Not a showrod, but kinda' kool....

[Tim Nolan]

OK, it's not even a model, but close!! I had this old minibike kickin' around my garage for about 15 years. I gave it to best buddy Joe Enyart a few weeks back, so we popped a few beers and hit into it. This weekend he came down and used some stripper on it. He's planning on doing it in a mix of HOK green like he did one of his truck models, and I'm going to flake a few parts of it in the lime green flake. He's looking at a new 4 hp Briggs to replace the old single lunger on it.




And this is the color he intends to do it in!

[fredmellini]

Ummm....Tim, did she get mad?? ;D ;D ;D (This weekend he came down and used some stripper on it.)

[scurvy]

I'd love to see somebody put one of those fire-breathing alcohol burners they use in those kiddy-dragsters into a minibike like that... it'd be a great smell puttin' around a swap meet, and who couldn't use a 40hp minibike?

[vwcamperman]

I can't believe you Tim, what don't you have in that garage of yours? It must be endless!

[A.J.]

Tim, you should see the mini bike that I saved from my brother's childhood. It's a chopper and was probably produced somewhere around the early 70s. I know I was probably only about 5 the only time I got to ride it and it was the funniest thing every. It was too tall for me to touch the ground so my brother held the sissy bar while I worked the throttle. He told me to keep it low and wound it out...ha ha! Him running behind me was hilarious but I guess not to him...LOL! I never got to ride it again but when I got the garage behind my parents house, it got saved from the back yard or probably would have been gotten rid of like the gocart we had from earlier than that. The mini bike is apart in my garage stashed away now. The seat is still in nice condition as is most of it. You may have inspired me to dig it back out...ha ha. But I had been thinking about it for some time now. Quick resto and a new motor and blammo, instant fun.

[Tim Nolan]

My garage and attic have been a nightmare for years, but it's starting to come together finally. I have been selling, throwing away, and giving away years of accumulated JUNK and stuff. I have a neighbor who has been collecting scrap metal for several months because he has no job, and I've given him all kinds of old metal crap. I sold a ton of old car parts at the rod run in Nov. I've also thinned my diecast and model collection considerably the last few years on eBay. If it will ever cool off here I will finish the garage shovel-out and hopefully be able to get to use my metal lathe and new work area!! LOL. I still have lots of kool old junk, just not as much!

[davea]

I agree, what DON'T you have in that garage? And I can't BELIEVE you're even THINKING about selling that great ride of yours!