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Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc
Back when I was a kid it was tube framed/lawnmower engine powered to start with. Then if you were lucky you moved up to a Honda 50 cc minitrail or the 70cc. You were living large with 90 cc or higher ! Man we had a blast with those little machines.
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^^^^^THIS^^^^^^^
I grew up on a farm in a (then) rural area of northern Va. My Dad took me to Western Auto in the town nearby and bought me a mini-bike in 1969; I was 10 years old. It was very similar to the "Taco" above but was black, had cast aluminum 'mag' wheels, 3.5 Tecumseh engine and had 'actual' rear brakes.
That was a very extravagant purchase at the time for my parents. I think the price was @ $150? I was so surprised because all the mini-bikes were displayed in the window and I would just drool every time we went there.
Funny thing is they had about 5-6 different models of mini-bikes on the floor and this one was not the best or most expensive, but it was
cool. Also there was a Honda / Yamaha dealer with-in eye sight of the store , but somehow I
just knew that they could not afford anything other than what I was looking at in Western Auto. And, even at that age I felt very fortunate that I was getting a mini-bike at all
