What a blast from the past! We had two orange Trail Hoppers back in the day. The neighbor kids would always dust us with their Trail 70s but the Hoppers were still fun and never left us stranded. I'll leave paying that kind of money to the collectors, as I'd rather have what years of development has to offer in today's machines.
Ride it on the road...maybe around town where the speed limit is 25 mph.. Is there an electronic ignition available to eliminate the points ignition? 🤔
Ken,you should make this your new Dailey driver!This is my era but I'm not sure I've seen one.Back in the day the rich 12 yr olds had the Honda 70, the rest of us had 200$ special from the local hardware store.
LoL... I found a pair of those back in 2005 and believe it or not, they were worth four times as much money in parts as they were as a whole. I often wished I could find another but I never did. They were really rare and everybody who was trying to get one running or get body work was scrambling for parts.
Hey when you guys got that bike when you guys got that bike right what's the spark plug hole strip out in the throttle cable broken and the throttle cable broken. That was my first ride I bought her when I was 14 on my newspaper route but I ended up selling to these fruitcakes that destroyed it these kids and I don't know what happened to it I just found another one.
No, I think *this* one is rotary valve. The little rubber part over the crankcase is a dead giveaway. Besides, I knew someone who had one “back in the day.”
@@dennisyoung4631 yea well I’ve got three right now, all of which I’ve replaced the reed valves in, it’s like the rv90. At the time only the tc and ts90 had a rotary valve
And by the way that was genius because it's the truth there's nothing greater than you following your father and him looking back to see if you're okay when you're riding motorcycles
Suzuki time machine there ken, and one of the things wrong with the world today is fathers don't hang around and have that father son relationship, a motorcycle makes a man of you.
You should sell that to a very wealthy Warehouse developer in southern Central Florida if he ain't got one of those and he's got money he's a loser you're awesome
My very first bike when I was 9. A used 71 trail hopper in orange n black. Talk about memories 😂😊
Definitely had those Dad experiences, hence why I'm rebuilding one now - Great Job !
Had one back in the day.. my dad had a tc 125... good memories.
in 72 i was 9 neighbah kid had a trail hopper 50 71 model orange well that was the first bike i looped out i couldent believe how much tourq it had
Well cool...the holy grail of mini mos is the suzuki pv ,similar to this beauty, the pv love a GT380 engine,,,in Finland its loved,
What a blast from the past! We had two orange Trail Hoppers back in the day. The neighbor kids would always dust us with their Trail 70s but the Hoppers were still fun and never left us stranded. I'll leave paying that kind of money to the collectors, as I'd rather have what years of development has to offer in today's machines.
Awesome job Ken! I usually enjoy your videos, but this one with the father and son theme was just a little more special. Thanks!
That is cool 👍
My wife still has her 1972 trailhopper I would love to have it restored for her
big ken's a kid again. what a cool mini bike wow nice ty
I have an original 1971 50 CC gaucho.. Used to see the ad in boy's life magazine for the gaucho and the trail hopper.. Cool
Ride it on the road...maybe around town where the speed limit is 25 mph..
Is there an electronic ignition available to eliminate the points ignition? 🤔
Ken,you should make this your new Dailey driver!This is my era but I'm not sure I've seen one.Back in the day the rich 12 yr olds had the Honda 70, the rest of us had 200$ special from the local hardware store.
LoL... I found a pair of those back in 2005 and believe it or not, they were worth four times as much money in parts as they were as a whole. I often wished I could find another but I never did. They were really rare and everybody who was trying to get one running or get body work was scrambling for parts.
I have a 1979 that I may consider selling
Hey when you guys got that bike when you guys got that bike right what's the spark plug hole strip out in the throttle cable broken and the throttle cable broken. That was my first ride I bought her when I was 14 on my newspaper route but I ended up selling to these fruitcakes that destroyed it these kids and I don't know what happened to it I just found another one.
Rotary valve?? Not reed
these are reed valve engines bruce
No, I think *this* one is rotary valve.
The little rubber part over the crankcase is a dead giveaway. Besides, I knew someone who had one “back in the day.”
@@dennisyoung4631 yea well I’ve got three right now, all of which I’ve replaced the reed valves in, it’s like the rv90. At the time only the tc and ts90 had a rotary valve
@@kalemathews1899 I did some looking, and you’re right. It *is* reed valve - though why they’d put the carb *there* is quite the mystery to me.
@@dennisyoung4631 they were trying stuff back then, I suppose it does keep it clean by hiding it
Looks unique, I like it, make a nice pit bike.
You mixed the fuel 32:1 and there is injector oil?
Ok got it, should have listened longer.
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90 mi to the gallon, much needed with these days gas prices LOL.
Heck, over in Viet Nam a man could haul his whole family on one!
So you're supposed to mix the gas and fill the oil injector tank or whatever it's called?
How much is did this go for
"2stroke air cooled job"👍
fair to see starting bid @ 3500
And by the way that was genius because it's the truth there's nothing greater than you following your father and him looking back to see if you're okay when you're riding motorcycles
Suzuki time machine there ken, and one of the things wrong with the world today is fathers don't hang around and have that father son relationship, a motorcycle makes a man of you.
no wheelie i think gene simions is afraid he loop it out lol fathers day isnt till june 19th old timer
It's coming! I was thinking in my last video i was gonna say "this wheelie is for you Mike!
What is the top speed on those ?
Mine does about 33mph
Ride it like a Shriner....😂
You should sell that to a very wealthy Warehouse developer in southern Central Florida if he ain't got one of those and he's got money he's a loser you're awesome