Deedubbs mini bike build-up
 

A friend of mine is giving me his old mini taco bike. It was a failed project for him, he no longer has time to work on it, so i'm taking it off his hands. Has anyone ever worked or owned one? I know the basic functionality of it. I'm looking for some after market resources. Thanks in advance!
http://www.gokartsusa.com/taco/Sideview22.JPG
http://www.gokartsusa.com/taco/tacoDSC00188.jpg

HKS turbo!

yes!!!!!! the size of a small snail..

im sorry to say, that thing looks really pitiful. I mean its not even a moped.

how do we put spinners on that thing?

yes it is pitiful..but they were very famous in the early 60's-70's..aka Pit bike, used by race car teams to jet around the track...These now retail for 600-800 brand new and im getting it free so you really cant beat that with a bat.. When hooked up and modified they can go 30 mph, btw these are 4 stroke edger motors briggs and stratton.

lol . oh how about a mini aston ? its really from spyker. http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f2...er_slide-1.jpg

now thats pitiful!

Not the same thing but I saw these a few months back and have wanted one ever since. I snowboard so this thing seems right up my ally. Anyone ever had one?

http://www.bushpig.com/index1.html

dude! it needs to be raked and stretched! Put some bad ass shifter cart wheels on there with slicks lol :D:

those skateboard scooters are scary! hahaha

if i can find a kit for it i'll throw some slicks on that bitch!

i recall racing one of these things 3 years ago when i still had my pocket bike. At that time my pocket bike went 36mph, the kid i was racing kept up with me the whole way through.. =/

Bryan, how much time do u have on ur hands? :p: I've got a pretty good scar from falling off my buddy's pocket bike while doing tricks.

@.@
"Bushpig" delivered to your door: $940
Pissing off several beach goers while u ride: $1 in gas
Getting the controller cable caught on something and falling face first: Priceless

I still want one tho ^.^

^haha i am way to uncoordinated to ever be able to balance on one let alone go anywhere with it..

lol

i've ate it pretty bad when i was trying to do wheelies on my goped. Lets see, I fractured my index finger bone, dislocated my left arm, and lost a finger nail...that hurt pretty bad...the worse part was having to go to the hospital to have them poke a piping red hot needle through my finger nail to release all that blood that made my finger swell up 2 time's its normal size! Other than that its fun! :angel:

I had a mini taco when I was 9 years old (1970), it was a blast back then! I really did not have to much work to it, but my Dad probably did!

X.x sounds like fun :D: wish I had something like these things to toy with when I was little. And my parents wonder y i bought a Mitsu VR-4 (V6 TT) when I was 17 :scratchhe

it just needs these and it'll be stylin'...

Damnit, now I want a go-kart to play with. Bryan, any go-karts, trikes, or something u got laying around ur willing to part with? A little cash to u and an early x-mas present to myself :D:

I had a similar mini bike when i was 6 - back in 1970. The mods are straight forward, but the chassis will be the limiting factor.
The bike probably has a centrifugal clutch, a torque converter will reduce power loss and can be found online http://www.ruppbikes.com/ruppbikes.htm

The muffler should be changed to a straight pipe - it'll sound like an angry old vw bug ; ) Adjusting the carb may be necessary. An extreme mod would be to pop in a bigger lawnmower engine or even a small motorcycle engine, something like a 50 to 90cc motor will make the thing fast (relatively) but the chassis is going to scare the crap out of you when you hit 45mph.

I love just about anything on two wheels : ) I picked up a ZX14 today - now that is a fast bike - 0 to 60 in 2.7 seconds, 186 top speed (electronically limited). 9 second quarter mile stock. : p

Cheers,

Alex

holy crap ZX14 :drool:

blue - I'm still breaking it in - I did get it to 130mph just for kicks - on one wheel, but I really need to take it easy for the next 500mi. It dos 90mph at 4500rpm so I don't have to go slow or anything ; )

The bike is very civilized until you hit 5500rpm then it takes off. My bandit is much more unruly, definitely a hooligan compared to the ZX14.

My wife is so cool to understand that I need two bikes and the RX8.

I am one lucky bastard.....

i need those mudflaps!...

ok, picking it up next week...still trying to decide what color to paint it, I was thinking of making it look like my rx8 (overall color theme).

just lay a ton of carbon fiber sheets vinyl over it. lol.

already thought of that, i will cover some parts in cf..need to buy more cf sheets...hahahha

haha. got red paint too? you paint it and ill lay the vinyls over. hahaha

Sounds like a project for Rodgers house XD XD i feel bad for crashing his house all the time ^^;

Ouch... This guy I know was telling me a story like that the other day. Instead of a hot needle tho, they used a drill press with a really small drill bit. The guy held his finger under the drill and they were just gonna tap the top to relieve the presser. Problem was the end of the drill grabed his nail and the coil that goes up the drill sucked his finger to the top of the bit. Went straight through his finger... :nono:

wow..i guess im lucky they didn't drill..id pick a hot needle over a drill anyday

eww.....

that was probably the worst pain I had ever felt in my life, I literally almost passed out, good thing I was on the bed...=(

anyway, I found a couple places that sell or have parts available, but nothing aftermarket:

gakartusa
westcoast tacos
johns gokarts

That thing looks fun as hell.... and a great way to get your head smashed and foot torn off. :Eyecrazy:

My lawnmower has more HP.

my goped has 1-2 hp but goes 28 mph..i'll battle your lawn mower anyday! lol

I have a Honda Elite 150 itll take your taco to Taco Bell anyday.

ok ok u win...i always wanted a honda ruckus...those are sik!

ok, picking it up on monday...it needs a lot of work, motor is apart and frame is pretty much gutted....

here's to a couple months of headaches!!

i'll keep updating this thread about the build, maybe a day by day build project...i'll include pix as well..

A car coil will make the spark so hot!

ok picked it up last night, its pretty much gutted right now. Took some cell phone shots but forgot to bring my sync cable to work today, will post pictures later on tonight, =)

not another Nalin...........

Oh, boy!

ahha i was waiting for someone to pick that up hahhaha

ha ha ha ha............

dam i did bust a nailin..i lost my cell phone sync cable... =(

i'll just use my digi cam then...doh!

here are the pics..
https://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c...UBBX/taco2.jpg
https://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c...UBBX/taco1.jpg

The beggining of project pain in the ass!! I expect this project to be done in about a year (if im lucky). Now I have to decide what color to paint it. I was thinking of the red/black theme like my rx8, also in mind was to wrap the entre fram in carbon fiber...enjoy!

notice that front end damage to the front fork, apparently the daughter of the previous owner got into an accident...doh!

ok found a shop in sacramento that stocks a lot of new parts. I'll be ordering new tires, tubes, a front fork and a front seat next week. oh joy!

Crazy! How much is everything?

dirt cheap...new tires run $15 a piece and im going with a widre tire in the rear so that like $20 bucks. The new front fork runs $20 and a new seat runs $20 as well..dont you guys wish it cost that much to mod our 8's!! hahaha Im sill thinking about chroming out the entire engine and frame, or just painting the frame Velocity red..haha let me know what you guys think.

pulled the old tires off, will order new tires on monday =)

haha, deedub is guna stop modding his 8 and go for the taco bike!