1970 Fox Minibike Part 2


A friend, Mike and I were touring down to Sterling Ontario area to pick up some Ski doo Elan parts last Spring and we were quite successful as the fella had exactly what I was looking for and was very knowledgeable.  Armed with tons of early snowmobile parts, Mike and I noticed a small bike under a  trailer.  I asked the owner what the story was on it and he said a guy had asked him to get it running as it had quit.  He didn’t have any luck starting it, so he just set it under the trailer and the bike owner didn’t want it back.  It was a 50cc pitbike with 10” wheels, the size that was originally on the Fox minibike.  We negotiated a deal and loaded it into our vehicle!


 Here’s Mike on the l’il 50.  It was fairly complete, but not running, I was unsure if I could use any more than the wheels.

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