Wednesday, July 29, 2026

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

Friday, July 24, 2026

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












Wednesday, July 22, 2026

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:






Monday, July 20, 2026

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










Friday, July 17, 2026

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.

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...