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67rustavenger
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 Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:16 pm Post subject: Re: Well...they are aircooled.... |
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| NJ John wrote: |
| Looks cool. I know all you have to do is lean back a little and they wheelie. I think the kart site is 4cycle.com. There was a group street drag racing all types of mini bikes. |
I was seated right at the base of the seat incline. No handle bar jerk, just twist the throttle and it lifted for front tire with ease.
It scared me how easy it came up. This comes from a former open class intermediate/expert MX racer. 
I've ridden many mini bikes over the years and never had one so eager to show me the air under the front tire. 
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| Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2024 6:38 pm Post subject: Re: Well...they are aircooled.... |
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that reminds me of a cobbled together chopper I built a while back. It was already a chopper when I picked it up but with solid front forks. I added the springer front, and the sissy bar. I might have done the clutch brake on that one as well.
It really wasn;t a great rider...but the guy in Texas (I think?) bought it for his man cave. The vast majority of the bikes I did ended up on walls of hung from mancave ceilings,
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2025 1:33 pm Post subject: Re: Well...they are aircooled.... |
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Not so many decades ago, cars with air-cooled engines were quite common, two of which were DAF 33 & 44 cars, with Variomatic transmission, made in The Netherlands. During 1968~72, my father had a 1968 DAF 44 with two-cylinder air-cooled engine and my great aunt had a DAF 33.
https://www.hotcars.com/these-cars-all-have-air-cooled-engines/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-cooled_engine
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2025 1:40 pm Post subject: Re: Well...they are aircooled.... |
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Totally missed the point of this thread. Unless you build a mini bike with a DAF engine, that would be cool.
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| Posted: Sat May 24, 2025 1:45 pm Post subject: Re: Well...they are aircooled.... |
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| cdennisg wrote: |
Totally missed the point of this thread. Unless you build a mini bike with a DAF engine, that would be cool. |
In that case, a Yanmar air-cooled diesel engine might be more up your street!?!
https://www.yanmar.com/global/engine/products/diesel/aircooled/
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