Ralf Kraemer shoehorns a KH250 triple into a KV minibike! In the late 60s, the Honda Monkey took the market by storm, becoming a sensation among riders both young and old. In 1971, Kawasaki released […]
Tag: Minibikes
Bunker Kong: Honda Monkey 125 Café Racer
Bunker Custom Cycles turns a 2020 Monkey into a Gorilla… The 21st century is seeing a resurgence in the popularity of mini bikes. The Honda Grom and Kawasaki Z125 have been hits on the world […]
Turbo Pitbike: Orion FX-PRO 125 Scrambler
Sweden’s John Aaman builds a turbocharged, snow-going, fat-tire mini scrambler! There are builders who model everything in 3D before they ever loosen a single bolt. They have the entire project conceptualized, the materials sourced, the […]
Mini Smoker: Dyno-Tuned 2-Stroke Mini Tracker
#CoronaVirusBikeBuildOff 2nd Place: Wilco Lindner’s insane 2-stroke mini tracker! Last year, we featured Wilco Lindner’s Yamaha RD125 street tracker built “for the love of screaming two-strokes.” That dyno-tuned 125cc twin would become one of our […]
Droog Moto: DM-018 Mini Fighters
What you really want under the tree this year… In the last decade or so, we’ve seen a real resurgence in minibikes — a 21st-century rebirth of a trend that swept the nation in the […]
Trail Reaper: CB175-Powered Honda Mini Trail
CB175-powered CT70 built by a team of Wisconsin high-schoolers! The Honda CT70 — aka Trail 70 — hit the US market in 1969, a dual-purpose minibike with a 72cc four-stroke engine and three-speed semiautomatic transmission. […]
KEEP IT HONDA: CT70 / Grom by Therapy Garage
A Grom-Powered CT70, ready for town and trails… The Honda CT70 — aka the “Trail 70” — debuted in 1969, featuring a pressed-steel “T-bone” frame, folding handlebars, and a 72cc OHV four-stroke engine good for […]
Custom MXF 50cc Dirt Bike by DMWORK Motorcycle
Small bike, big fun… For many riders, their first experience on a motorcycle is a 50cc dirt bike — a Honda XR50R, Yamaha PW50, Suzuki DR-Z50, or similar. And for many of us, the thrill […]
Fur1ous 9e0rge: 190cc Honda Z50R Monkey
The meanest little monkey in California… Some ten years after the introduction of the original Honda Z50A monkey bike, Honda noticed an increasing demand for a more aggressive, race-ready minibike to meet the needs of […]
On The Prowl: 1972 Arctic Cat Prowler
A rare, two-stroke minibike from the Arctic Cat! In 1960, Minnesota’s Edgar Hetteen — today known as the “father of the snowmobile” — led a 1200-mile trek across the Alaskan wilderness to prove the ruggedness […]