Posted: 7/6/2017 10:28:25 PM EDT
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Bought a Coleman CT200u on clearance at wal-mart for $99. Had some minor issues and I haggled that price down to $49. I threw in a $65 torque converter and painted it green. That's it. I topped it out at 44mph with a 196cc 6.5hp engine. I put it on Craigslist the weekend before the 4th of July almost as a joke with an asking price of $850. A couple of kids in their early 20's came over that night and gave me $800 for it. I pocketed about $680.
Saw this smaller one yesterday with a $700 asking price that had been sitting on CL for over 30 days and scored it plus pretty much every part to build another bike except for a frame and motor. All for $400! It has a highly modded predator ($99) with billet internals ($100), hopped up cam ($75), billet flywheel ($120), aftermarket intake/exhaust/carb($150), racing clutch $75, hour meter, hydraulic rear disc brake($50), top plate and custom under seat gas tank. It's mint with just over 2 hours. He also threw in enough parts to build an entire bike minus the frame and motor, as well as 6 sets of wheels with new tires on them($400). Build time he estimated was about 20 hours as well. Guy used to professionally build these, now does custom high dollar +$4,000 survival type mountain bikes with engines on them. Not a thing wrong with this bike other than he doesn't have time to ride and it and the parts were taking up too much space in his garage/shop with about 20 mountain bikes in some process of being assembled. Topped it out at 50mph with more throttle to go but no more street. I need to find a bigger flat and I'm pretty sure with my 215lbs and 10lbs of gear it should hit 55, maybe even 60. 50 felt like 100 though. New: Video [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqNgFkACV8Q[/youtube] 
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OP, your duping yourself
http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/2004196_My--49-Coleman-CT200U-just-got-faster-.html |
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You did better than a young me. It did bring back some fond childhood memories, so thanks for that.
My dad and I cobbled this together with junkyard parts and a crappy lawn mower engine. If it would have gone 50mph I'd of killed myself. Attached File |
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You did better than a young me. It did bring back some fond childhood memories, so thanks for that. My dad and I cobbled this together with junkyard parts and a crappy lawn mower engine. If it would have gone 50mph I'd of killed myself. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/459009/minibike-247981.JPG 
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Yeah, the bent forks really affect the trail.....betcha it turned quick though Quoted:
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You did better than a young me. It did bring back some fond childhood memories, so thanks for that. My dad and I cobbled this together with junkyard parts and a crappy lawn mower engine. If it would have gone 50mph I'd of killed myself. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/459009/minibike-247981.JPG 
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Yeah, the bent forks really affect the trail geometry.....betcha it turned quick though
On a side note - are you wearing bloomers under your corduroy pants??? Quoted:
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You did better than a young me. It did bring back some fond childhood memories, so thanks for that. My dad and I cobbled this together with junkyard parts and a crappy lawn mower engine. If it would have gone 50mph I'd of killed myself. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/459009/minibike-247981.JPG
On a side note - are you wearing bloomers under your corduroy pants???  I didn't even notice that when I dug the pic up to post. Good times.
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