Yeah always wanted a super trap on something.... so I got one on the Mini
bike.... and it's quiet compared to the damn Straight pipe it used to
have...
Keith.... Who is doubting Joe's sincerity here... I seem to remember him
calling the Hearing police there on the salt... and never starting a
conversation without a TURN THAT THING OFF comment.... Hmmm huh what was
that.... oh Miss Kathy was speaking.... easily tuned in and out at the
hearer's discretion
----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Timney <joetimney@dol.net>
To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
Cc: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>; <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>;
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: Pit Bikes
> I must warn all of Keith's potential competetion...his mini-bike may not
be the
> fastest... but it is the loudest,. Bring ear protestion!!!
>
> Keith's Friend,
> joe
>
> Keith Turk wrote:
>
> > Okay Doug how fast is it? Wanna run it.... a Back Lot struggle on the
> > salt? Length of the pits just outside the boundry?
> >
> > 5hp briggs against a 5hp briggs..... No ringers for riders either....
Just
> > you and me with our Hair in the wind.... (if I have hair by then)
> >
> > Gauntlets on the ground ..... My Mini Bike is faster then your Mini
> > bike....and we don't even have powder coaters round here.... hell we
don't
> > have anybody that could read the instructions...
> >
> > Keith ( ahhh No I ain't quite Right now that you mention it )
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
> > To: <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 12:29 PM
> > Subject: Re: Pit Bikes
> >
> > > In a message dated 02/13/2000 6:21:15 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> > > crothfuss@coastalnet.com writes:
> > >
> > > <<
> > > List,
> > >
> > > As I looked out the window this morning I saw a kid on a mini-bike
> > putter
> > > past. That got me thinking about possibly getting a new pit bike.
The
> > old
> > > Schwinn has served me well for many years, but it's kinda big to fit
atop
> > > the trailer, and it can be a lot of work pedaling it against a 25 MPH
> > Maxton
> > > headwind. I'm looking for something small with a simple gasoline
engine.
> > > Preferably something a bit nostalgic. I'd love to have a Whizzer or
old
> > gas
> > > bicycle conversion, but they'd be a tight fit on the trailer. Any
> > > recommendations?
> > >
> > > Last time I rode a mini-bike we had a guide from a sycle bar mower
> > (Looked
> > > like a three foot spear tip) bolted to the front and we'd ride around
> > > spearing dead trees. Maybe that's why Mom would never let me get a
> > > motorcycle?
> > >
> > > Chuck "Amazed that I survived my childhood" Rothfuss
> > > ECTA #9
> > > Pole Cat Hollow, NC
> > > >>
> > > Chuck,
> > > I have a 60's Mini-Bike that I bought at a swap meet many years
ago
> > with
> > > a 3 hp Briggs for power. It would run, but just barely. The blow-by
was so
> > > bad that it pushed oil out of the breather.
> > > After stumbling over it for several years in my shop I disasembled
it,
> > > had all the parts powder-coated red and silver, installed a super-wide
> > turf
> > > tire on the back, and bought a new 5 hp Briggs "crate-motor" for it.
The 5
> > hp
> > > motor is so wide that it's pretty well offset in the frame, making
> > stability
> > > at speed a little annoyance, but the thing's really a "hoot".
> > > It's light enough to load easily onto the front of the RV, has no
> > tranny,
> > > and a friction brake that rubs against the rear tire.........Ardun
Doug in
> > CA
> > >
>
>
>
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