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Impulse buy at Rural King the other day. Turned out to be the most fun/$ one could image. Took them to a family get together and they ran for a solid 8 hours. Even my 86 yo Father got in on the fun.

Anyone else have pit bikes or mini bikes?

That is awesome I rode mini bikes as a kid and then I got a Honda 50. Are these things pretty good in terms of quality? I’ll have to check them out we don’t have a Rural King but we have a tractor supply

Yeah, if you have room, or a place with trails, they are a blast.

Never had a mini, I started on a Honda 50 Sport. I grew up "in the country" and I rode that bike anywhere I wanted to go, fields, woods, swamp. I've had a motorcycle all but 1 year since then....53 years. Motorcycles, muscle cars, drag racing...that "stuff" gets in your blood and becomes part of your makeup. Good to see your Dad enjoying riding...:biggthumpup:

I always wanted one as a kid. A lot of my friends had them, Rupps, Benellis, Yamaha Mini Enduros and Hondas. I started to build one out a bike frame in metal shop in Jr. high school because I couldn't afford one. Unfortunately I never finished it and sold it to a couple of other kids who wanted to mess around with it. I still look at them now and then. I just don't have a place to really ride one these days, otherwise I'd buy one! Great to see the whole family enjoying things.

I also thought about buying one of those from RK. I really want a quad though... They look fun..

Rich

I own a 4 horsepower Tecumseh engine mini bike and have fun driving it around. A Manco Brand. I owned a mini bike back in 68-69 years and wish i would of kept that bike. Long chrome exhaust pipe with a black frame and a leopard style black and white dot seat. Mini Bikes are collectors these days.

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Not me but a friend of mine I bought this from in 1971, a 1969 Rupp Roadster TT-500 5 horse Tecumseh with a 2-speed transmission. This was the S**T when you are 14 years old. It went 35 - 40 MPH.

Not as fast as my Dart Kart with a Mac 101 A on it, but I guess I can never question why I'm into fast cars. Bill

I wanted a Rupp so bad. My paper route had a guy that sold new ones out of his garage. Dream land.

Mini Bike Fun
 

The Guy I bought this from purchased it from another friend who's Dad sold Rupps out of his garage as well. I guess Mick Rupp would call anyone a dealer if they bought in bulk. I remember he had an 800 Magnum Snowmobile that looked like it would go 150 MPH standing still. I also had a 340 Magnum Snowmobile in the early '70s as well. Besides being fast, I remember, the Rupps were always the best looking machines. Bill

i bought this rupp from a guy a few years ago who threw newspapers on it as a kid. you can see where his newspaper bag wore the paint off the tank. otherwise it is near mint condition.

I built this. Brutally fast. Had it up to 55 mph as per the gps . Crazy fun

That is perfect, love the exhaust!

Here's my 1972 Yamaha mini enduro. Had one as a kid, just looking at it puts a smile on my face

I had a Rupp Scrambler from 1969 to 1971, it had the torque converter. What a blast.
I believe it cost $250 and I shoveled snow in Chicago over winter to pay for it.

Dang, I wish I never sold mine, I got rid of my little Indian in the 80’s.
A buddy gave me a Chinese pit bike, it was all there, but beat to crap, so I went through it. The 4 stoke is so much easier to work on, this thing has a wiring harness you’d think from a car. All markings are in Chinese too.
Project stalled when I moved, I just need to make a seat.

Love this stuff. I bought a 72 Honda Z/50 when I was 10 years old with the money I had earned from working on the farm during the summers. It was super fun to ride and I still have vivid memories of it to this day. In saying that, I have often said it would be cool to pick one up and this thread has piqued my interest once again.

Knowing that there are many people here who have a couple of bikes or know other guys who collect & sell these bikes...I would like to ask, if anyone here knows of a nice Honda Z/50, Monkey, or Mini Trail that's available to buy, please let me know? Ideally, I'd like to find a yellow one but would consider any color. Anything from the early 1968-1971 models, or the later designs between 1972-1978. Thanks :)

https://i.ibb.co/wzDXDrb/1280px-Hond...ail-yellow.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/rQ2YQjQ/Z50.jpg

A neighbor kid got a new Blue Enduro. What a bike that was! I drooled for that or a Hustler.

I have a couple of Honda ATC trikes.
A ‘74 70 survivor and a ‘80 110 project.
Great fun!

Looks like a few BMX bikes too!

Sure do! Another passion left over from my youth!

Are those yellow wheels motomags?

Still ride ‘em?

here's a pic of my older brother on our 1970 Rupp roadster. Pic is from around 1974.
I still have the Rupp but it's been apart for 14 years waiting to get restored.

Let this be your inspiration to get that project going!!! That is a great photo. :)

They are, yes.

The ATC's yes, BMX not so much.

Where's the LOVE button for this post? I'm into early BMX, 78-83 primarily myself, but since I got my Camaro I've sold off most of the bikes I had except for a 79 Mongoose that's in parts in the garage. Love your collection. What all do you have there?

So true! We have a few, including a Honda CT 70, a Mini Trail and even an original 1970 Ruttman Grasshopper Chopper.

Every once in a while if Vicki is having a rough day, I'll dig out the Mini-Trail, (she had one when she was a kid) and pull up to our porch and rev it up. She'll come down from her office, I hand her the helmet and she always comes back with a smile on her face.

And to make it even better, any neighbors that may be around certainly get a smile on their faces too! lol

Bashton

I have 2 x '78 BMX Products Team Rampars, a '80 BMX Products Moto Trac, a Bill Bastian (Race Inc) made Rampar, a '83 Hustler Pro from Ralph's Bike Shop in Downey Ca, a '78 Mongoose Motomag and a few Australian made bikes.

You can check them out here if you like-

https://bmxmuseum.com/bikes/search?user=233608

Damien, sweet. I used to go on BMX Museum a lot for reference and eye candy. I usually dealt in Robinsons, a few Mongooses, and the odd SE PK and Quad, GT, and Sting. I love the old VBMX ads with the great colors, and also used to haunt VBMX.com a lot.

Donnie, what's the other color CT70 do you have? I love those as well, but dang, the prices on those is pretty crazy these days. I want one of the early light/med blue ones.

the other 72 color is candy yellow special.

I had a Blue/white Heathkit GT18 Boonie Bike in 1975.Me & my neighbor Ron ran that bike 24/7 for almost 2 years.
It took everything we threw at it,and then threw it all right back at us...LOL
Tough lil bike..

You guys are youngsters. In 1975, I bought 1 of these...
To go with my 1970 LS5 Chevelle. And people accused me of having a "wild" streak...:dunno:



https://www.yenko.net/forum/cache.ph...%26amp%3Bf%3D1

You still have it?

No, in 1983, I wanted a KZ1100D, Spectre. The local dealer wanted to see this bike as a trade in, so I drove it to work one day. He took 1 look at it and said he couldn't justify allowing me as much as it was worth, that I should clean it up good and he would sell it off his show floor. It had 6,000 miles and not a scratch on it, which was AMAZING with the way I rode that bike. I had to replace the rear tire, for the second time, the chain, for the second time, and both sprockets to get the bike to showroom condition. It sold for $2,200 and paid half the price of the new KZ1100.

NOTHING sounds like those 70's KZ's. Love those.

Maybe a CBX..

I just bought this bike

Very nice... '74 ?