The Mini bike of the Week: The Orange Blast

In order to get enough content to keep people coming back we will have a "mini bike of the week", posted every Monday. Just a picture or two and some description, to give you ideas, motivation or inspiration to build your own.

This bike is owned by a friend, it started as a CAT 250x minibike. I nicknamed it the Orange Blast.....cause it is orange and it is fast.

These bikes originally came with a 2.5 HP Briggs & Stratton motor, 4.10 x 3.50-6" tires and a scrub brake. This was the base model from CAT.

I assume this bike came from the factory in orange, as orange was a popular color for them.

The bike now has a Kohler 196cc 6.5 HP motor

These motors are also a bit of a clone of the Honda, they uses pieces from the Hemi and standard head motors.

Of course, the Orange Blast has some motor mods that allow for 9000 rpm and 70 mph speed runs.

Mini Bike stickers

 

When I got back into mini-bikes, one of my buddies asked me to make him some stickers for his CAT mini-bike. That led to other ones being made. See the current selection below.

I mainly focus on making 2" round stickers to apply to the recess in the starter housing, see picture below.

My ebay store can be found here: Knucklehead_Parts_Depot | eBay Stores

I can do custom work, just let me know what you are looking for, and be sure to check back often, I am always adding new stickers.

Introduction

 Hello fellow minibike enthusiasts!

Let's get started with an explanation of how I got here. I was raised in the 1970's and around 1975 or so my Father purchased a couple of used Rupp minibikes, not sure which model, but they looked like the one below, only one was black and one was a light yellow with the same "turbine" wheels.

My brother and I had a blast riding those down the street and on camping trips.

Fast forward 40 years and I had moved to another state, I ended up making some friends, these guys were all close to my age and they were buying up all the old, vintage minibikes they could find and fixing them up.

Seeing how much fun they were having, I decided I needed to build one for myself and my grandson.....this soon became an obsession. Searching the internet, I discovered that this is becoming a HUGE market again.

Coleman and others are making affordable minibikes and many others are buying and restoring the old classics.

While on a search for a Rupp, my buddy found me a vintage and mostly original Cat 300x, unfortunately it was way too small for my grandson and me to ride together.

The original ad

I ended up building a bike from a kit, then helped a couple of friends build theirs and now have plans to build two more for myself and my grandson.