Neglected Backyard Built 1950's VINTAGE Mini Bike! - FULL Restoration and Transformation! 

Thank you Chris!!! This is amazing! Nick and my Dad are smiling from ear to ear!! So happy! Sue

i have never believed "you cant judge a book by its cover' I can tell Nick was one of those guys at school everyone even the teacher loved him, he was a man that stood above most men by his deeds and actions without any arrogance, and a friend who you can count on THIS SUX

Hey brother, thank you for doing this Mimi bike and I salute you I'm a Navy veteran and I enjoy your work, for our falling brothers and sisters

Chris that was an awesome thing you did for your best friend in his memory.

I watched this video earlier this morning with my boyfriend. First, I appreciate that you love and honor your friend, Capt Nicholas Losapio, his Grandpa, Noble and the rest of the family his family, Capt John J. and yourself as well, who you are as a friend. I am sad for your loss. I can't imagine the void. I loved your video, I appreciate your heart and the friendship you and Nick have which knows no bounds. Take care of yourself Chris. Please, extend my regards to Nick's mom. She seems like a real spitfire and fun lady, respectfully. She was jammin' on that lil scooter bike... vintage pit bike😊

As a retired veteran, this was really cool to see. Watched the whole video. Just wanted to say great job! No project too big or too small 👍

Just watched the episode on the mini bike,very moving! I was unaware of the John J. Sax foundation so thank you for that,it's brave people like him and Nick and Nick's Grandfather that allows a mere mortal like myself to enjoy the life I do!

Hey Chris I watched this video and it is truly moving. It brought me to tears by the end of it. You are a one of a kind human being with a big heart and fantastic skills. So sorry for the loss of your friend. My thoughts and prayers are with his family. Thank you for all that you do.

The mini bike turned out amazing ! You absolutely killed it & such a tribute to the bike, John & his family. Thanks for sharing this amazing video with us ! !

Thank you for your service, Nick.... Thank you.

This seems so inadequate. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. To the five service men who passed away in that plane crash. For your service and sacrifice. You are all the definition of true hero's.

Wow Chris, I never thought one of your videos would bring a tear to my eyes, but this one did. What a great job on bring this mini bike back to life. Your videos are just the best. I wish I had the patients and skill to do some of the things you do on your cars. I'm also very impressed on your editing on all your videos and the music back round which is always timely. Again, you are a pro at this, keep them coming. Thank you!!

Whoever made that "bike" bike was creative. They probably cut up some bikes to Frankenstein this together. Nice idea for a mini bike.

Such a awesome gift of love for your best friends mom/parents. Can't lie I got choked up a few times. Also my sincere condolences to Captain Nicholas family and for you Chris. ❤ much love and respect sir.

Chris, another great video! Very heart felt, made me tear up from time to time! What a great story, what a great friendship, and what a great honor to the family! And to the family...thank you for loving this great country, thank you for all your family has done for all of us, and a BIG thank you to those who have severed, loved, honored, and ultimately sacrificed for this great land of ours. YOU ARE ALL PATRIOTS! With nothing but pure love and respect to you all! I'm so honored to know and be a very small part of this great story! Simper FI!

Good job on the video and resto work. I am 77 yrs old and remember engines like that from my youth. My Dad and I built a go-kart from scrap parts and metal pipe. My engine was from a garden tractor and not like that one. A friend also had a homebuilt kart with an engine very similar. Sears sold them and they were called Power Products. They did use them on their chain saws. David Bradley was their chainsaw name. The clutch/ transmission reminds me of a Cushman Eagle, which looked very similar. Could be, who knows? Great story and thanks for doing it. Al Hook

What a cool piece of history!..i lost my buddy a couple years ago as well.. never gets easier. Rest easy

Hi Chris. Silent observer here. I never comment anywhere on the net. I've seen all of your content and have learned a lot from you but I never thought that I would be balling tears out like this from your channel. Maybe the young man there in the final picture could ride it down the road that Sir Captain John H. Noble rode it down to the Base all those years. Thank you for being a GREAT BLESSING to many.

🥹🥹🇺🇸💪🏻🤜🏻🤛🏻 absolutely killed it man👌🏻👌🏻 and his mom ripping that thing! Savage af🫡

Hey, thanks for making this. I'm gonna send this to Lauren Sax. She's the sister of John Sax. Their father, Steve Sax, played for the Los Angeles Dodgers back in the day. Deep condolences to you and their families. Thank you for making this ❤

What an awesome heartfelt build. This is my new favorite channel! Great job Chris!!

Man.... My heart breaks for you and Cpt. LoSapio family ,friends & troops under his command. Seems like the military had a lot of issues with the Osprey, as well as the new unit they are introducing soon. Lots of issues with the design. Neither here nor there, just keep in mind you and Nicks family will meet again one day. Great way to honor him and his grandpa. To all of those who serve, has served, thank you for the sacrifice each of you have made for our country, and never allow those who have fallen for our freedoms, to be forgotten. All we can do is hope our country can somehow unite soon and we can all be proud to be Americans.

I'm really sorry to hear about your friend sounds like he was a great guy. My heart goes out to you and Nick's family & friends.

You said it best at the end, stay positive dont point fingers and Charlie Mike! Looking forward to the next vid!

Chris your awesome!! My condolences to you and the family

This was such an excellent video of the end made me cry. Thank you so much for sharing this. You are an amazing friend.

Nice job Chris! 👏 Not only on the bike, but for being such a good friend to Nick and his family! RIP Capt John, Capt Nick, and the Purple Foxes! 🙏🫡

I usually don't comment, if I don't have anything sensible to contribute, but in this case for the sake of YT algorithm I'm leaving this comment to support your buddy. My condolences.

Thanks brother... 30 year military aviator here, and this video hits home.. RIP to your friend, Semper Fi!

Wish I could give this two thumbs up.

Nice job...what a true friend.

Sorry for your loss, this is a beautiful tribute to him and his grandfather. My dad was a Korean War veteran,much love to those who served.

Impressive what an honor

I came for the mini bike and left in pieces. Semper fidelis brothers. Till Valhalla

Bad ass little bike, Great tribute

That arm raise at 1:12:32 got me right in the feels man! That moment must’ve felt great knowing you got her back together for the family!!

The end got me bro...amazing job

im not a fanboy off the new patina look, but I 100% agree this is a time the Patina look is a must I heard you say TRIBUTE that is exactly what I'm trying to say

That was a great thing you did brother you deserve a Jefferson award buddy your my kind of people my wife use to get mad at me for giving homeless people my last 50 or 100 bucks and putting little native american girls through school at st libraries school for the lakota but now she's all good with my ways but i love what you did brother

Thank for the upload. You are a real one bro! Wish you health and continued success. Thank you for your service to all the men and women who served and serve. Thank you for protecting my family.

You are lucky to have known one of the Great!

This absolutely awesome man. As I retired disabled vetching myself seeing the stuff like this hits me in my feelings I'm sorry for you and your buddy's family's loss but stuff like this will keep him alive forever Good job man

Would love to see a motorcycle rebuild on the channel!

Very special gift for this family, and your Dear friend ! God Bless you Chris, and the people left in this country who pay tribute to all of the men and women who served to make sure we have the freedoms we enjoy . My father served in WWll from 1942 until 1945 . Those were great Americans , just like yourself !

Put a tear in my eye watching his mom on it, BRAVO!!!!!!!

Beautiful job, Chris!

I already love this channel and you somehow found a way to kick it up a notch! By far my favorite build of yours Chris! Great job!!!🙂👍🏼

Great job Chris! You, Nick and his family are class acts! Very sorry to hear about your loss bud. I’m sure he’s proud of you!

I work on trucks for a living . I’ve never seen one but I heard other people talk about them . Cat used to have a pony motor to help start their larger diesel engines this is something you might check into I don’t know what they look like cause I’ve never seen one. Sorry for your loss . Awesome video

Bravo Sir👏🏼 You’re an amazing human being Chris - if only everyone had a friend like you…May Nick, and his crew R.I.P. Semper Fi! 🇺🇸

I kept seeing this weird looking minibike in my feed and ignored it until last night when I looked closer and saw that it was your channel. Needless to say you had me in tears when you gave us the back story. I obviously don't know you but can tell that you are one AWESOME friend. I remember the media coverage of the accident. Thank you Chris for bringing us along for the ride. I was touched in a very significant way!

Had to comment on this video even though I've seen all of yours and love your content. This was an awesome way to pay tribute to Nick's family and to him and his grandfather. Keep doing what you're doing and this channel will grow exponentially! You may quit your day job soon!😉

Awesome project brother. Great job

Red inner tubes make the best sling shots.

The ingenuity in this thing is crazy! There are cars from this century that don’t run this well, so insane

Chris, your skills impressed me many videos back, now you have shown what a great man you are. This was a wonderful project for you to do for your friends family. You brother, are a true Badass. Thanks for sharing this with us.

You are right about the engine my dad had 2 of those Chain saws back in the 1960s ...the Belt for the Generator is from a Sewing Machine drive belt!

Such a cool story and cool bike. My grandfather served in Korea in the 50s and worked at the flight line. I wonder if he remembered that bike. Keep up the great work. CHEERS!! On a side note, I think you put the fuel filter on backwards.

Man im that really hurt my heart and sorry for the loss of your close friend Nick. Thanks for giving him his flowers and also for you gentlemen's service

Chris, you are a beast in all ways, brought tears, and that doesn't happen much

You keep a nice and neat clean shop. Great job on the mini bike. Thumbs up on your video👍. Take care bro.

There's nothing with a motor this dude can't fix!! an absolute wizard💪🏼🙏🏼 great commemoration brother

I am positive Nick is VERY proud of you. Hell I am proud of you. You my “friend” ROCK. ✌️

So here’s a thing if you get in touch with the magazine that done the article, you may find that they may have more information on record that they did not use for the article. This may include pictures as you well know they take more than one picture when they turn up Keep your chin up, great things take time and patience and so does the healing heart

You are a good man Charlie Brown.

Another Great Job , my condolences for you and Nic's family. I'm sure Capt.John is looking down and is so Happy to see his creation restored.. 👍 👍

What a great story, Chris…and a great restoration! Such an amazing tribute to your friend. I’m sorry for your loss. Sounds like he was a wonderful person.

That gearbox is most likely a moped/scooter transmission. Looks very much like something off a 1930s Cushman or alike. Nice work! Sending my condolences to you and nicks family 🙏🏻

I’m mostly into the car stuff but that might be my favorite video of yours. Super entertaining and the reaction from the mother at the end was awesome.

Outstanding Chris! Thank you for sharing their story. Well done. 🥃

that generator looks like an old bicycle generator that would attach to a fork or the frame and lean against the tire and power your head and taillights . . Super work Chris, really sorry for the loss of your friend. but this warms my heart man. you are awesome !

Sorry for your loss Chris. Well done with this video and tribute to your friend sir.

Very cool you did a very good job

You are one hell of a great person / friend. This world needs more people like you!🍻

Your support of your friends family is inspiring. Thanks for an excellent job

U did amazing man!!!

Great story dude

Very good work and content. Touching as well congratulations 0:27

Im be honest and blunt. When i saw this video i was passing forward like crazy bcuz i seen it was so long video just thought it was a remodeling the lil motorcycle but when i saw nick mom surprise n in tears i had to go all the way back to the start of the video and see this amazing transfrom that really touch the bottom of my heart 😢.. i was amazed how old was the motorcycle and for you to do all that and put in all your heart into it made me feel surprised... Crazy thing was, i seen all that rain the was pouring outside the garage until you rode it for the first time to test it out the sun came out... I was thinking they both looking down and was surper happy to see that motorcycle turn on and ride again that a blessing from above in beyond... This really touch me so much and all types of ways... Sorry for your loss but i know Nick is around somewhere around happy for you to do that for him and his grandfather... GOD really bless you Chris and hope nothing but joy towards you and your family and Nick family as well... plus GOD bless that motorcycle as well it came out super great.. love the transform you did outstanding job... 💯💯🙏🙏🙏🙏

I cried at the end AMERICA ROCKS!!

What a beautiful tribute you have done for a great friend to all of us. Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for a friend. That still applies fully here in my heart and mind.

Back in the 50's there was stick welding I believe but for a project such as this I think Oxy/Acetelene torch's were most likely what was used as you could weld or braise with almost any material including coat hangers (metal of course) it was an extremely versatile welding and cutting system.

Rest in peace Nick and team!! Thank you all for you service:)

Best video yet. Such a great way to honor Nick

Amazing video 👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽

Wow. Just wow. Speechless/crying! Great job.

Why do you have to make me cry.... I didn't even realize you had a RU-vid Channel. Fuck yeah buddy!

Great job.

That is amazing about the stickers better than painting them colors! Very touching!

Love this video.Awesome

good job - thank you for sharing..

Been seeing this mini-bike in so many of Chris’ videos. Stoked that he was able to bring it back to life. 👍

Dang chris, I look forward to the your uploads, and was about to be disappointed with the build at the beginning. After seeing why, looking forward to it now! Sorry to hear about your homie🫡 Love the videos👍🏼

You know it's a good one when it brings a tear to an eye. This definitely did to mine! Great work man!

Great Job , And so sorry about your friend.

Reminds me a lot of a vintage Honda QA50 mini bike. Very nice tribute to your friend and his family.

You are the man Chris.. Thank you for the inspiration.

All I can say is Semper Fi! If you know you know.

Thank you for your service sir 🙏🏼

Love it Chris! When I first saw the patina'd tank on the frame I was hoping you would leave it that way. What a great tribute to a friend, and fallen Marine! Thank you!