TheSamba.com :: View topic - Want to build gas scooter/mini bike, any help?

Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:38 am

the one i have is like this, just darker red and with saddlebaskets on the rear. used it on a paper route for 2 years.. though its a moped, and only goes 25-30 (35 if you tune it right) it gets 80+ MPG and is great for toodling around town.

only downside is it was made for leaded gas, so you have to use a substitute... but the NOS gas cap has a measurement cup on the underside. just need a new coil for it to get it running again

Fri Aug 24, 2007 8:04 am

KGCoupe wrote: Yellowbeard wrote: KGCoupe wrote: Just a thought, but if you put a MOTOR on a bicycle, it would be legal to ride on the street.

Umm, they already are, KG. Just not the freeway.

Well, I guess you could read it that way too. :D

I didn't mean to imply that bicycles weren't street legal without motors...........rather, that minibikes are not street legal.
If you're going to put in the time and effort, it seems to me a better payback if you could actually use it legally on the street.

Regarding the Whizzer - it was a kit available back in the 40s and 50s. (Not certain if they sold complete bikes back then.)
Many of the motors available today are based on a similar design, but are chinese knock-offs (go figure).
Whizzer did make a come-back, and you can purchase a new one either on eBay or from local dealers.

Compared to the kits though, they are very expensive.
If you have the skill, you could put one together for 1/2 to 1/3 the cost.

i have 2 old mini bike type things....they look like beefed up bicycles with small engines. they also have pedals, i guess in case you run out of gas..lol i need to get rid of them to a good home....maybe trade for some vw parts or parts car...lol i will get some pics this evening and post on here...

Fri Aug 24, 2007 9:58 pm

BSQUARE wrote: My dad built this one in the early 60s when he was in college.
Rode it around campus until he graduated.
It has a chainsaw engine, coffee can muffler, rear fender brake.
I'm not sure what he used for tires, they look to be off a wheelbarrow.

that's perfect :lol: that would be awesome to build. Thanks for the pics and thanks to everyone for the other sites

Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:41 am

VolkDubz wrote: BSQUARE wrote: My dad built this one in the early 60s when he was in college.
Rode it around campus until he graduated.
It has a chainsaw engine, coffee can muffler, rear fender brake.
I'm not sure what he used for tires, they look to be off a wheelbarrow.

that's perfect :lol: that would be awesome to build. Thanks for the pics and thanks to everyone for the other sites

He still has it, but it hasn't run in 25+ years.
My folks are moving next week, and I'm planning to 'steal' it - to revive it for him.
If you'd like, I can PM you more detailed pictures when I get it.

Mon Sep 03, 2007 6:28 pm

i need to get these two out of my yard...im up for trades for vw stuff,cars, parts, etc....one is a yamaha, and i dont know what the other is.

Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:03 pm

BSQUARE wrote: VolkDubz wrote: BSQUARE wrote: My dad built this one in the early 60s when he was in college.
Rode it around campus until he graduated.
It has a chainsaw engine, coffee can muffler, rear fender brake.
I'm not sure what he used for tires, they look to be off a wheelbarrow.

that's perfect :lol: that would be awesome to build. Thanks for the pics and thanks to everyone for the other sites

He still has it, but it hasn't run in 25+ years.
My folks are moving next week, and I'm planning to 'steal' it - to revive it for him.
If you'd like, I can PM you more detailed pictures when I get it. yeah that would be great, thanks

Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:53 am

superman73 wrote: i need to get these two out of my yard...im up for trades for vw stuff,cars, parts, etc....one is a yamaha, and i dont know what the other is.

Other one looks like a Sachs or Jawa, though I'm not certain.

Tue Sep 04, 2007 1:59 pm

Tylinol wrote: superman73 wrote: i need to get these two out of my yard...im up for trades for vw stuff,cars, parts, etc....one is a yamaha, and i dont know what the other is.

Other one looks like a Sachs or Jawa, though I'm not certain.

the blue one is a yamaha, or at least thats what engine is in it. the other one the guy told me that he thinks its a bactavio or something like that.

Tue Sep 04, 2007 2:33 pm

superman73 wrote: Tylinol wrote: superman73 wrote: i need to get these two out of my yard...im up for trades for vw stuff,cars, parts, etc....one is a yamaha, and i dont know what the other is.

Other one looks like a Sachs or Jawa, though I'm not certain.

the blue one is a yamaha, or at least thats what engine is in it. the other one the guy told me that he thinks its a bactavio or something like that.

Maybe a betavus, they built some with that sort of tank position. But the luggage rack was different and the tank angle is a little different.

It can be hard to tell with mopeds. The designers tend to use rather similar designs :lol:

Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:50 pm

What - got something against scoots?

If I'm not driving my bus I'm riding my other aircooled. And yes it's a VW color.

Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:58 am

Scooter/Moped + VW always seemed like a smart combination to me.

If the scooter is getting 100 mpg and the bus is getting twenty, you could argue that if you take the scooter half the time the bus is effectively achieving about 60 miles per gallon.

That means VW+Scooter > Prius, and better looking too.

Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:13 am

Tylinol wrote: That means VW+Scooter > Prius, and better looking too.

Alot cheaper too. I'm getting atleast 90 mpg on my scoot. I only have to ride one or two days a week to work to really increase my overall mpg combined with my bus.

Also I figure if a bike has a motor then it doesn't need pedals.

Wed Dec 03, 2014 8:09 am

Time to rock the Honda! :D It should fit my single wheel trailers well and be a good spare tire or runabout for bus events.

Fri Dec 05, 2014 7:10 am

150 HP scoot

Sun Dec 07, 2014 11:23 pm

Tylinol wrote: Scooter/Moped + VW always seemed like a smart combination to me.

If the scooter is getting 100 mpg and the bus is getting twenty, you could argue that if you take the scooter half the time the bus is effectively achieving about 60 miles per gallon.

That means VW+Scooter > Prius, and better looking too.

That is the most ridiculously convoluted false logic I've ever read. :lol:

Mon Dec 08, 2014 6:24 am

98Champion wrote: 150 HP scoot

Don't discolor that pretty chrome exhaust with calf meat :roll: :roll: