I had picked up that pocket bike earlier this year for a measly $25; nothing wrong with it, just had been sitting outdoors for a couple of years according to the previous owner. So I figured the carbs just needed a good cleaning, and with it being a two-stroke 50cc little monster, it should make it even more simple to work on. Alas, with Stella getting dibs on every time off I have now, I had to have my buddy Rob get the little monster (hereby referred to as Red Tip!) running again. And get it running Rob did.
Even though I'd say here and there that it's for Stella when the time comes that she's big enough to ride it and actually has interest in doing so, I really just bought it as a pit bike during my trackdays. But me being me, I really couldn't just leave Red Tip alone as a pit bike, could I? No, no. Instead, I got the idea to host a hillclimb challenge among my friends, using this little beast as our hillclimb machine!
Unfortunately, the little beast just couldn't handle such heavy demands! Couple our adult frames with its task to go UPHILL with just a single-piston, single-gear transmission, and it was just too much to ask for the little beast. Even the downhill ride proved worrisome; the speed that the bike would carry from the descent proved even too fast for the engine, with the rear wheel and chain drive actually turning the crank faster than it can go at full throttle! I was worried the engine would grenade right then!
Pit bike it is then, unless maybe my friends and I can find an isolated parking lot that we can set up a makeshift track where we can race Red Tip around in. Until then, I'm at least finding out the joys of how cheap parts are for this little beast, so don't be surprised when the next photo I post of it, it'll be decked out!
