Mini Bike Mayhem! Taco Mini Bikes Custom HOT ROD Bike! HOT ROD Unlimited Ep. 46

On this episode of HOT ROD Unlimited, Joe Rivello of Taco Mini Bikes builds HOT ROD magazine a custom mini bike based off their traditional style bikes. We also visit Joe Sebergandio, founder of Joe's Mini Bike Reunion which hosts thousands of old, new and extreme mini bikes from all over the country. Watch David Freiburger rip the custom HOT ROD mini bike and learn about how connected hot rodding is with mini bike culture.

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[leoscustombuilds]

Minibikes will never get old. My son and I enjoy riding together. He is learning so much about small engines because he enjoys riding and upgrading his.

[pkuudsk]

Forgot how much fun they are my first one didnt even have a motor, bought it for 5 dollars at a garage sale, my grandfather had given me 5 dollars for my birthday and I had been saving it but I ran home and pushed my dream home,  there was a big hill close to home and I used to push it up the hill just to ride down, it had the flaper steel plate that rubed the back tire for brakes, then when I was 6 yrs old my Dad bought me a 5hp Artic cat lepard skin style seat, lights shocks drum brakes that was the best Xmass ever. And a life long obsession of ridin bikes was set in motion and learning how to fix anything with a motor. I would have never became a mechanic if it was not for that mini bike. So many great memories, now I know how to bend pipe and weld think I will build one.Thanks for the great show

[displayfireworks]

I think I watched this video at least three times over the last year. Is it wrong to be 58 years old and desire to ride a mini bike again? LOL

[scdevon]

I had a Scat Cat minibike around 1973.
It seemed like you could ride all day on a gallon of gas.
I also got my first "Bernz-O-Matic" socket wrench set around that time and I learned so many valuable mechanical skills working on that bike.
Fun times.

[cxbra]

This video blows me away :). Ive been waiting for a true minibike video from the Hot Rod guys after they did the replica Honda Monkeybike video. Ive been into vintage minibikes for the past 5 years. I had a Bonanza BC1100 hot rod that did 50mph in about 6-7 seconds (I sold it and miss it dearly!) and now I have a JC Penney El Tigre with a 212cc 7hp clone engine in it. Only geared for 35mph but it gets there in about 4 seconds and wheelies ALLL DAY. Vintage for life!

[zorvlatch]

I have had minibikes since I was 8 years old. I'm 62 and still alive. My other thing was skateboards. Both great for making gnarly permanent scars on the bod! Dig you guys!

[matthewmurray]

I miss my Manco minibike.. That thing was indestructible.. At one point of testing the new engine I put on, he throttle got stuck at 45mph! I had to tuck and roll! Another time I out ran a police car by dipping into someone's backyard... Ahh the memories

[flaplaya]

This is so well put together. My dad supplied mini bikes from age 3 for me. He even made one into a trike with a piece of all thread before I could balance.. All props to my dad and anyone else's who made us move as little guys and girls, I know there's a couple thousand gorgeous ladies out there who had a mini bike or go kart growing up..

[irocitZ]

I freaking love that thing, I want one..

[Dgannt]

Thank you MotorTrend for a memory lane trip. I remember riding my friends Honda minibike back in 72 (I think). It was such a joy. I later have had both big Kawasaki and Honda bikes and also a Piaggio scooter, a new one but it had the design of the old ones. Being a kid and riding the minibike I was in the clouds. After that the Piaggio is my best bike memory. The big Kawasaki and Honda actually come third in the feel good department. I remember riding that sky blue Piaggio a summer back in 86 when everybody had big powerful sports bikes in those days. Nothing else was in fashion. A lot of girls wanted to get a ride with me on that Piaggio. I think maybe they were thinking about that movie Roman Holiday :)
I stand in gratitude to that Piaggio. It gave me an unforgettable summer.

[mikefolgers]

The ringing centrifugal clutch is all I needed to hear to take me all the way back to my youth on my Taco 22. Great times in the early 70s

[FOSTER]

What the guy speaking at the 3:14 mark said gave me flashback chills! I also saved and begged and cried until I finally got my Dad to get me a mini-bike, a 1968 Honda Mini-Trail 50. Had a lot of fun on it! Love mini-bikes! I also learned some basic mechanics like carb cleaning and other minor repairs.

[Apchestangenightout]

Damn seeing these mini bikes reminded me of when I was about 15, 16, 17 years old I used to have so much fun riding in the streets of the Bronx like a wild mofo lol, thanks for bringing back the memories!

[jongalmiche]

This video is what made me get a mini bike

[alanballard]

One more thing people there's no age limit on having fun or what make you happy God bless you.

[BackyardSpaceProgram]

I got a 1974 Puch Magnum X.
Two-speed automatic, 50cc and 4HP.
Cool little bugger!

[SoCalFreelance]

All the girls in the playground fall for guys on a Taco bike. Oh yeah.

[EricandSylvannaMeade]

Your never to old and it is never to late! We are here for a short time so have as much fun as you

[damianv.]

I was about 15 when I got my first bike, it was a bonanza with a 212 cc predator, ( 8 years ago ) I would ride it EVERYDAY, I no longer used my bike . I fell in love with a taco 22 my buddy owned but I couldn’t afford to buy one . I came across this guy selling a taco 22 For 80 bucks ! Jumped on that ASAP . I had it powder coat it fat slick in the back, looking nice and clean, till this day it’s still a project because I haven’t called it done yet . With time I was able to get me another taco 22 ( both have serial numbers 1967 ) I got a few cats ( still projects ) but this made me remember of wanting 1 so baddd and with time god blessed me with a few of them, now I got a Buick Regal that needs attention, Projects after projects . That’s the life lol, god bless y’all 🙏👍

[youthtruck]

I got my mini bike in the late seventies. It came from a lawn mower repair shop. It didn't have a motor so me and my dad picked up a old edger at a yard sale and robbed the five horse briggs and stratton off it and bought a cheap clutch for it and I had a ton of fun on that thing. The brakes was scary because it had a lever that you pushed and a flat brake robbed the back tire to stop it. I still have it at my moms house.