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Wow, very nice! 
Do you think that is an original product or a custom use of an engine? It looks kind of like an O&R bicycle engine applied to a pumper cycle.

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I didn’t notice the chain drive at first, that’s pretty cool!

 

David- can you add a photo of the front view?

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The picture I posted was from the listing, I will take some of my own when it is here.

I was wondering if the engine or starter had been replaced as the military green looks out of place with the rest.

And yes it has chain drive to the front wheel, as well as the standard O&R throttle control on one of the handles.

 

On 3/3/2020 at 9:30 PM, CNew said:

Wow, very nice! 
Do you think that is an original product or a custom use of an engine? It looks kind of like an O&R bicycle engine applied to a pumper cycle.

 

I did check though all the other mini-bikes I had pictures of & magazine articles on (see manuals thread for links) and couldn't see anything that matched this either as an original product or build it yourself project.

 

On 3/4/2020 at 12:56 AM, Wallfish said:

Nice score

Pretty sure that something like that was posted on the old forum. I remember seeing that seat design before


I'll have a look through the "web archive" to see if it had a name, assuming it got saved (no pictures of course).

 

David

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Looking at the pictures & description it looks to have a quick release mechanism & two pins for the two main parts, same as modern bikes do for some parts.

 

David

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Here are some more pictures of the mystery mini-bike, sorry @CNew just noticed I haven't taken a complete front view picture.

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On 3/8/2020 at 2:17 PM, Wallfish said:

Thought he showed it apart too. Does that come a part easily into 3 pieces?

 

No tools are required to separate the three parts, it has a spring loaded mechanism for the frame & the seat section just slides in.

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David

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Thanks for posting the pics, that thing is really cool!  I like how it breaks apart, neat design.  Is that a Type 133 engine?

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Just now, CNew said:

Is that a Type 133 engine?

 

No it isn't, it's a Type 215 engine with gearbox, I think the starter housing may have got swapped at some point, the Type 133 engine doesn't have a gearbox.

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David

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Looking at the list I have, it states the Type 215 engine was used on a Minibike from Aerocycle Inc. I don't think there is any connection with modern companies using that name.

 

David

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