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.

Evel Knievel Tribute project part 2

 

After paint, I assembled the bike, I discovered the forks had mounting tabs that would be perfect for a number plate, so I bought a vintage Haro BMX oval number plate and printed up a larger version of the #1 logo. 

Here is the bike 90% complete.

and finished: I had a custom bicycle license plate made, it says "EVL SPIRT"

and the custom starter cover sticker.

I had to create a helmet to match, a Bell 500 open face with visor.

Note the "color me lucky" sticker, most, if not all of Evel's helmets had this logo. I also added a red rabbit's foot to my handle bars, another accoutrement that Evel always had with him.

First ride, my buddy dared me to ride to his house (about 5 miles away).

Mini Bike sticker of the week: Mini-Bike Low Life

 Here is your mini bike sticker of the week

buy them here: Knucklehead_Parts_Depot | eBay Stores

Evel Knievel Tribute project part 1

 I wanted to build a mini-bike, so I searched out one designed for larger riders, both for comfort and so I could fit my grandson on the bike with me.

I settled on the Rascal roller kit from Go Power Sports, I opted for the telescopic front forks. The kit came with tires and wheels (6" wheels), rear disc brake and all parts needed except the motor, clutch and chain.

I also opted for the solid steel wheels with the dirt track style tires

I added in one of their performance exhaust pipes that exit the center of the frame

Now for a theme, I saw this picture of a restored mini-bike tribute to Evel Knievel and knew I had to build one.

The kit was pretty straight forward, all I had to do was paint the frame and tank white, then come up with decals or custom paint work.

I used my skills as a graphic designer and created my own version of the Evel Knievel #1, the stars in a bar and a custom starter cover.

I found this graphic online and used it as the basis for the #1

I combined the mini-bike rider with the Evel logo from the "Evel Live" TV show where Travis Pastrana jumped the Ceaser's Palace Fountain. I changed it to "Evel Lives". I named the bike "the Evel Spirit"

I purchased a Harbor Freight Predator 212 motor, added the stage one kit (air & crank case filters) and removed the exhaust and gas tank.

I purchased this set of handlebars, they were a cross between cruiser and ape hangers, they fit perfect and made the bike comfortable to ride

I wanted to mix the parts in red or blue, since the frame was white, I bought this set of hand grips/throttle

I forget to take pictures when I unboxed the kit, but here is the fame during painting, everything was welded and there zero modifications necessary. Go Power Sports figured everything out for you.