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This custom cycle was created from scratch by myself with the help of my friend Alan. We took a stock 12inch scooter, chopped the rear forks, and extended them by bolting 1inch square steel tubing to each side of the deck. We chopped the third downtube and replaced it with two 1inch steel square tubing backbones. They start where the downtubes meet the front wheel assembly and go strait down to the deck. We mounted a bike seat right where they meet. We then mounted a wheel barrow tire on the new rear forks. The handle bars are from a kid's bike, and the front forks are from a 20inch bike frame. The engine, a ryobi 31cc off of a mini-roto-tiller, was mounted with an L bracket. We bolted a 1.5inch bike peg to the shaft of the engine. This acts as the spindle. Before mounting the engine in place we deflated the tire. Then mounted the engine and pumped it up. This way the spindle is a lot tighter, and does not slip. Then we hooked up a throttle and a kill switch. The kill swich stops the engine so no brakes are needed. After a couple test runs we disassembled it. After long hours spent pouring on the Bondo, sanding, then more Bondo, it was ready for the primer. Then, finally, the real color. Wow!!! I love the bright yellow!!! All the hardwork finally paid off!!! The one thing you might not notice is that there is not a single thing welded on this mini-chopper. What might look like a weld is actually bolted and bondo'd over. That was the true challenge. Well, that's about it!!! If you read all of this NICE JOB!!! I don't blame you if you wanted to skip the long explanation!!!
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