@@mikespain8655 have to admit. I'm seriously jealous of people having a blast doing what they love and making a decent living. Mustie is just fun to watch!
Man that brought back fond memories of Christmas past. When we were kids growing up (57 now) Dad gave us a Keystone mini bike for Christmas and my Mom was terrified that we'd kill ourselves on it. Dad had to show her that it was perfectly safe for my brother and I to ride this thing. Winter conditions and Dad fired it up and took off down the street where he proceeded to wipe out into the side of one of neighbors cars...lol. We had that mini bike for many years and it was the best time. Mom even got up the courage to try it out once.... Oh those were the days. Great video Mustie, can't waite to see what's next on the lift. Happy New Year.
Similar story. My brother worked for a motorcycle shop and brought one of their Indian 50cc motorcycles down for me to mess around on in the early 70’s. Their shop was having trouble selling them and he hoped my parents might buy it for me. I think I was maybe 10 at the time. So our house has a fairly large hill behind our house that wrapped around to the left side. On the left side hill we had an above ground pool cut into the hill so you could run down the hill and jump into the pool. There was a gap between the pool and the hill maybe 2 feet or so wide. Anyways, I’m running that bike all over the place up the back hill and then around the pool on the left having a grand old time. At some point my brother, who is 17 years older than me, talks my dad into taking a ride....”to show it’s safe”. So my dad, who only has a bathing suit on, takes off feet hanging down up the back hill and up and around he pool. Not sure quite how it happened but somehow he ends up upside down between the pool and the hill with his legs sticking up in the air. Needless to say I didn’t get the bike. He was fine with just a few bumps and scrapes and the bike was fixable so I could at least continue having fun for the rest of the weekend. Not sure it would have passed with mother at any rate. Good times!😬. My brother also gave me my first dirt bike and my first street bike. The street bike is a ‘66 Triumph 500 that I still have.
@@jeffleach2668 Great story, Jeff. Sounds like my childhood (Sans my dad ever getting on one of my or my brother's bikes. We had many. We both still ride at 59 and 60. I have my brother's former bike and he opted for the Concours. (I bought his Ninja ZX14...stupid fast). I am glad you were able to keep your Triumph. Those need lots of TLC but they are one of the coolest rides out there. I am glad they came back.
It never gets old watching a bike being brought back to life, and you practically built it from scratch too, you should build your own bike and call it the mustie 👍
Sorry to keep commenting on the same video but do you realize you're up over a QUARTER BILLION VIEWS? That's insane! You should be proud as all hell. I know I would be. Congratulations Darren. Here's to a quarter BILLION more views brother. 👍💪
Hi Mustie , I bought one of these Rupp minibikes from my classmate Adam Sandler in the 7th grade (not thee Adam Sandler) for $12. He had run straight into a wall with it and bent the 2 front forks below the springs back to where the front wheel was wedged against frame pipe. Other than that everything looked fine. So I dragged the bike home and into my garage. I was 13 and really didn't know what I was doing but watched my brother work on his muscle cars all the time so I got the front forks off, tightened them into the bench vise and took a blow torch to them until they were glowing orange and pounded the crap out of them with a sledgehammer and to my delight, I got them pretty damn straight. A little gas and a little cleaning up and I had the sweetest minibike in the neighborhood for 12 bucks. Just want to say thanks for the videos, I'm amazed at your knowledge, your like the MacGyver of anything mechanical , I've watched them all, please keep them coming and I'll keep watching , Happy New Year to you & yours
In a throw-away society, it's always a pleasure to see people like Mustie who bring stuff like this minibike back to operational again. I'm betting Mustie grew up in a household similar to what I did. You don't throw stuff out and buy new until you evaluate it and attempt to fix it. I'm the same way now because of it, I would bring that bike back too although it would be harder for me. I don't have a huge stash of parts like Mustie. Keep up the good work Mustie and happy 2022 to you and your family!
i thought you had heat stroke when you had a vision of resurrecting that frame, tank and milk crate we laid out on the lawn........and now your showing it on the lawn for the outro and i'm cracking up :). Awesome to see it built and brave the ice 👍👍
You are never too old ! 74 here and building a Speedway mini like the "widowmaker " but with a warmed up harbor freight hemi head predator 6.5 / 13 ** 15 hp mods
that mini bike is gold.......back in the day they were high echelon , they have shocks when most did not, lights optional, torque converter which the centrifugal clutch doesn't even compare to, only things more desirable were the honda mini trail, honda traill 70, and yamaha 80.......but for that type of drivetrain they were and still are tops.
You must keep your neighbors constantly amused and guessing what will come of your workshop next. Nice to see a bunch of parts repurposed and turned into something useful. Well done.
Thanks Mustiefor the memories at 62 years old these were all the rage when I was early teen. I had a Grand Prix frame with a Kirby Motor. Here in Australia we didn't have a great selection of Mini bikes. Hope you get that fuel issue sorted out. I love how you overcome the lack of parts with fixes that get the job done. I follow all the videos and wish people here would throw out worth while things or ask reasonable prices for repairable items. Have a Great 2022. Many thanks for the great viewing experience.
Daryl, Yeah, on the east coast here, the same story. Had a tip shop, but they were closed from there, so maybe bigger towns have some good stuff. ! Naw, got other stuff to do.
I've just gone into production making 1970s tube style Minibikes & may do a knock-off repro of the Deckson Rockhopper later ( That was an Australian bike with either an Australian made 2 stroke Victa motor or a 3 HP Techumush) with QA50 wheels made in Taiwan & sold in New Zealand too.
Happy new year mustie!! Keep this up for us! This is the best channel ever, i cant wait for s new video to come out! The best part of every, every sunday!!
I did an endo years ago on someone else's bike, I forgot they had the brakes swapped and grabbed a hand full of front brake, about face planted into the concrete. the only bright side, it was very smooth just inside the garage, I think my knees still feel that landing 30+ years ago. 😭
Nice work! Love seeing an old machine being given a second chance. My '69 Rupp was a bit more of a basket case than yours and wound up waiting in my project backlog for years. Finally became a summer project with to work on with my brother- it now rocks a red paint job, 2-speed jackshaft, & a warmed over 5HP Briggs. These bikes are lots of fun!
Easy when you're sitting watching, but as you said when you put the front tyre on the mainfold sloped down... and when you sat on it, it got even worse! Excellent stuff, thank you.
That’s the best two videos of putting together a basket case! Go ahead and get a carb that will work better then paint it red and black stripes then it will be a great back woods bike. You did a outstanding job on this one.
Your videos take me away from the difficulties in life. Really enjoy all aspects of your information and joy . That is put into your art. Always looking for that extra Wednesday video. Happy New Year 🎊 stay safe to everyone!
I had a Rupp with the 3 1/2 hp, about 120 pounds (and 50 years) ago. Except when new, they didn't really have a lot of punch, kinda sounds like the engine's worn down. Not worth putting rings and bearings in, but that's what will bring it all the way back. Still, pretty slick rebuild of a classic mini!
How the hell are you so lucky to find these great finds ??? I have been looking for one for ten years without luck. Great find for sure. Good luck fixing the machine.
I also had a Rupp... it was a goldish brown color with chrome fenders front and back - I think the gas tank design is what I immediately recognized in the video. I'm fairly certain the bike had a chrome headlight and may have had a tail-light. If I had to guess the year, I'd say 1975. Great memories indeed.
I used to restore Snowmobiles and did dozens of them over the years. I would purchase them early spring and spend the summer rebuilding the engine, fixing anything that needed fixing and restoring the seat, hood, replacing the windshield if needed, then sell them come first snow. I did a few mini bikes but personally I preferred snowmobiles. I met other collectors and guys that also restored snowmobiles. Over the years, many have passed away and technology has changed snowmobiles. I still prefer the older ones.
What a great rebuild from parts and pieces. I bet that spray from the tire woke you up. Call me crazy but guards for the chain and torque converter would be nice.
Nothing better than Mustie going through his horde of old parts, bolts, spacers etc. He has everything in the horde!!! This video is a horde extravaganza!!!
These type bikes were everywhere when I was a kid. Those torque converter bikes could plant you on your butt in a second, but man they were fun as hell. Dozens of companies made Rupp- like clones , from Arctic Kat to chaparral etc. great times.
Hey Mustie1, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! You need to dye your hair the color it was when you were young. That way when you are riding your bike, everybody will think it's just a big kid riding it. Either way, a big kid, or an old fart, you're having fun and livin' it up. Go for it Mustie and again, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
Great video! I just picked up an old Flotron log splitter from 1983 and after a little love and attention got the same little 3.5 Briggs splitting wood again. Those little engines always impress me with their abilities for their size!
been enjoying this series, i like the use of whatever fits in the stock pile of boxes. looks like great result! need to do a cold/old start on it next time it's used, fuel bowl drained? tyres still up etc? no puddle of oil from engine.
This is the Mustie1 channel at its best, Classic Mustie1, A small bike and making something out of nothing, The bread and butter of the channel, All the best Darren, In a crazy covid paranoid world one place we can relax is in your workshop.
"Transformers - The Mustie Movie!" From basket case - To ready to race, well, perhaps not quite, but that's quite a transformation from a pile of bits in plastic trays into something you can actually ride on, and that little Briggs engine doesn't sound at all bad, in fact, it sounds just like a small bike engine - Well done sir!
@@cletusspucklerstablejeaniu1059 My dad also used to say "Wen it's done with being used, everything has a second use - And sometimes a third, or a fourth, and even a fifth"🚜😁😇
Nice job Mustie! Maybe it runs lean because the carb is too large (throat too big = too much air) and that is why closing the choke a little helps it. PS: Happy New Year to you and yours.
Probably one of the reasons it takes so many pulls to get it started. It’s simply not pulling enough fuel thru the jets because there isn’t enough air velocity thru the ventura since the carb throat is too large. We ran into the same problem on our modified midget race cars when we were playing with carburetion on the engines. You need high velocity, smooth airflow thru the carb throat for good fuel pickup.
Happy 2022 everyone! Mustie1 is a grown man reliving his boyhood! Resurrecting mini bikes and V-dubs! Too bad we all can’t do that! I started playing guitar when I was 13 and every time I play now, it’s like I’m that age again! I know how Mustie1 feels. It’s a thrill to fix things! He does it so well! Love from the Rocky Mountains. Thanxz
Yep, as a kid of the ‘70s, most of my bikes were built from parts I “found”, the only new bike I had, up/until the age of 15, was a Ross Apollo single speed that my dad bought me for my 10th birthday for $68.00 in 1977, which was a lot of money back then, after that rims and frames were found, recovered gears and derailleurs, bought a part or two for brakes, inner tubes, tires, would usually do my own paint jobs, had a steady supply of Red Devil Paint remover. Fun and games of growing up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn as a teen, when interest went to girls and cars, bikes quickly forgotten. We had some mini bikes that we fixed too, working on old Briggs and Stratton motors, cops busted balls though, and would “steal” our mini bikes for their own kids. Back then no Harbor Freight to buy cheap tools, they were very hard to come by. Can’t tell you how many butter knives I ruins using as a screw driver.
@@TheSchmed I was a 80's/90's kid. I had two bikes that my parents bought. One was stolen when I was at school and the other was a Huffy 18 speed that some bullies trashed. After that my parents wouldn't buy anymore bikes. I would find bikes in the trash and I would fix them. I hated painting bikes because the Cops would hassle me thinking I stole it and repainted it. I was lucky in the tool department, dad was an aircraft mechanic and had every tool needed. I think the most I would drop into a bike was twenty bucks for rims to get re-spoked and straightened out. I didn't get into working on little motors but I did have a go-kart and the Cops would bust my balls for driving it on the street. when I was a teen I got into working on cars. These days I just mess around with Electronics and 3D Printers. I keep telling myself I need to find a Chevy S10 to play with but everyone seems to think they hold a crap ton of value.
Cool little bike... I used to work on two-stroke bikes like these when I was a kid :) I do think you would get just a little more performance out of it if you gave it a proper chain tensioner and some new(er) sprockets. Very entertaining video
Yep, can't beat these. I had 13 Rupps about 35 years ago. Started to buy them up because I couldn't afford one when I was younger. Wife thought I was nuts. Got them all running and replaced bad parts with new ones, thanks to Mr. Rupp Joe Valenti whom bought out all the Rupp parts from Mansfield Ohio distributors and then some. Since then, I sold all but three, they were completed with all original parts. Two are Rupp Roadster II with 12" wheels. The third was the scamp I believe with the 10" slotted dish wheels, which was a complete rolling frame w/o engine. Sold that for $600 10 years ago. Keeping the two Roadsters (wife won't let me sell them, I now have to give them to my daughter whom rode them around the neighborhood), and will be going through them this spring in time for summer.... P.S., I was clocked by a neighborhood cop doing 45mph on the street...
I was just gonna say you need to tighten up the chain a little and make a safety guard for the clutch before you lose some digits. I love this project. It is one massive bodge job of hodge podge parts from the stash.
I love the videos! I was watching and noticed you pulled the right break lever to stop the back wheel.. I don't know about a Rupp but all the bikes I road had the back break on the left. I believe this is to keep you from winding up going over the handlebars when you hit the wrong break but I could be wrong. Thank you for the awesome content. Keep the channel going
Happy New Year, I look forward to coffee and hanging out in the shop with you and everyone else here. I’ll watch anything you want to fix repair on here including a bike.
not that it matters but on most motor cycles the front brake lever is on the right if your sitting on it.. great vid!! you did a nice job on bringing it back to life
The "Excuse me!" at about 59:40 tells us all that you are a narrative genius. And congrats on cobbling together a 10 year old's pretty little dream from found bits. She is pretty.
At one point where he was I was thinking, a kid would be riding it at this point. The engine starts and the power is getting to the wheel. That's all we need!
Mustie1, As usual you performed some excellent surgery Frankensteining that little bike back to life. Sounds like she really wants you to help her run faster and get rid of that carb and bad gas. Here’s wishing you and the wife a wonderful year in 2022!
Another great project. Just a thought but I wonder if the gas cap needs a vent hole in it for this engine? It seems to bog down at high demand maybe because by suction in the tank?
Watching you is an inspiration, your work gives me joy and a few chuckles. My late dad who was a airplane mechanic in WW2, would have turned 99 on new years day. He gave me the gearhead bug I guess, for christmas I was given a kids mini bike, basically a frame and a box of parts, never would have dreamed of a better gift. I've already stretched the frame and built a new front end fork.
When you took it out for a spin and with the snow on the sides of the road, it reminded me of the motorcycle scene from the movie Where Eagles Dare with Clint Eastwood.🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍
I cannot describe how happy I am to see somebody who understands never throw anything away
Part of this channel is a maniacal 12 year old with a nice shop, tons of junk parts and every possible tool. In other words. Awesome!
Being able to make projects come together with adult knowledge and skills, while still enjoying the kid in us.
@@mikespain8655 have to admit. I'm seriously jealous of people having a blast doing what they love and making a decent living. Mustie is just fun to watch!
12 year old kid with 40 years of experience!
@@gispel7058 ... or an experienced mechanic who can fix almost anything and still knows how to have fun with it.
That's stuff not junk!
Man that brought back fond memories of Christmas past. When we were kids growing up (57 now) Dad gave us a Keystone mini bike for Christmas and my Mom was terrified that we'd kill ourselves on it. Dad had to show her that it was perfectly safe for my brother and I to ride this thing. Winter conditions and Dad fired it up and took off down the street where he proceeded to wipe out into the side of one of neighbors cars...lol. We had that mini bike for many years and it was the best time. Mom even got up the courage to try it out once.... Oh those were the days. Great video Mustie, can't waite to see what's next on the lift. Happy New Year.
LOL sounds like a "Hold My Beer" moment.
Similar story. My brother worked for a motorcycle shop and brought one of their Indian 50cc motorcycles down for me to mess around on in the early 70’s. Their shop was having trouble selling them and he hoped my parents might buy it for me. I think I was maybe 10 at the time. So our house has a fairly large hill behind our house that wrapped around to the left side. On the left side hill we had an above ground pool cut into the hill so you could run down the hill and jump into the pool. There was a gap between the pool and the hill maybe 2 feet or so wide. Anyways, I’m running that bike all over the place up the back hill and then around the pool on the left having a grand old time. At some point my brother, who is 17 years older than me, talks my dad into taking a ride....”to show it’s safe”. So my dad, who only has a bathing suit on, takes off feet hanging down up the back hill and up and around he pool. Not sure quite how it happened but somehow he ends up upside down between the pool and the hill with his legs sticking up in the air. Needless to say I didn’t get the bike. He was fine with just a few bumps and scrapes and the bike was fixable so I could at least continue having fun for the rest of the weekend. Not sure it would have passed with mother at any rate. Good times!😬. My brother also gave me my first dirt bike and my first street bike. The street bike is a ‘66 Triumph 500 that I still have.
@@jeffleach2668 Great story, Jeff. Sounds like my childhood (Sans my dad ever getting on one of my or my brother's bikes. We had many. We both still ride at 59 and 60. I have my brother's former bike and he opted for the Concours. (I bought his Ninja ZX14...stupid fast). I am glad you were able to keep your Triumph. Those need lots of TLC but they are one of the coolest rides out there. I am glad they came back.
I'm 58 and remember advertisements for "Rupp"
products, I think they had something called the "Go joe"
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It never gets old watching a bike being brought back to life, and you practically built it from scratch too, you should build your own bike and call it the mustie 👍
Sorry to keep commenting on the same video but do you realize you're up over a QUARTER BILLION VIEWS? That's insane! You should be proud as all hell. I know I would be. Congratulations Darren. Here's to a quarter BILLION more views brother. 👍💪
Hi Mustie , I bought one of these Rupp minibikes from my classmate Adam Sandler in the 7th grade (not thee Adam Sandler) for $12. He had run straight into a wall with it and bent the 2 front forks below the springs back to where the front wheel was wedged against frame pipe. Other than that everything looked fine. So I dragged the bike home and into my garage. I was 13 and really didn't know what I was doing but watched my brother work on his muscle cars all the time so I got the front forks off, tightened them into the bench vise and took a blow torch to them until they were glowing orange and pounded the crap out of them with a sledgehammer and to my delight, I got them pretty damn straight. A little gas and a little cleaning up and I had the sweetest minibike in the neighborhood for 12 bucks. Just want to say thanks for the videos, I'm amazed at your knowledge, your like the MacGyver of anything mechanical , I've watched them all, please keep them coming and I'll keep watching , Happy New Year to you & yours
About time you continue on this... been waiting since last year.
In a throw-away society, it's always a pleasure to see people like Mustie who bring stuff like this minibike back to operational again. I'm betting Mustie grew up in a household similar to what I did. You don't throw stuff out and buy new until you evaluate it and attempt to fix it. I'm the same way now because of it, I would bring that bike back too although it would be harder for me. I don't have a huge stash of parts like Mustie. Keep up the good work Mustie and happy 2022 to you and your family!
Fact Kman Fact.
i thought you had heat stroke when you had a vision of resurrecting that frame, tank and milk crate we laid out on the lawn........and now your showing it on the lawn for the outro and i'm cracking up :). Awesome to see it built and brave the ice 👍👍
Sunday, coffee, 420 and Mustie, Perfect!!!
I love your long videos Mustie, you clever bugger, top man !
a 50 year old dude having the time of his life on a mini bike, MADE MY DAY!
Man, I'm 67 I was out riding my Baja warrior minibike on new year's day, what a hoot !
@@markcollins5026 59 & QA50 & now I'm building them too for sale....Happy New Year
Doc Brown
You are never too old ! 74 here and building a Speedway mini like the "widowmaker " but with a warmed up harbor freight hemi head predator 6.5 / 13 ** 15 hp mods
i hear you!!! thanks@@lynn4205
that mini bike is gold.......back in the day they were high echelon , they have shocks when most did not, lights optional, torque converter which the centrifugal clutch doesn't even compare to, only things more desirable were the honda mini trail, honda traill 70, and yamaha 80.......but for that type of drivetrain they were and still are tops.
I've been hitting refresh for the last half hour waiting for this. Thank you for making my Sunday morning of a new year feel normal. :)
I luv the sound of the engine. Classic sound brings me back to my day on mini-bikes!
Nothing much better on a Sunday, than watching Mustie figure out how to fix these old machines! 👍
You must keep your neighbors constantly amused and guessing what will come of your workshop next. Nice to see a bunch of parts repurposed and turned into something useful. Well done.
It's remarkable you save all this stuff. It's amazing you can remember where it is! Thanks for the great videos!
The high bars and short wheelbase reminds me of my friends new Hodaka Super Rat back in 1971 ! Good memories, good times. Thanks for this.
You know, just looking at the form factor of this bike, and I can see almost exactly where the styling of my e-bike comes from. Love it mate.
Great resurrection! Didnt have a Rupp mini bike, but did have a Rupp 440 snowmobile for a few years ...
Thanks for the memories 🇨🇦
Thanks Mustiefor the memories at 62 years old these were all the rage when I was early teen. I had a Grand Prix frame with a Kirby Motor. Here in Australia we didn't have a great selection of Mini bikes. Hope you get that fuel issue sorted out. I love how you overcome the lack of parts with fixes that get the job done. I follow all the videos and wish people here would throw out worth while things or ask reasonable prices for repairable items. Have a Great 2022. Many thanks for the great viewing experience.
Daryl, Yeah, on the east coast here, the same story. Had a tip shop, but they were closed from there, so maybe bigger towns have some good stuff. ! Naw, got other stuff to do.
Man, nice I'm 67 and I have a Baja warrior minibike, I was out riding it new years day, what a hoot to ride!
Daryl...a Deckson...from across the ditch in New Zealand. Happy New Year
I've just gone into production making 1970s tube style Minibikes & may do a knock-off repro of the Deckson Rockhopper later ( That was an Australian bike with either an Australian made 2 stroke Victa motor or a 3 HP Techumush) with QA50 wheels made in Taiwan & sold in New Zealand too.
So nice to see you laugh and enjoy your victory runs!
Enjoyed the build. ☺
Amazing start to the day. A mustie upload! Love the videos ☺️
Thank you Mustie!! Another great one😁😁🇨🇦🇨🇦
Happy new year mustie!! Keep this up for us! This is the best channel ever, i cant wait for s new video to come out! The best part of every, every sunday!!
Always enjoy your videos. I love to do the same sort of things. Thanks for the enjoyment!!!
Great build. My only suggestion would be to swap the brake cables to opposite sides. The front brake is typically on the throttle side.
That's what I was thinking too. That would it less likely to hit that front brake hard and send yourself over the handle bars.
I agree there as well, if someone rides it that is used to motorcycles they could be in for a wipe out. 😁👍
They came from a bicycle, so he had to put them on the wrong side lol.
@@jordanengdahl4418 The levers have a left and right, all he needs to do is swap the cables to the other levers.
I did an endo years ago on someone else's bike, I forgot they had the brakes swapped and grabbed a hand full of front brake, about face planted into the concrete. the only bright side, it was very smooth just inside the garage, I think my knees still feel that landing 30+ years ago. 😭
I'm overwhelmed at your stash and your ingenuity.. I enjoy watching your mind work
Happy New Year Mustie from the UK, looking forward to this year of videos.
Oh, that sound takes me back. Thanks as always!
A Mustie1 video + Coffee = a great start of 2022
Happy new year Mustie1.
Nice work! Love seeing an old machine being given a second chance. My '69 Rupp was a bit more of a basket case than yours and wound up waiting in my project backlog for years. Finally became a summer project with to work on with my brother- it now rocks a red paint job, 2-speed jackshaft, & a warmed over 5HP Briggs. These bikes are lots of fun!
Thanks for everything you do
I love the videos of this bike, from scrap to a whole lot of fun. Keep up the good work. Happy new year 🍾
Have you seen his videos where he builds "rat rod" bicycles starting with just a frame? Those are amazing
Easy when you're sitting watching, but as you said when you put the front tyre on the mainfold sloped down... and when you sat on it, it got even worse! Excellent stuff, thank you.
Cutting a strip out of an old inner tube long enough to overlap by a couple inches, rubber cement the overlap, punch hole in overlap for valve stem.
That’s the best two videos of putting together a basket case! Go ahead and get a carb that will work better then paint it red and black stripes then it will be a great back woods bike. You did a outstanding job on this one.
Happpppy Neeew Year!!!! Mustie to you and yours. Coobled together and running like a champ. Your ingenuity is awesome as usual. Great video.
Made me feel like a kid again in the 70’s. Wrenching on my Bronco and Rupp. Thanks!
Definitely a tidy little project; good to see it coming together
I fist rode one back in the ,70s...lots of fun! ...keep it going in the new Year..love your videos!
Your videos take me away from the difficulties in life. Really enjoy all aspects of your information and joy . That is put into your art. Always looking for that extra Wednesday video. Happy New Year 🎊 stay safe to everyone!
Great stuff, good Sunday afternoon entertainment. Thanks for the look.
love your video. happy new year from Dundee, Scotland, uk.😀😀😀😀😀
I had a Rupp with the 3 1/2 hp, about 120 pounds (and 50 years) ago. Except when new, they didn't really have a lot of punch, kinda sounds like the engine's worn down. Not worth putting rings and bearings in, but that's what will bring it all the way back. Still, pretty slick rebuild of a classic mini!
You pulled it off very nicely 👍. Grtz from the Netherlands
How the hell are you so lucky to find these great finds ??? I have been looking for one for ten years without luck. Great find for sure. Good luck fixing the machine.
Awesome job and, as always, fascinating. Thanks Darren. Lookin' for more. 😀😀
Always enjoy your problem solving and the skill you have for small engine repair. Great video!
Thanks Mustie, what a fun video! It brought back so many great memories of the first great love of my life - my mini bike.
what a sweet build. I had one as a kid ..great memories
I also had a Rupp... it was a goldish brown color with chrome fenders front and back - I think the gas tank design is what I immediately recognized in the video. I'm fairly certain the bike had a chrome headlight and may have had a tail-light. If I had to guess the year, I'd say 1975. Great memories indeed.
Another great video Mustie always the first thing I watch on Sundays. Best of the New year to you my friend lets get you to 1 million subscriptions.
Happy New Year! I really appreciate your videos, they have taught me quite a few things!
I can't start my sundays without watching your new video. Thank you for being mustie.
sometimes you expect a better condition version of what he's working on sitting in the stash. love it
My first bike about 50 somethings years ago. Started a lifetime of cycle riding that continues today. Thanks for that amazing video!
I've done the same thing for a tube protector with electrical tape. Necessity is the mother of invention.
🤫 he's a sleep 😴
I found a used tube and cut a strip the width I needed and stretched the tube around the rim.
I used to restore Snowmobiles and did dozens of them over the years. I would purchase them early spring and spend the summer rebuilding the engine, fixing anything that needed fixing and restoring the seat, hood, replacing the windshield if needed, then sell them come first snow. I did a few mini bikes but personally I preferred snowmobiles. I met other collectors and guys that also restored snowmobiles. Over the years, many have passed away and technology has changed snowmobiles. I still prefer the older ones.
What a great rebuild from parts and pieces. I bet that spray from the tire woke you up. Call me crazy but guards for the chain and torque converter would be nice.
I would be very worried with chain and torque converter guards. Otherwise another great restore!
Meant “without”!
@@richardelam7015 I was thinking of little Susie or Johnny riding not adults.
Nothing better than Mustie going through his horde of old parts, bolts, spacers etc. He has everything in the horde!!! This video is a horde extravaganza!!!
These type bikes were everywhere when I was a kid. Those torque converter bikes could plant you on your butt in a second, but man they were fun as hell. Dozens of companies made Rupp- like clones , from Arctic Kat to chaparral etc. great times.
I'll 2nd that !
🤗You are a magician Mustie 1 creating a cool bike out of all the stuff ! ❄❄❄
Hey Mustie1, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! You need to dye your hair the color it was when you were young. That way when you are riding your bike, everybody will think it's just a big kid riding it. Either way, a big kid, or an old fart, you're having fun and livin' it up. Go for it Mustie and again, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
Great video! I just picked up an old Flotron log splitter from 1983 and after a little love and attention got the same little 3.5 Briggs splitting wood again. Those little engines always impress me with their abilities for their size!
been enjoying this series, i like the use of whatever fits in the stock pile of boxes. looks like great result! need to do a cold/old start on it next time it's used, fuel bowl drained? tyres still up etc? no puddle of oil from engine.
This is the Mustie1 channel at its best, Classic Mustie1, A small bike and making something out of nothing, The bread and butter of the channel, All the best Darren, In a crazy covid paranoid world one place we can relax is in your workshop.
"Transformers - The Mustie Movie!"
From basket case - To ready to race, well, perhaps not quite, but that's quite a transformation from a pile of bits in plastic trays into something you can actually ride on, and that little Briggs engine doesn't sound at all bad, in fact, it sounds just like a small bike engine - Well done sir!
I showed this to my wife and she said, "He's a hoarder just like you!"
We prefer to be called a procurer of necessary parts.
@@cletusspucklerstablejeaniu1059 My dad also used to say "Wen it's done with being used, everything has a second use - And sometimes a third, or a fourth, and even a fifth"🚜😁😇
"...other than that--it's pretty decent." Story of my life! 😀 Happy 2022, Mustie1!
Nice job Mustie! Maybe it runs lean because the carb is too large (throat too big = too much air) and that is why closing the choke a little helps it.
PS: Happy New Year to you and yours.
ahhh, did you watch this on mute?
@@bookooc5605 Lmfao
Probably one of the reasons it takes so many pulls to get it started. It’s simply not pulling enough fuel thru the jets because there isn’t enough air velocity thru the ventura since the carb throat is too large. We ran into the same problem on our modified midget race cars when we were playing with carburetion on the engines. You need high velocity, smooth airflow thru the carb throat for good fuel pickup.
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... I'm glad you clarified that, he probably doesn't know how carburetors work.
@@cletusspucklerstablejeaniu1059 Think he basically does
Happy 2022 everyone! Mustie1 is a grown man reliving his boyhood! Resurrecting mini bikes and V-dubs! Too bad we all can’t do that! I started playing guitar when I was 13 and every time I play now, it’s like I’m that age again! I know how Mustie1 feels. It’s a thrill to fix things! He does it so well! Love from the Rocky Mountains. Thanxz
When I was a kid and I would fix bicycles. I used ductape as a "bead protector".
Yep, as a kid of the ‘70s, most of my bikes were built from parts I “found”, the only new bike I had, up/until the age of 15, was a Ross Apollo single speed that my dad bought me for my 10th birthday for $68.00 in 1977, which was a lot of money back then, after that rims and frames were found, recovered gears and derailleurs, bought a part or two for brakes, inner tubes, tires, would usually do my own paint jobs, had a steady supply of Red Devil Paint remover. Fun and games of growing up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn as a teen, when interest went to girls and cars, bikes quickly forgotten. We had some mini bikes that we fixed too, working on old Briggs and Stratton motors, cops busted balls though, and would “steal” our mini bikes for their own kids. Back then no Harbor Freight to buy cheap tools, they were very hard to come by. Can’t tell you how many butter knives I ruins using as a screw driver.
Now we have "Gorilla Tape!"
@@TheSchmed I was a 80's/90's kid. I had two bikes that my parents bought. One was stolen when I was at school and the other was a Huffy 18 speed that some bullies trashed. After that my parents wouldn't buy anymore bikes. I would find bikes in the trash and I would fix them. I hated painting bikes because the Cops would hassle me thinking I stole it and repainted it. I was lucky in the tool department, dad was an aircraft mechanic and had every tool needed. I think the most I would drop into a bike was twenty bucks for rims to get re-spoked and straightened out. I didn't get into working on little motors but I did have a go-kart and the Cops would bust my balls for driving it on the street. when I was a teen I got into working on cars. These days I just mess around with Electronics and 3D Printers. I keep telling myself I need to find a Chevy S10 to play with but everyone seems to think they hold a crap ton of value.
Best wishes and a healthy 2022 to you and your family (and all the viewers too of course ) .
Cool little bike... I used to work on two-stroke bikes like these when I was a kid :) I do think you would get just a little more performance out of it if you gave it a proper chain tensioner and some new(er) sprockets. Very entertaining video
Man, and also a good quality chain !
It's a 4 stroke Flathead Engine !
I like hearing you say "Hi guys. How's it going? I really do.😀
In my fifties and this brings it back. Hey Darren, don't let your dad catch you riding that thing around the shop like that
Yep, can't beat these. I had 13 Rupps about 35 years ago. Started to buy them up because I couldn't afford one when I was younger. Wife thought I was nuts. Got them all running and replaced bad parts with new ones, thanks to Mr. Rupp Joe Valenti whom bought out all the Rupp parts from Mansfield Ohio distributors and then some. Since then, I sold all but three, they were completed with all original parts. Two are Rupp Roadster II with 12" wheels. The third was the scamp I believe with the 10" slotted dish wheels, which was a complete rolling frame w/o engine. Sold that for $600 10 years ago. Keeping the two Roadsters (wife won't let me sell them, I now have to give them to my daughter whom rode them around the neighborhood), and will be going through them this spring in time for summer.... P.S., I was clocked by a neighborhood cop doing 45mph on the street...
I love your stash, you must be the best Neighbor. Incredible. Great job as usual.
Good morning everyone.
Happy New Year.
a massive thanks for all your work and content mustie 1, A master at your craft
I was just gonna say you need to tighten up the chain a little and make a safety guard for the clutch before you lose some digits. I love this project. It is one massive bodge job of hodge podge parts from the stash.
or GAINS some, it depends if it is his hand in the monkey works
Really cool revival !!! My brother and I had a purple one very similar...good memories!!!
I love the videos! I was watching and noticed you pulled the right break lever to stop the back wheel.. I don't know about a Rupp but all the bikes I road had the back break on the left. I believe this is to keep you from winding up going over the handlebars when you hit the wrong break but I could be wrong. Thank you for the awesome content. Keep the channel going
Happy New Year, I look forward to coffee and hanging out in the shop with you and everyone else here. I’ll watch anything you want to fix repair on here including a bike.
better than an OCC theme bike 🤣
not that it matters but on most motor cycles the front brake lever is on the right if your sitting on it.. great vid!! you did a nice job on bringing it back to life
When it comes to pull starting, there's nothing worse than an old worn out ball holder!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Chortle 🤭
The "Excuse me!" at about 59:40 tells us all that you are a narrative genius. And congrats on cobbling together a 10 year old's pretty little dream from found bits. She is pretty.
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY
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Have a great new year and lots of toys great video thank you for sharing five stars my friend
Brakes?? You need those? Check THAT off! Onto the next 600 things you’ve gotta do!!😁👊🏻
At one point where he was I was thinking, a kid would be riding it at this point. The engine starts and the power is getting to the wheel. That's all we need!
Mustie1, As usual you performed some excellent surgery Frankensteining that little bike back to life. Sounds like she really wants you to help her run faster and get rid of that carb and bad gas. Here’s wishing you and the wife a wonderful year in 2022!
Happy New Year Mustie1
What a nice resto, Musto! Enjoyable as always😊👍
The adjuster on the rear wheel is called a "snail cam"
I've been bend watching your channel all nite. Great content.
Another great project. Just a thought but I wonder if the gas cap needs a vent hole in it for this engine? It seems to bog down at high demand maybe because by suction in the tank?
In a previous video I believe he checked the gas cap and it had vent holes.
Watching you is an inspiration, your work gives me joy and a few chuckles. My late dad who was a airplane mechanic in WW2, would have turned 99 on new years day. He gave me the gearhead bug I guess, for christmas I was given a kids mini bike, basically a frame and a box of parts, never would have dreamed of a better gift. I've already stretched the frame and built a new front end fork.
Happy new year bro👍👍👍👍
When you took it out for a spin and with the snow on the sides of the road, it reminded me of the motorcycle scene from the movie Where Eagles Dare with Clint Eastwood.🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍