# Minibikes with lawn mower motors...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minibikes-with-lawn-mower-motors/309506>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 23, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minibikes-with-lawn-mower-motors/309506 "2005-06-23T06:44:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![neisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4bbf92/32.png) [@neisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neisha)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minibikes-with-lawn-mower-motors/309506/1 "2005-06-23T06:44:16Z")

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I’m wanting to find a minibike with the lawn mower motor for my son, but I can’t find them. So far all I’ve come across are the new “pocket rockets”, and they won’t stand up to the dirt and rock area we live in. Anyone know where I may be able to buy one, perhaps online so it can be delivered (I don’t have access to a truck)?

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**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minibikes-with-lawn-mower-motors/309506/2 "2005-06-23T07:29:24Z")

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I have plans on how to build one, as a PDF file that I can email you, if you’d like. You could then pay a welder to build it for you (he’d no doubt have a truck [most welders do] and could deliver it). No idea of how much it’d cost compared to a storebought model.

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minibikes-with-lawn-mower-motors/309506/3 "2005-06-23T08:49:10Z")

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I don’t know if it’s what you’re looking for, but I found a pair of Honda [three-wheelers](http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6708&item=4558177436&rd=1) on Ebay for a decent price. The first thing that came to mind when you mentioned it was a Honda Fat Cat, but I couldn’t find one of those.

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minibikes-with-lawn-mower-motors/309506/4 "2005-06-23T08:51:38Z")

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And here’s a [Honda Trail 70.](http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=6708&item=4557632775&rd=1). These old Hondas will probably hold up better on your rough terrain than those little pocket bikes they sell at Pep-Boys.

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**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2005, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minibikes-with-lawn-mower-motors/309506/5 "2005-06-23T13:33:31Z")

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[Northern Tool](http://www2.northerntool.com/cat-1/291701.htm) sells a couple of mini bikes, a little fancier than the ones we used to make. They have the frame, hubs, wheels, etc. for a DIY good ol’ mini bike, and a couple of pre-builts in this link.