Planet Minis

boz

Just passing this along. I wanted this bike but the logistics of picking it up in Florida just won't work for me. Maybe someone else here needs a parts bike thats mostly complete.

Only good for another half hour or so...

Ebay item 200391484516

35mastr

Thats a rippen deal but its pick up only?

shw911

Wow. The auction ended at $55.

50-50

The winning big was $55?! No way! That can't be true!

z50 chopper

wishing I was in Florida instead of BC, Canada.

boz

As a followup, I did bid on another bike that was closer to home. Unfortunately, it will be very much a surprise as the ebay seller didn't post a single photo of it, so I'm hoping for the best but expecting the worst. I won this one for $100. I figure a runner with intact lights may not be all that bad.
After all I was at the Barber Vintage Festival last week and saw non-running junkers for $50 to $150, and complete runners for $500.

Fortunately, I have a ton of spare seats, fenders, shocks and other miscellaneous parts. I'll post pictures when I get it.

"1973 Honda Mini - Trail 50 (49cc). Rideable but needs work. Engine runs, but dies unless the choke stays on. Transmission shifts through all the gears without slipping. Surface rust on several components: shocks, wheels, frame. Tires hold air, but are worn and weather cracked. Seat is torn around the base. Headlight and taillight are intact, but will not come on. Fold down handlebars function properly. Rear brake works, but the front brake needs to be adjusted."

mexicanyella

if that ad is at all true you didn't do too bad for $100.

z50 chopper

well atleast you might have all the hard to find parts. Now do you know if it also comes with title or bill of sale?

boz

The seller's ad went on to say that it comes with a bill of sale. I know for a fact that my state did not issue titles for any vehicle before 1975, and the seller's state does not title mopeds and off-road vehicles. Anyway, I'm calling the seller in the morning to make arrangements for pickup.

I'll may be disappointed, but now I'll have a pair of Z50AK3s to work on. I already had my own K3 from when I was a kid and I figure I can rehab 2 for not much more than doing 1. Now I'll have one for my kid to ride.

mexicanyella

You're not in Alabama by any chance, are you? In getting a title for my K2 through ITS, I learned that Alabama wasn't a title state until 1975.

Getting one "for your kid to ride" is a useful way to justify trashed-out minibikes choking your garage when your wife complains, as I also learned, but it's a lot of fun when you finally get it running and put your kid on it to ride. Have fun and take photos.

The description in that ad sounds very much like the condition my K2 was in when I got it. If it's an accurate description, you'll be able to ride it as a beater with less elbow grease and $$ if you choose that route, which is pretty much what I've been doing.

boz

Yup. Alabama. It was always funny being from Alabama whenever there was anything to do with out-of-staters with respect to titles. I remember going to Mexico as a kid, and they said to take along a copy of your car title. We didn't have those, so the tag receipt had to suffice. I've still got an antique car my grandmother sold me on a bill-of-sale on a piece of loose-leaf paper. I took that to the DMV to get the tag and they accepted it.

Anyway. Here's my $100 Ebay purchase.

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mexicanyella

Either you are one lucky mutha, or that bike's a ringer and not the one you actually got for $100, or the seller really liked you a lot, or was abysmally out of touch.

In other words, wow! I hope you are leaping around foolishly, giggling and high-fiving the dog. That bike looks pretty great. Doesn't look like it needs anything to me. That's what they looked like--just like that--when we were kids and using such vehicles on actual dirt trails day in and day out.

HaiSpeedZ50R

Why couldn't I have seen this earlier?!! I really hope the bidder was a non paying out of state member and he didn't sell it yet.

z50 chopper

The add said pick up only so quite likley was a florida stater

HaiSpeedZ50R

That's never stopped out of state people from emailing/calling me about shipping motors and other doohickies I might've had for sale on Craigslist. Could be a wishful thinker(like myself now) that thought he could possibly get the guy to ship to the bike in boxes. *crossing fingers, toes, and eyes*

HaiSpeedZ50R

Dang, I just got a response from the seller. It's officially sold...a $55 dollar panda. What a lucky SOB that buyer was.