Welcome members! Images are click able to full-size hi-resolution and there are expanded sections on Trail-Bikes plus all of the listings by manufacturer! Be sure to check out the expanded Resources section too. If you have ideas for content, please let me know. I hope you enjoy this special members site!
Updates & Editorials:
10-09-09: Welcome to Greg Stanley as the newest member since the site has been
re-accepting members!
30-May-07: Welcome to members 99 & 100! Although a milestone for the club, I am temporarily not going to accept new members for a bit. Anyway, please welcome Stephen Doran and Scott Engelhardt!
29-May-07: Welcome to four new members: Dennis Hays, Doug Zadra, Jennifer Lee, and Thomas Donohue!
23-Apr-07: Welcome to Raymond Rodriguez!
04-Apr-07: Welcome to Edmond Rose!
12-Mar-07: Welcome to Tim Cross, glad to have all of the new members join recently!
09-Mar-07: Welcome aboard Nelson Sparks!
06-Mar-07: Welcome to Aaron Novak!
20-Feb-07: Welcome to five new members; Kevin Novak (joined 02/16/07), Doug Stone (joined 02/19/07), Richard Miller, Randy Lansing, and Mike Mitchell (joined today)--welcome gentlemen!
12-Feb-07: A warm welcome to Richard Yates; welcome aboard!
15-Jan-07: Welcome Grant Tripodi!
13-Jan-07: Welcome to Chris Rasmussen who owns a Manco Streaker, Thunderbird, a Fox Thunderbird, a Heald Super Bronc VT8 and a vt10!
11-Jan-07: Welcome to Allen Robison!
02-Jan-07: Welcome to Robert Fleck!
15-Dec-06: Welcome to Dirty Donny Studios!
11-Dec-06: Welcome to Gary Blake!
06-Dec-06: Welcome to Dan Lombardi!
26-Nov-06: Welcome Joel Pruden!
21-Nov-06: Welcome Stephen Burroughs!
12-Nov-06: Welcome William Paul!
29-Aug-06: Welcome to Spencer Morgan!
28-Aug-06: Welcome to Eric Bell!
22-Aug-06: Welcome to Scott Muncill!
12-Jul-06: Welcome to Gary Moore for joining!
01-Jul-06: Welcome to F Meyers for joining the club!
21-May-06: Updated and added more content to Michrina page.
20-May-06: Updated and added more content to the Arctic Cat page.
18-May-06: Welcome 3rd Shift Design!
11-May-06: Welcome to Bret Wearstler!
08-May-06: Welcome Wendy Rutledge!
30-Apr-06: Welcome Michael Archer!
28-Apr-06: Welcome Jason Fabian! built dedicated Arctic Cat page.
27-Apr-06: Welcome (back) Michael Hink to the club (member #016)!
23-Apr-06: updated Rare Rides page with more information on the mysterious Terra Floater.
15-Apr-06: New posting on recent feedback section of contact page
11-Apr-06: New posting on recent feedback section of contact page
09-Apr-06: Begun undergoing massive restructuring of member site making nice improvements. Also updated the Alexander-Reynolds (ARCO) page adding more content (that page will give you a good idea of how each page will be structured (time permitting).
31-Mar-06: Welcome Mark Standen
31-Mar-06: Welcome Mark Wysocki
29-Mar-06: Welcome Mike Costa
22-Mar-06: Warm welcome to Ben Sannel the latest member of the club!
06-Mar-06: I would like to give a warm welcome to David Miller who is the 49th member to join this illustrious club!
26-Feb-06: Welcome to Michael Franklin.
25-Feb-06: Welcome to Brian Dempsey from Jefferson, WI who owns a Heath Kit Boonie Bike GT-18!
12-Feb-06: Welcome to David Duane!
05-Feb-06: New posting on recent feedback section of contact page
28-Jan-06 Welcome to Erik Rahn! Fixed several broken links, added several new links to the Resources page and created a page dedicated to the Gemini mini bike!
26-Jan-06 Welcome aboard Ryan Bonham
22-Jan-06 Welcome to Jason Smith
21-Jan-06 Welcome to Robert Schuppin
16-Jan-06: Welcome to Vincent Garcia
08-Dec-05: Welcome to Rich Hodges
18-Nov-05: Welcome to Steve Rent!
13-Nov-05: Added ten new mini-bike pages! Check them out on the All Listings page.
13-Oct-05: Welcome Donna Burton from Tennessee!
08-Oct-05: Created Rokon Limited page.
06-Oct-05: New posting on recent feedback section of contact page
05-Oct-05: Welcome to David Miller of Maryland (we are growing folks)!
20-Sep-05: Welcome to Russell Burgio of Lancaster, New York!
05-Sep-05: Welcome Paul Warfield of Boonsboro, Maryland!
01-Sep-05: Welcome Brett Cook from Michigan and Jim Oldsberg from Minnesota!
19-Aug-05: Added Pacesetter Trail Buck.
16-Aug-05: Welcome Glen Collard of California, thanks for joining Glen!
11-Aug-05: Created Ruttman page, created Powell page.
07-Aug-05: Welcome to new member Anthony Rhodes from Ohio!
02-Aug-05: Welcome two new members, Nicholas Mays of Nevada and John Ford II of Virginia!
31-Jul-05: Welcome Garrett Doherty of Edison, NJ! Updated the Rare Rides page, posted a new rare ride, the Ruttman Grasshopper, and added a new comment about the Bombadier from a reader who had one in the 70's.
06-Jun-05: Welcome to Scott Cooper of Bainbridge, NY as the newest mini bike club member.
08-May-05: Welcome Richard Penn of South San Francisco. Richard owns a 1960 Scat Kitty, a 1969 Fox Street Scamp & a 1970 Moto-Skeeter!
09-Apr-05: Updated Rare Rides page, added Larkin Hillcat (somebody actually owns one of these awesome machines!).
06-Mar-05: Added Fox Doodle Bug and FX ad , created Michrina Enterprises page featuring Lil-Indian mini bike.
21-Feb-05: Added two inquires to the Rare Rides page; Terra Floater and Bombadier.
12-Feb-05: Added Benelli full-line 1971 photo, Steen full-line 1971 photo
31-Oct-04: Doubled the mini bike content in All Listings by manufacturer!
26-Aug-04 added 5 page Hillcat article to Larkin
24-Jul-04: created Larkin page, added new Powell Challenger Ad to Trail-Bikes 2 page
23-Jul-04: updated Fox page
02-Jul-04; added an unknown Bird mini-cycle to Rare Rides.
15-May-04: I just saw my first Honda Ruckus scooter today on the road. I hurried to the local Honda dealer to check it out. I know it's not a minibike but it's pretty cool nonetheless. I am so impressed with it I am adding a link on the resources page to a good Ruckus website. Apparent from this website is the level of enthusiasm there is for this machine. Here is a street legal bike that looks like it's built for the trails. The dual headlights gives it a beefy look and the tubular steel helps add to the industrial feel. I just wish Honda would bring back the CT-70! FYI: this bike sells for about $1800.
10-May-04: added Falcon mini bike to Bird Engineering page. Created Tote Gote page. Added Valiant Manufacturing page. Added Rupp Manufacturing page. Created Steen's Incorporated page. Created Rokon International page.
05-May-04: Added CESTAD Buffalo to Rare Rides , added Web Search link to multiple pages, added separate Benelli page (reached through All Listings ), added Skat Kitty to gallery, and new Amphicat page! From now on site changes will be posted through my newsletter mailing, so keep your eye on that.
12-Apr-04: Added eBay mini-bike listings to resources page!
01-Mar-04, Added Bird Engineering page! All recent updates will be featured here from now on, which will allow me to focus on adding more content which is why you are here anyway!
27-Feb-04, Updated Rare Rides page with photos of restored Terra Cat and new unidentified section!
13-Feb-04 added Alexander-Reynolds page!
12/05/2003, As this whole idea of sorting and classifying each model into a separate and distinct class is getting cumbersome to say the least, I am considering doing away with the separate listings and combining them into one master listing by manufacturer. That way, you would be able to go to one launching page and access each manufacturer directly from there, with all of their various offerings--whether they span multiple classifications or not. Let me know what you think with the new feedback form on the Contact page.
11/23/03, Watching TV the other night, I stumbled upon a paid advertisement for the Sunshine Scooter . Although it's an electric scooter, I couldn't help but see some similarity with a mini-bike. I know it's a jump, but consider the size and that fact you can buzz around the neighborhood. Quite a number of old-school mini-bikes were really built for very smooth surfaces (like the street). Top speed is claimed to be about 20 miles per hour. I admit a vein of envy in the fact that these are legal but the mini-bike is not. What's up with that?
All right, so maybe the Sunshine scooter is too much of a leap for you. But imagine a gas-powered scooter with off-road capabilities. You've come much closer to a mini-bike right? That's exactly what Apache Motors has done with their Sport Utility Scooter™. This thing comes complete with a sidecar! There are two models available, the Eagle Basic and the Eagle Deluxe. Both models use a Robin-Subaru engine with 6HP+. Advertised as being a useful utility vehicle, it screams mini-bike to me. Looks like the lines are blurring even further between so-called scooters and the old-fashioned mini-bike.
All of which leads me directly to my point. Why can't I ride my mini-bike around the neighborhood...legally? Why is the big-gay Sunshine Scooter road legal, but not our old-school mini-bikes? I would like to hear what you think. Send me an e-mail and voice your opinion. jay@jaycronen.com