Well, the snow has slowed down the house & shop project just a bit, and I caught up to everybody else. Drywallers will tape and mud tomorrow, and hopefully I'll be ready for paint on Saturday!

So we got a few mini-bikes for the boys for Christmas (I am one of the boys), and they came with a stock 2.5HP Honda "clone" engine. Did a bit of reading online, and after a trip to the hardware store and Harbor Freight, I have now increased the horsepower on the "red" bike to 6.5HP. I bypassed the governor, ugraded the clutch, and I have a few parts on order that should boost it up to about 9HP or so. This will be a "dad only" bike. Funny how a $200 item turns into a $500 item pretty quickly.

Test ride is tomorrow. Pics and a report from the emergency room to follow......

The safe stock bike is green, just in case you stop by and want to take one for a spin. I figure the circular drive makes a nice quarter mile track. Didn't think about that when we layed it out. I wonder if I should bank the turns?

Sounds like a good turnaround vehicle!

Brent saw those at Joe's and wanted one so bad. I didn't think Wallingford was ready for that though.
Andy with your recent rant on the skirt.....she does let you get away with anything.

I think I'd have a pretty hard time getting away with a "shocker" without a bit of injury..

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First word that comes to mind is WOW!

Tips to others,

1. Dial down your throttle/idle adjustment before starting it the first time. As a precaution I had the front wheel against a wall, just in case. Glad I did, as I started burning rubber once I turned the choke off.

2. This is not a kids bike for beginners. I've ridden big bikes for 20 years, 400-1000CC, but this was a bit frightening as the acceleration was much more than I expected. Glad I left the other DB 30 in stock configuration for the boys.

3. Wear a helmet.

I can't ever remember doing a burn-out on a mini-bike before, with my 650's and 1,000's yes, but that was totally unexpected.

Pics to follow.

Stock bike.


Dad's bike.

Those do look like sweet take out rigs.

Fun.

All you need is the little bell on the handle bar....
Your favorite little bike all outfitted

Keith

I rigged up my own throttle linkage out of parts from the original and new engine that didn't hook into the governor, a separate lever that normally hooks up to the throttle linkage.

Took her for a spin with the GPS, 44 mph. It was a bit squirelly. The only brakes I have now are the rear, but I'll rig up a front disk here shortly.