We Got a Vintage MTD Mini Bike (for FREE!) Can We make it Run + Ride?

We picked up this old MTD mini bike for free from Go Power Sports! In today's episode, we get this vintage mini bike's 3.5 horsepower Tecumseh flathead engine running, unstick and install a few new parts, and take it for a ride out at the Pate Swap meet. This rusty mini bike has been sitting for years with flat tires, old fuel in the tank, and a janky dual muffler exhaust. We find out: will it run?

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[pauliusz]

Seeing an adult living their best life like a child is gold. When he was ridin that bike

[VinzClorthokeymasterofGozer]

You guys have inspired me to pull out my son's old tube frame go kart and start working on it again. Barn find that ran well for about a year. We know nothing about mechanics, but he's 13 now and we might as well start learning.

[CarsandCameras]

Did you see Ike's wheelie at the end? Yeah that wasn't planned😂

[ashiehakoto]

being able to run rampant and just have free reign in a shop like that with all the fab stuff, would be the dream

[donellmuniz]

20 years ago, I found an old minibike in a field, complete except for a motor. A guy I knew sold me a wrecked, heavily damaged ATC 90 for 20 bucks. With work, I got the motor running good, and put that in the minibike. 4 gears plus hi and lo range, no muffler, and NO BRAKES! Best minibike ever! It ripped!

[strawbemily]

3:10 actually the block used to be cork! The fuel gauge is pretty neat.

[cavinv]

I’ve learned so much about small engines from this channel I love you guys been watching for YEARS

[gregoryfortenberry]

You fellas should start having a swap meet, ride and meet sometime. Would be nice to get access to some old parts and old machines

[steveblottenberger]

Steve from Annapolis Maryland it's great to see mini bikes come back I haven't seen many bikes around for years everything is YZ80 or a KX80 or expensive dirt bikes but mini bikes are just a whole class of their own and so much cheaper and simple to work on keep up the good work guys

[gilwilliams]

I literally just got off Google and there was a story about these and clicked on YouTube and this is the first video I see

[Protosasquatch]

I loved the fuel gauge swirling around and around as they did the slalom course.

[williamhelms]

When I was 8 years old, a buddy of mine had one with an 8 HP Clinton that was stolen from a sewer vent fan.
A Frank Zappa-looking dude friend of his was riding it, and let me have a turn. No Clutch Push Start at WOT or No Kill Switch Compression Stall, I went 3 blocks up the street, and covered the way back WOT in less than 4 seconds, and not ever being sure if I broke 50 or 60 MPH. If you're wearing a crew-cut, and feeling your hair waving in the breeze, you're going into
O R B I T, man!
Nothing else I've ever driven since after having a driver's license has ever come
C L O S E to being lit out of a cannon barrel like that!

[pancudowny]

Every Tecumseh engine I tuned in the shop I worked: Low-speed: 3/4-turns out. High-speed: 1-1/4-turns out. And they ran perfectly...! ;)

[ChristopherHayniedd]

I like these kinds of videos with old mini bikes and old go karts.

[rydplrs]

1:37 that’s why I have a 2 sided air chuck. Once you have a duelly you can outsmart a valve stem

[kinkong]

It's nice to have friends like Gary who will help you out so nice to see go Gary go.

[potatomanpotatoman]

Dude, 14:53 you and Ike scratched your head at the same time lol

[hinglemccringleberry]

holy crap the gas gauge spinning while john is riding is hilarious

[danf]

Had a mini bike in '72. Always was envious of guys that had a torque convertor on their bikes. So much better than just a centrifugal clutch.

[sammyrothrock]

You guys are always having fun! Watch you every day! Got tons of projects myself. I have an old Coney Cart from the 70s and 3 mancos carts and 3 Baja Warriors and Big China Cart.. Just so many 4 wheelers also. I am 59 and having a blast! Love your channel!