Mini -Bike

[Kim_Howie]

Yes sir is does have a cen clutch.

[TimG]

Holy cow, those are what I grew up with. Mine was a Rupp......

[PeteLeathersac]

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Looks like a homebuilt kit style bike like the ones advertised in Popular Mechanix type mags or maybe offered as basic models by the factory built minibike manufacturers?.

My pal and I built one similar to this as kids w/ an old McCullough 5Hp 2-Stroke motor!.
Wild power for the bike but luckily the cen-clutch driven gear was a slightly different pitch than the chain so it would always fly off before we got going too fast to kill ourselves!.

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~ Pete

[TimG]

The things we learn as a kid, never take the cover off of a centrifugal clutch and start the engine. All those disks went all over the place and stretched the spring to hell. I picked up the disks and put them back. Tons of rubber bands worked as well as the spring.......

[Kim_Howie]

Sad part is when I was a kid there wasn't any mini-bikes. They hadn't been invented yet!!

[x Baldwin Motion]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Kim_Howie</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Sad part is when I was a kid there wasn't any mini-bikes. They hadn't been invented yet!! </div></div>

time to start living.... let's see some mods!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[PxTx]

[jl8z28]

Thats a rupp the grump is sitting on.

[wheelhop]

I've got a 1970 Rupp Roadster mini bike just like that one the grump is sitting on. Color of the frame is Monaco orange.

[JRSully]

I have 4 Honda Z50's in my garage, a couple QA 50's and who the hell knows what else. If it runs on gas it seems to find it's way into my garage