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I unfortunately never got to finish my donkey bike in the main build off due to many reasons
Main one being I couldn't get the bike to be 4 ft or less in length
Ironically at the same time I picked up this used mongoose zam bmx styled scooter to use at work
I removed rear hinge foot brake when I first used it so it's just an empty space on the frame
One of the things that I discovered about this frame is the fact that the frame is not fully welded
I think it was done to make it fight in smaller shipping boxes
Definitely not something that I want to keep using even if it's just back and forth from where I have to park
But it's the perfect platform to build something compact and donkey bike inspired
Here is the frame after being unbolted
I decided since I at some point want to still build my donkey muscle bike donkey Kong
I needed something to set this bike apart
Therefore I will be running an 18" rear wheel
Correct me if I'm wrong but I had read that one of the things that makes them pit bikes are having wheels smaller than 20"
Usually 16"
This bike will be using a tire 18x3
It's going to require removing 2 small brackets in order to clear but nothing major
Here you can see the rough mock up of where I am planning on putting everything
Total length is estimated at 40"
Just need to shorten that excess tubing from the middle
Main one being I couldn't get the bike to be 4 ft or less in length
Ironically at the same time I picked up this used mongoose zam bmx styled scooter to use at work
I removed rear hinge foot brake when I first used it so it's just an empty space on the frame
One of the things that I discovered about this frame is the fact that the frame is not fully welded
I think it was done to make it fight in smaller shipping boxes
Definitely not something that I want to keep using even if it's just back and forth from where I have to park
But it's the perfect platform to build something compact and donkey bike inspired
Here is the frame after being unbolted
I decided since I at some point want to still build my donkey muscle bike donkey Kong
I needed something to set this bike apart
Therefore I will be running an 18" rear wheel
Correct me if I'm wrong but I had read that one of the things that makes them pit bikes are having wheels smaller than 20"
Usually 16"
This bike will be using a tire 18x3
It's going to require removing 2 small brackets in order to clear but nothing major
Here you can see the rough mock up of where I am planning on putting everything
Total length is estimated at 40"
Just need to shorten that excess tubing from the middle
