I think I spent too much but what the hell, I'm too excited. Here it is.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2449352790&category=10062&rd=1

FWIW, my lawn mower has a 20hp Koehler V twin. At it's lowest idle, it lopes rather nicely, makes 37ft/lb too! That would be the perfect motor for one if I ever build one. This one will stay as it is with the possible exception of some braided lines, maybe a tail light and perhaps paint to match the Metro.

If you go to www.fullblownminis.com that some of them are as nice as a real chopper. The price for these kits is ~$3500-4500 (kit as in assembly required and no paint). This particular bike is from that company I believe. The frame looks very similiar in the details.

I showed my boys tonight before they went to bed and told my 6 year old the bike and told him it is actually short enough for him to ride. His eyes got real big, then he said, "does it have training wheels?"

 

[YGETV8]

Geez, Roger... I know you are trying to find something faster than your old GN, and this may just do it, but I really think you should wait till the Metro is done! Although it isn't much bigger than that bike! Wait.. gears turning... put a GN motor in the bike!

Looks like fun and I promise I'll try not to hit you in the pits next season!

 

[myclone]

Originally posted by Nashty
FWIW, my lawn mower has a 20hp Koehler V twin. At it's lowest idle, it lopes rather nicely, makes 37ft/lb too! That would be the perfect motor for one if I ever build one. This one will stay as it is with the possible exception of some braided lines, maybe a tail light and perhaps paint to match the Metro.

I looked at the available V twin engines but they were out of my price range as the project is just a spare time/fun kinda thing. I like fabbing stuff so Im building it from scratch with "pocket change". Bascially a back yard OCC deal .

BTW, whats the deal with the "metro" project? Are you doing something with a geo metro or a Nash Metropolitan? Just curious as Ive wanted to do a Nash metro similar to the the "Mega-met" that was in the car mags a while back.

 

[Nashty]

I've been working on a tube chassis Geo Metro for the past year. It will have a Stage 1 motor and a powerglide. I was going to use a stock block but I sold my GN with that engine in it.

The GN was getting too fast and needed to be updated with quite a bit of safety equipment which would have cost a fortune and weighed it down so I decided to make a pretty much drag only car that can be street driven no problem. Saw a yellow pro-street Metro on the net one day and thought that would be as good a candidate as any so I bought one off a dealer's lot, took it home and cut it up. Still has the "AS-IS, NO WARRANTY" sticker in the window.

I've slowly been rounding out my racing wish list and a cool pit bike was one of those items I just wanted. I have no desire for one of those insanely fast ones, so I started looking for a cool one. I think this one will do.

What do you think?

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

I think its pretty damn cool

im gonna make a pit bike out of a beer keg and a bar stool

BW

 

[equalizer442]

put a GN motor in the bike!

ive wanted to but one on a boss hoss foe years, correct me if im wrong but i think a lc2 would bolt right up to it.