Little 1973 Indian 50cc

[Dawalt]

That’s when the PARTY begins

 

[Gimletbikes]

Nice! Really helpful info. We're officially starting the project today. Your photo is an excellent reference for how tiny this little booger is. Is that yours that you handed down to this young man? Or is he into vintage minibikes?

I really like that wheel stand. The one we're working on has a side kickstand that is almost useless. What year is that?

 

[Gimletbikes]

good video for Dellorto SHA 14.12 carb rebuild:

 

[Dawalt]

Nice! Really helpful info. We're officially starting the project today. Your photo is an excellent reference for how tiny this little booger is. Is that yours that you handed down to this young man? Or is he into vintage minibikes?

I really like that wheel stand. The one we're working on has a side kickstand that is almost useless. What year is that?

It’s a pile really- early “back kick” motor circa ‘70- later fenders- made the fork/ Downpipe etc- dropped the frame about 4” ( hardtail) - not quite done yet!- my son on it but as you see at 8 is now way too big !

 

[Gimletbikes]

Completely disassembled! There is one flattened ring of threads preventing us from removing the fork locknut. Will chase the fork threads tomorrow when I work with the pros

 

[Gimletbikes]

Enlisted the services of the shop bend-o-matic to straighten the forks mostly. Chased the fork threads to remove the lockring, finally.

 

[stingrayjoe]

Found this photo from 1999-2000 - see lower left.
Not a great image but I will keep looking.

 

[Astroyama]

This channel is RAD.
Ichiban-Moto has so many great tips and tools for those icky resto jobs.
https://www.youtube.com/c/IchibanMoto

Shiny Side Up~Rubber Side Down

 

[Gimletbikes]

This channel is RAD.
Ichiban-Moto has so many great tips and tools for those icky resto jobs.
https://www.youtube.com/c/IchibanMoto

Shiny Side Up~Rubber Side Down

Ohhhh this is gonna be really fun to go through - THANKS!!

 

[Gimletbikes]

Found this photo from 1999-2000 - see lower left.
Not a great image but I will keep looking.

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Is that the little yellow guy on the left? I see another little red lr orange 50 on the right too. I love photos like this - it's like having permission to snoop