Chaos - 09 October 2008 10:13 AM

we're not talking about cartoons anymore??

I found the combo of cartoons and adults on mini racers to be perfect.

I'm a cartoon nut(Tex Avery) and I love the idea of racing on mini's.
I ditched my ZX6r and now ride a 1969 Honda S90 and a 1981 Honda C70.
I found parts and info to do complete frame off restorations on both from guys at mini-sites.

I'd like to try racing the S90 but it's so old I'm not sure the the bike could take it.

LJB-OSB - 09 October 2008 09:02 AM

another thing to consider, if you bought this bike you would personally own a machine that caused me considerable pain and anguish over 2 seasons of use... that has to be worth somehting, right?

As appealing as that is I have so much going on right now there is no threat of me getting out there immediately. But one of these days... It's looking like the next year maybe more hectic than the last, and that is saying something.

Now Gary c'mon you know you could free up 3 or 4 Saturdays to show up on a clapper YZ80 you dragged out of a pal's shed............................small bore bikes rock, riding em makes you feel like one of those island warriors who ripped out the still beating heart of his foe and ate it while the guy watched, only you don't have to rinse that metallic taste out of your mouth nor worry about the FBI showing up at your house wanting to know what's buried under the floor boards..................honest officer I have no idea who put those KX80 cylinders under there..............don't know nothing about that YZ65 frame either........you know the wife has been sneaking in late.

There Zoot if that don't scare off the new guy , then I'll start going on and on about Kreidlers, Derbi 80's , Tormo, Nieto and Dorflinger..................................even the Geneva Convention forbids that.

On a cartoon note..............saw Bugs Bunny open for Yes, 50ft screen with Elmer signing "Kill the Wabbit". Now the Sponge Bob movie is priceless especially the part where they're getting ice cream and Patrick shouts "wait get mine with sprinkles"

For the record I'd love it if we had mini moto or roadracing here, but the vintage MX will do for now.

Tom, owner of a Blata, 63 Honda 90 and the almighty YZ100.

therre will always be an excuse, gary. you just gotta make it happen. come on, gary, make it happen!


and joe, i'm shocked. electrical tape numbers are old school. as old school as the paper plate number plate. mcqueen ran one of those in OAS

Not going to happen at this moment! I'm not sure which state I'll be living in 3 months, I have a lot on the plate right now.

just let us know when you're ready

yeah, dont't worry gary... we will always have a bike for sale... i figure once i get my new bike built that shortly thereafter my wife will have several bikes for sale... along with some gear... some misc. tools... some old records... etc.

All right, I just bought a 2001 kx 85, its bone stock, it used to be a pit moms bike(or so they tell me). Im going to have my Dad rebuild the motor, but what else do you suggest? I am thinking of getting the suspension all set up before I try to squeeze more power out of it. Any suggestions???

definitely suspension before power. little bikes are about skill more than motor. honestly, i'd go race before you even considered power and i'd go race if the race comes before you have suspenion right. because little bikes are about racing first before anything else. just ride it!

+1 on the suspension first... i was half a second slower this weekend on a KX100 than my KX65 because the 100 was running with stock suspension...

what wheels are you going to go with?
if you run 12" wheels, you can proabably get away with just stiffer springs (assuming you weigh more than 80lbs) until you really start to push the bike hard... with 17"s the stock suspension could really stand to be lowered internally...

are you going to be running big tracks or kart tracks?
on a kart track you may never need more power, but, big tracks make them seem way underpowered...