My kids 125's

[ImEazy]

I think these would be considered pit bike!? I bought these in Dec 05.
I recently got them put together and running quite well. On my last test
lap of the backyard I picked up a roofing nail (left from the crummy
contractors that built my garage) in the front tire of one of them. I
removed and tried to patch the tube but it didn't work. I went to the
local dealership and got one for $8. Now both kids are once again happy.
Although I can't keep them here long enough to actually teach them to
ride. They both have a manual clutch setup. I figured if I'm gonna teach
them I would do it right. Autos are for littler kids. Here's a couple of pics
on TT.

http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/garage.php?do=viewvehicle&vid=5606

[ImEazy]

I added a few pics of all three bikes to TT. Link is above.

[ImEazy]

I got out last Saturday evening with my son and taught him how to use
the manual clutch on his bike. This is his very first bike. It took him about
ten to fifteen minutes to catch on. He did stall it a few times and almost
pulled a couple of wheelies but he caught on pretty quick. He rode it
around our back yard for about a half hour. I was real proud of him.
I tried to talk my daughter into learning to ride hers but she wasn't up
to it. Maybe one day soon. I took a couple of vids of my son riding his
if anyone is interested in seeing them. The links...

1st ride - 10.87mb
http://www.eazys.net/GY200/D1stride.mpg

A little later on - 7.14mb
http://www.eazys.net/GY200/Dylan.mpg

[ImEazy]

I took and got my son out on his bike again yesterday. Here's a video of him. I made him work on shifting from 1st to 2nd. Kinda hard to do in our little yard. Wish I had bought these at my previous house. Two acres out in the country. We're gonna try and go to my brother in laws parents land (45 acres) this weekend. Will update if it happens. :)
Still haven't gotten my daughter on her's yet?

Link - 6.13mb
http://www.eazys.net/GY200/Dylanride.mpg

[ImEazy]

I got today and adjusted the carb on my sons bike. I took and moved the clip on the needle to the lowest or fifth from the top position. I also turned the air mixture screw out a turn and a quarter from the stock position. Man does it really run now. I took it up and down the street a couple of times to try it out on the uphill portion. Pulls very strong in all gears. It doens't stumble while accelerating anymore and very mildly pops while decellerating from WOT. I'm sure it could use a bigger main jet as with my GY. It will suffice for my sons purposes. Now I just need to do the same with my daughters. Maybe tomarrow. :)

[mule3010]

Easy, That is too cool. Nothing better than father and son hobbies. I just ordered a Roketa 125cc for my 8year old. I thought about the auto clutch but figured he would have to learn sooner or later. He has a 90cc atv auto so I quess my 4 year old will inheirit that. I am an old dad so I need to get on this with them while I still can.
Joe

[culcune]

My 6 year old will soon get a quad to ride. I figure that 4 wheels is (in many, not all cases) better than 2 for now.

[ImEazy]

Easy, That is too cool. Nothing better than father and son hobbies. I just ordered a Roketa 125cc for my 8year old. I thought about the auto clutch but figured he would have to learn sooner or later. He has a 90cc atv auto so I quess my 4 year old will inheirit that. I am an old dad so I need to get on this with them while I still can.
Joe

In my case it's father, daughter and son. :) Son has riden his many times over the summer. Could only get my daughter on hers once. She doesn't like the idea of the manual clutch. I guess in her case an auto would have been better. I just thought that teaching them the proper way to ride would be best. That way when they get older and decide they want a bigger bike I will have more confidence and less worry. Maybe next spring will be more productive. I need to get them out in an open area and let them go. I think they will like that better than the back yard. The best of luck with your kids.

[ImEazy]

My 6 year old will soon get a quad to ride. I figure that 4 wheels is (in many, not all cases) better than 2 for now.

That is cool. When my kids were that age I had a Polaris 400 and two acres of land. Used to ride them around the yard for hours at a time. They loved it. My nephew and niece have a 50cc four wheeler and enjoy it quite a bit. My nephew got a 50cc dirt bike for his last birthday. He loves it. Unfortunately my sister worries to death when he rides it. He fearless... :lol:

[ImEazy]

Bike stand...

I have been wanting to get stands for the kids bikes for a while now. That
way if mine was on my jack we could still work on theirs. Just didn't like the
idea of paying a lot of money for them. Everything x 2 adds up pretty quickly.
I had read on another forum of someone using a step stool for a stand. I
thought this may be an inexpensive way to achieve my want. I did try a five
gallon bucket but it just didn't work as well as I had hoped. Today I was at
Big Lots picking up a few necessity items and happened to notice a black
thick plastic step stool on top of a pile of top soil (imagine that). It looked as
if it would work well. I then proceeded to search the whole store in hopes of
finding another. After a thorough scan I came up empty handed. I figured
one would half to do. I finished my shopping and headed to the checkout.
Once there I just happened to look down and what do you know. Yes there
was another one. Woohoo! So for $14.00 I bought two of them. Got home
and took them out to the garage to try them out. Perfect fit. I can't believe
I was so excited over two plastic step stools. Here's a pic of the bikes on
they're new stands. :D The things I do for my kids... yes even when they
treat me lousy. :lol:

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/1156/standsav1.jpg

[John22j]

Those look perfect, so I think it's a trip to local Big Lots for me and see if I can get lucky -- I bought a little 70cc china pit bike last week that looks very similar to those.

[ImEazy]

That's cool. I hope you are able to find one. They work really
well. The tires are both a few inches off the ground in the pic.
I can move the bike forward for just the rear and to the rear
for just the front. Can't complain a bit. Congrat's on the new
purchase. These are pretty fun little bikes. I think most of
them use the same size frames with different cc engines.
Happy riding...

[allfunmotorsport]

sweet find man. they stack too it looks like? will they get your bike off the ground? I'm going too see if I can find some of them for myself and maybe give them away with the bikes I sell?$7.00 you can't go wrong. thanks

[Penguini66]

I'm going too see if I can find some of them for myself and maybe give them away with the bikes I sell?$7.00 you can't go wrong. thanks

Put a sticker on them and call them "Custom Pit Bike Stands". :wink:

Wait a minute...maybe I could do that and sell them on ebay for $20. Hmmmmm......

[allfunmotorsport]

shhhhhhhhhh! :lol:

[ImEazy]

allfunmotorsport - yes they do get the tires off the ground. If you look at
where the tires are compared to the stand you can see. Not the best pic.
They don't stack that well due to the step. I tried. :lol:

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/815/stoolst3.jpg

Penguini66 - If they had a bunch of them that would be an idea to make
some cash. Unfortunately I got the last two at that store. Plus, I'm just
too honest of a person to do something like that. :roll:

[ImEazy]

One more pic...

http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/776/offot4.jpg

[Penguini66]

I'm jealous. Like a said in another thread, I'm looking for something light and simple to use for my bike. Since I don't have a garage and have to work on the bike out in front of my townhouse, I don't want to lug something heavy and cumbersome up the stairs from the basement just to get the bike in the air. A milk crate doesn't really worke since they are not high enough and, as I found out this spring, they're not strong enough. Maybe I can find a heavy duty folding step/stool at Lowes or HD. May have to check this weekend if I get a chance. I may also take a look at Harbor Freight today or Monday (Nice having one 5 minutes from work).

[John22j]

Hey Pen,

Have you checked to see if a 5 gallon plastic paint bucket would be tall enough. It's almost tall enough for full size MX Bikes - and they are pretty strong (especially if ya keep the lid on it).

If you don't have one around I believe they sell empty buckets at Home Depot or Lowe's.

[ambassador]

I use a 5 gallon paint bucket with the lid on and the lid actually works as a cradle to hold the bike upright... It's hard to get the bike onto it by yourself but it can be done...

[ImEazy]

Me and my son were alone tonight as my daughter stayed at a friends.
He once told me he wished his bike was blue. I told him to come out in
the garage with me. I surprised him with new bodywork for his 125. I
bought it back in December but never gave it to him. So I let him do
the work in making his bike blue. Here he is putting it together.

http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/8751/workinmt9.jpg

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/9086/workinghw2.jpg

And him with the bike completed.

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1273/drsb2.jpg

The other side.

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/2149/bluemm3.jpg

I think it looks great. Blue is my favorite color. He likes it a lot as well.
Gonna try and get him out in the back yard to ride it tomorrow. I have
a red kit for my daughters as well. Unfortunately she wants nothing to
do with it and has told me a few times now. Oh well I guess I have
another toy. Maybe one day she'll change her mind.

[ImEazy]

My daughter's/my new play toy body change.
I went out today and changed the body work
on my daughter's bike. A couple of pics...

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6313/redluy6.jpg

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/3889/redron7.jpg

[allfunmotorsport]

nice, now your work shop looks like a toy box. did you get her to help? is she going to ride it now? my son's friend put more hours on the girls bike than she does :lol: but I'm ok with that, better that then nobody using it. As long as it is always ready for her to ride if she so choose to.

[John22j]

Looks good - always nice to let the kids get in and do some work... best way for them to learn and build their mechanical confidence up.

Hey Eazy - I sent you a PM. (just in case you didn't see it I figured maybe you'd see this. :wink: )

[ImEazy]

As seen in the pics my son did all the work on his. I taught him all about
loctite. :lol: We also went step by step through his carb and a few other
things. It was quite the fun time. My daughter on the other hand didn't
want anything to do with hers, so I just did it. It doesn't appeal to her at
all. Oh well. My son was out in the back yard riding his around for about
an hour last night. I took some good vids and a few pics to share but
accidentally deleted them all due to a malfunctioning mouse. :evil:
Life goes on... maybe next time around.

[fastguy]

add these jumps

http://www.killermotorsports.com/Complete_Supercross_Set_3_Decks_p/sx-set.htm

[ImEazy]

fastguy - those would be cool, but the pitbikes are still for sale.

[fastguy]

are they carb legal ?

[ImEazy]

are they carb legal ?

To be honest not likely? Although I truly don't know.

[fastguy]

oh

[ImEazy]

Well the pitbikes are gone. I traded them for a running vehicle. I hated to see
them go, but needed transportation for the winter since my truck is still dead.
I ended up with a 1975 Chevy El Camino in decent shape for being 32 years
old. :D

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/5936/elcaminodw2.th.jpg (http://img136.imageshack.us/my.php?image=elcaminodw2.jpg)

[katoranger]

At least it can haul the bikes.

350 with a TH400?

Allen

[rich_e]

Nice El Camino. I have a 77. The transmission went south a couple of years ago, so it's just been sitting (and rusting). It used to be real nice. All stock 350/350. It was repainted when I got it in San Diego in 1992. It also had a new interior. The rust started when I brought it to Kansas. I'll post a picture of when it looked good. One of these days I'll get out there and start wrenching on it again. I sold off all my other project cars last summer, but couldn't part with the Elky. It's worth more to me, just sitting in the yard, than it would be as money in the bank.

[ImEazy]

At least it can haul the bikes.

350 with a TH400?

Allen

I was thinking the same about hauling the bikes. Might come in handy to get
my son out on the GY.

Not sure as to the motor/tran combo. The PO said it has a 305 in it, but the
sticker on the front of the engine compartment says 350? IO couldn't find
any numbers on the motor to verify.

[ImEazy]

Nice El Camino. I have a 77. The transmission went south a couple of years ago, so it's just been sitting (and rusting). It used to be real nice. All stock 350/350. It was repainted when I got it in San Diego in 1992. It also had a new interior. The rust started when I brought it to Kansas. I'll post a picture of when it looked good. One of these days I'll get out there and start wrenching on it again. I sold off all my other project cars last summer, but couldn't part with the Elky. It's worth more to me, just sitting in the yard, than it would be as money in the bank.

That's cool. I would definitely get it back on the road.

[ImEazy]

Well it seems the transportation gods don't want me on the road for some
reason or another? Four days into ownership the camino will not start.
I've tried everything I can think of and she still won't run. It's getting fuel,
spark even starts to fire, but just ends up running the battery down.
To add insult to injury the rear tire was flat today when I went out to
work on it. I guess I should have kept the pitbikes. At least they would get
me from point A to point B. Just my luck I guess...

[katoranger]

You might have a timing issue.

Allen

[HardlyDangerous]

Water in the fuel/frozen fuel lines?
dump in some gas line anti-freeze and pray for a warm day . A hair dryer on the carb will thaw it if there is water in the float bowls.

If it has a manual set automatic choke push it right to the floor once, then let off then 1/2 way down. that should set the auto choke. then don't touch the throttle again until it starts

Take off the distributer cap and make sure it's nice and dry in there, clean up the contacts a bit. Check the timing, if you have spark, fuel and compression it's going to run.

BYW change the oil in that old boat and put some light winter oil in there to help it crank over easier

[ImEazy]

I appreciate the replies. Turns out it was fouled plugs. I changed them this
morning and it started right up. I think the choke may have had something
to do with it as well. I sprayed the carb down with some cleaner before
changing the plugs. It has an Edlebrock carb on it. Is there something I
can adjust to keep it from fouling them again? It doesn't seem to want to
idle down even when warm so I am guessing the choke is the culprit?

I do plan on giving it a oil and filter change maybe Sunday. Luckily the
weather has been decent for this time of year.

Thanks...

[rich_e]

Here's my El Camino when it looked its best:

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj126/riche_2/77camino.jpg

[ImEazy]

Wow that is/was in great shape. Wish this one was as nice. I have no plans
of restoring it to original condition though. I'll probably just keep it running
until I can afford to replace the tranny in my truck. It'll then be turned into
a project. Who know's how it'll end up?