Coleman Mini bikes!

[Weldangrind]

Those pics made my day. Change it to an open faced helmet, and that was me in the '70's.

[JerryHawk250]

Originally Posted by Weldangrind

Those pics made my day. Change it to an open faced helmet, and that was me in the '70's.

Helmet? You had a helmet??? lol My brother and I had built our 1st mini bike from and old frame someone had given us and we scraped our money together and had our oldest brother drive us to Sears and picked up a 5hp Briggs. Of course we disabled the governor and had the throttle direct to the carb and put a smaller sprocket on the rear. Man it was fast. We would piss our cousin off when we pass him on his Honda mini trail 70. There were two of those Colman mini bikes out at the spillway on Sunday. Those two boys ( about 9 to 12 year olds) were having a blast on the trails. Family stuff is always fun stuff.

[2LZ]

Man....REALLY thinking about the CT200U just as a neighborhood run-around. Mrs. 2LZ would not be happy..... I better start building some credit chips.

[Sir kayakalot]

Good job DH!!! That is a happy boy right there for sure. A lot of character building comes from having your 1st motorcycle. He'll learn a lot

[dh]

Weld a good neighbor who is probably in his late 50's stopped his truck in the middle of the street while I was taking those pics and said, "Hey! I wanted on of those as a kid!!!" lol. My son is learning a lot on his little bike and getting involved in the maintenance will be a good time I think.

2LZ gotta love the dirt backyards! I wouldn't mind getting the ct200 for camping trips. It would be a really easy bike for family without riding experience to pick up and learn on without the anxiety of a real "motorcycle".

[hertz9753]

I used to stare at the Sears catalog looking at mini bikes and go carts when I was kid in the 70's. Every week I thought I could win the money prize in the local newspaper cross word puzzle but that didn't happen. They gave you a list of words to choose from and next week they told you the answers. I still think it was rigged...

[2LZ]

Originally Posted by hertz9753

I used to stare at the Sears catalog looking at mini bikes and go carts when I was kid in the 70's.

I know I sure did. I think most every one of us here that are within a certain age bracket all had the same wishes and dreams and that lust for minibikes got us to where we are today.
We used to find minibikes in the back of most every catalog and magazine including Boys Life. ANYTHING that a young boy would almost die to have was in the back of that magazine.

The "jones" got really bad when four of the neighbor kids got them. One had a Cat (orange), two of them had the blue Bonanza's and one kid had the Cadillac. The Heathkit (blue and white) with the fat back tire and a two speed transmission! I remember running out on the porch when he went by (older kid, of course) and thought it was sooooooooooo cool when he shifted! My mom later admitted that her heart used to sink when the boys would ride by on their minibikes and my brother and I were peddling our butts off trying to keep up.

Good memories............

[Weldangrind]

If you'd care to be teleported back to that time, find an old copy of Mini Bike Hero by Claire Mackay; that book is solely responsible for my motorcycle madness. It was written in 1975 and I got my hands on it in about 1977.

[JerryHawk250]

Yeah I remember looking at those magazines. We knew our parents couldn't afford to buy one so My brother and I worked our ars off after school and weekends cutting grass, collecting pop bottles or whatever to scrape up enough money for a motor. I think it was about $80, don't remember, too long ago lol. Our oldest brother was good bit older than we were and was into drag racing. This mini bike was the closest thing we had to doing any kind of power lol. We would load it into the trunk of his 69 GTO race car and use it to get around the pit. I was his official driver when he towed it to the race track with his 69 Roadrunner. No trailer, just a towbar. I had to turn the wheel when we got to a sharp turn, otherwise it would push the rear end sideways on the turns. lol This was all in the early 70's

[2LZ]

Originally Posted by JerryHawk250

Yeah I remember looking at those magazines. We knew our parents couldn't afford to buy one so My brother and I worked our ars off after school and weekends cutting grass, collecting pop bottles or whatever to scrape up enough money for a motor. I think it was about $80, don't remember, too long ago lol. Our oldest brother was good bit older than we were and was into drag racing. This mini bike was the closest thing we had to doing any kind of power lol. We would load it into the trunk of his 69 GTO race car and use it to get around the pit. I was his official driver when he towed it to the race track with his 69 Roadrunner. No trailer, just a towbar. I had to turn the wheel when we got to a sharp turn, otherwise it would push the rear end sideways on the turns. lol This was all in the early 70's

This is really bizarre. Rod Serling should come out from behind a curtain.

My parents would have no part of a minibike because they thought they were dangerous....so my brother and I were working our tails off (mowing lawns, pulling weeds, etc...) to try to get one. My oldest brother, who was also quite a bit older (drafted to Nam, joined the Navy before the Army pulled him) was also heavily into drag racing and used to build his engines/cars in our garage. He taught me how to rebuild my first small block Chevy when I was 9. His thing was '56 Chevy's....and his greatest nemeses was a Big Block GTO.

Cue the bizarre music.....

[JerryHawk250]

Originally Posted by 2LZ

This is really bizarre. Rod Serling should come out from behind a curtain.

My parents would have no part of a minibike because they thought they were dangerous....so my brother and I were working our tails off (mowing lawns, pulling weeds, etc...) to try to get one. My oldest brother, who was also quite a bit older (drafted to Nam, joined the Navy before the Army pulled him) was also heavily into drag racing and used to build his engines/cars in our garage. He taught me how to rebuild my first small block Chevy when I was 9. His thing was '56 Chevy's....and his greatest nemeses was a Big Block GTO.

Cue the bizarre music.....

be afraid, very afraid lol In todays world it would be dad, give me some money so I can buy a BMW.

[goat67]

Did somebody mention Goats?

[Weldangrind]

Originally Posted by goat67

Did somebody mention Goats?

There are two types of goats that are relevant to this discussion; GTO's and Tote Goats (a really cool minibike that was designed for hauling stuff).

[culcune]

Originally Posted by dh

Better late than never. The Ct100 came in several days late but my son is loving it. It and was missing a 12m nut for the front fork and had some scratches in a few areas but otherwise assembly went well.The disk brake works great and the little motor looks to be a little brother of the 212 predator. It fired up on the first pull!

I think it is perfect for a 9 year old even though the box says 13 and up. The wife even likes riding it!

I like the fact that it looks like a fat-tired updated classic mini bike! I think your son will have years of fun on that little beast!!

[goat67]

Originally Posted by 2LZ

This is really bizarre. Rod Serling should come out from behind a curtain.

My parents would have no part of a minibike because they thought they were dangerous....so my brother and I were working our tails off (mowing lawns, pulling weeds, etc...) to try to get one. My oldest brother, who was also quite a bit older (drafted to Nam, joined the Navy before the Army pulled him) was also heavily into drag racing and used to build his engines/cars in our garage. He taught me how to rebuild my first small block Chevy when I was 9. His thing was '56 Chevy's....and his greatest nemeses was a Big Block GTO.

Cue the bizarre music.....

Regarding the GTO if it was a Pontiac motor no such thing as a big block.
Block size is the same difference is in the bore and stroke.