Mini Bike of the Week: Volksbiken

A combination of Mini Bike, Bicycle and Volkswagen, the Volksbiken turns heads. I am not a fan of the Nazi Footlocker (as mechanics call the Volkswagen Beatle, this is a pretty cool idea. You take to front fenders, cut them down the middle of the headlight, weld them together and mount them to a mini bike frame. 

Here is what they look like without the fender on

Randy's Chopper-Bobber Project part 1

 After hearing about my Chopper-Bobber project, my buddy Randy wanted to build one as well, then I found RCF Mini-Bikes.

They have a roller kit, ready to go, it even has a springer front end. Below is a picture of one of their early prototypes.

Randy ordered one up, with the optional springer front end.

Randy's kit came with the same 10" spoke wheels and dirt track style tires, it didn't come with the rear fender and sissy bar and the foot pegs are removeable.

The tank looks like a smaller version of a Sportster tank, they call it a "frisco tank".

Randy wanted to go with a black and chrome look, so he is going to replace as many bolts and fasteners with chrome as possible. He also decided to run chrome ape hanger bars and risers instead of the dragster bars than came with the kit.

We mocked it up to see how everything fit, before breaking it down for paint. The motor sitting in the frame is my motor from my project.

Randy decided to go with the same Vevor torque convertor as I had bought, the same engine riser and exhaust, which we found on ebay. I had searched for an exhaust pipe for quite a while to find one that would clear the torque convertor cover and look right.

The motor riser, gives you clearance for the torque converter

We got a Predator 212 non-hemi when they were on sale, only $119

Randy purchased the same air cleaner kit that I did.

He also bought a chrome valve cover

Mini Bike Sticker of the Week: Flea Mini-Bikes

 I have made lots of these 2" stickers to fit the recess of the recoil starter cover, see images below, great for restorations and restomods.

buy them here: Knucklehead_Parts_Depot | eBay Stores

The Mini Bike of the Week: 1975

 

This bike just screams 1975.....

Mini Bike Sticker of the Week: Doodlebug Custom

 

I have made lots of these 2" stickers to fit the recess of the recoil starter cover, see images below, great for restorations and restomods.

buy them here: Knucklehead_Parts_Depot | eBay Stores

The Mini-Bike of the Week: Fool's Gold

 

Evel Knievel Tribute Bikes

 Earlier this month I post pictures of my Evel Knievel tribute project, I decided to show you some more of the bikes that inspired me:

Another Mini Indian

Yet another one

And another one

Mini Bike Sticker of the Week: Rupp

 2" in diameter, this sticker will fit the recess in the pull start cover, new or old motors

Get yours here:

The Mini Bike of the Week: 60's Kustom

 

This bike screams 60's Kustom Kulture, white walls with red wheels, pinstriping, finned aluminum....it's all there

Installing a handle bar Kill Switch

 Most of the Honda clones come with same wiring, a fan shroud mounted kill switch that is wired to the coil, a ground and the oil sending unit.

When installing a handlebar mounted kill switch there are a couple of ways to wire it. The ring terminal (in the picture below the wire is green, but it also might be black) goes to the ground, you can use the same ground the factory mounted switch uses. The main wire (in the picture below is black but might also be red) goes to the existing switch.

The factory provides a quick disconnect connection that you can plug your switch into (see below), but when you unplug the black wire (the one going to the silver box), you disable the low oil sending unit, now this is not a big deal if you are good about checking your oil, but if you want it to work, you need to unplug the black wire (shown below) and wire up a new male connector that has both the black wire coming from the oil sending unit and your black (or red) wire coming from your handlebar switch. If you are not worried about the oil sending unit, just plug your black (or red) wire coming from your handlebar switch into the connector that has the yellow & black wires connected to it (see below).

Personally, I don't mind disabling the oil sending unit, we didn't have those in the 70's and we don't need them now, just make sure to check your oil level before every ride.

The Mini Bike Sticker of the Week: Taco

 Here is your Mini Bike sticker of the week

buy them here: Knucklehead_Parts_Depot | eBay Stores

The Mini Bike of the week: White & Red Taco 100B

 When I was 18 I bought a new 1989 Polaris Indy 400 snowmobile and it had a white, red and gray color scheme, ever since then I have really liked those colors together.

This Taco caught my eye, this was built when the 3rd owners of Taco tried to bring it back to life and opened up manufacturing in California.....their effort failed, but Taco is not dead. Go Power Sports now owns them.

Project Kick Starter 1: Douglas Wheel

 As part of our content we will try to bring you a project kick starter, these are kits that you can buy to build your own mini bike.

This one is from the folks at Douglas Wheel, they are selling the frame loops and forks. You would need to weld them together and come up with a neck, seat mounts, motor plate and rear axle mounts.

For the neck, just buy some 7/8" OD - 5/8" ID DOM tubing, the bronze bushings are available, which allow the use of a 1/2" bolt, which would be easy to source.

The motor plates are available.

For the brakes, you could buy this kit from an ebay seller, it is a weld together scrub brake kit, it includes the foot pegs.

Mini Bike Sticker of the Week: Predator Racing

 This week's sticker is for those that own a Ghost Predator or a custom built 9000 RPM motor.

Get them here: Knucklehead_Parts_Depot | eBay Stores

The Mini Bike of the Week: Cheap Thrills

 

This little Micro-Bike is about as small of a mini-bike as can be built.

Using an RCF Micro frame, it crams a lot into a small space

These look like 4" wheels, with Stud on the front and a slick on the back. The brake works on the clutch drum and the gas tank sits out back.....no where else for it to go. The huge sprocket gets this thing moving quick but no doubt limits top speed.