Reviving a MANGLED $40 Doodlebug Mini Bike | Will it Run and Race?

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Ike bought a Doodlebug DB30 for $40! The downside is that someone crashed this mini bike, bending the front forks badly. Since then, this abandoned mini bike has likely been neglected for years. In today's episode, we get the old mini bike running, fix the forks, and take it for hot laps!
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@CarsandCameras 3 года назад

Even years later, this 3hp mini bike is still a TON of fun! Way more docile than 6.5hp and much easier to learn on! Charles still managed to wreck it though!

@theguy497 3 года назад

you should look into the techumseh 10 hp snowking mentioned during the podcast. pretty much any snowblower thats not honda or yamaha will have one on it. revs to about 4500 but is very tourqy

@mattmaly5085 3 года назад

What a Derk

@luismoreno5432 3 года назад

Swap it with a 212 🔥

@TopGentertainment951 3 года назад

omg i love your vids pls heart this comment

@pascalbegin9179 3 года назад

You need an ultrasonic cleaning machine guys for your carb cleaning...it worth it..it works really good

@Thegeordiemonkey 3 года назад

Every time i shut my eyes when Isaac speaks i hear Hank Hill saying "I sell propane"!😄

@Dodgyroyden1234 Год назад

Glad I'm not the only one that thinks that

@Nico__1997 3 года назад

When you’re in the middle of watching a c&c’s video then you get a notification for a new video that just dropped 😂 yes!!

@7thsignthenorthcoast146 3 года назад

A Charles sighting . Was going to ask where he’s been

@braydenwarner9623 3 года назад

I look forward to watching your videos every Monday and Wednesday keep it up 👍

@CarsandCameras 3 года назад

thanks!

@wesleyammon8425 3 года назад

When you stop yard work during a break to enjoy a new CarsandCameras video.

@thebaconbrotato 3 года назад

I think y'all need to get a backpack with weights in it to equal out the weight difference. Then it will be skill that determines the times.

@JohnSmith-mf6tq 3 года назад

If Peyton's going to be the baseline weight, then poor Charles and John!

@daltonengland2127 3 года назад

I feel like John crashes everything 🤦😂

@gt1man931 3 года назад

Neither of them are much at riding. As long as they don't get hurt, all good.

@daltonengland2127 3 года назад

True I wasn't putting them down I watch them all the time I love their channel but the last three I watched John crashed them 😂

@Nunya_Bidnez 3 года назад

I was going to post this but you already nailed it son.

@Gix3D 3 года назад

Crashings part of development. Ive crashed everything two wheeler ive owned/modified. Doing it on low speed machines is all about the bounce, Higher speeds are more about the slides and what stops you.

@josephdowns9274 3 года назад

it was not john this time it was charles

@bannoch 3 года назад

You still need like a start/finish overhead line

@bigboygaming4397 3 года назад

Love the content guys keep it up!

@abbeyclapp6259 3 года назад

As Ike would say it’ll be fine

@donellmuniz590 3 года назад

29:56 "Fast and Dumb"? That should be a new show on Discovery Channel.

@FoolOfATuque 3 года назад

I think it’s an insult to horses to say this has the power of two of them. 😂

@ezechielroy859 3 года назад

it is xD

@kickboxs77 3 года назад

Horses produce a peak of around 18 horse power. The horse power rating was the average amount of work a horse could do over the course of an 8 hour work day.

@donellmuniz590 3 года назад

But the torque of an elderly squirrel.

@donellmuniz590 3 года назад

@@kickboxs77 It was a joke, Science Guy 🙄

@geecee4 2 года назад

@@donellmuniz590 LOL 😆

@BPatches701 3 года назад

Why can't I find this stuff where I live? Same thing would cost $600 without a seat.

@Snowtrails11 3 года назад

I live in the PNW, same for me. Can't find anything for less than 600-800

@RepaidMoney1 3 года назад

Wish I could find a mini bike project that cheap couldn’t find a bare frame for under $100 near me

@DNSforge 3 года назад

What’s your location I got a doodlebug frame I’ll sell you for $60

@GearHeadWW23 3 года назад

"Doodle pug" cuz its face was smashed in.

@sterlingwaters9202 3 года назад

love to see you all run the track on foot!

@drunk3531 3 года назад

You guys find one of these every month yet I cant find one on the whole internet.

@carbide1968 3 года назад

I searched detroitmetro for year's and never one even overpriced. Wtf?

@donellmuniz590 3 года назад

Where do you live, Manhattan??

@donellmuniz590 3 года назад

@@carbide1968 It's a "country folk" thing...white country folk.

@drunk3531 3 года назад

@@donellmuniz590 my point is they used to be all over Facebook and craigslist plus you could buy a brand new minibike frame for less than $200 but now the new ones are either $500 or sold out, and there's no used anything anywhere anymore because of people like cars and cameras who buy up every one they find, but what's even worse is most of those people make a shitton of money off them, just glad cars and cameras does it for fun and not for $.

@drunk3531 3 года назад

@@donellmuniz590 it's hilarious you have to be rude because you have FIVE HUNDRED comments on this channel 😂

@kendalleckstrom9857 3 года назад

If u heat the end of the spring u can rebend it, it will work for quite a bit till it breaks

@adro894 3 года назад

that's like the bike in Dumb and Dumber

@Rattus-Norvegicus 3 года назад

I'm convinced that they just brought Peyton on board because John doesn't want to get his hands dirty anymore.

@bikeswithpower6564 3 года назад

BTW guys to turn the choke on and it is towards the exhaust. I now. Allmost every thing about Small engine. I am building my 97cc 2.7hp to the limits

@TheMysticalFusion 3 года назад

I just custom-built one. 3hp Briggs, and its metallic black with black wheels

@christianruiz7129 3 года назад

Its such a under rated mini bike I put a predator 212 in mine and it hauls I'm doing about 45 stock with the governor off

@TheMysticalFusion 3 года назад

@@christianruiz7129 yep. the frames are about the best thing out there, the motors are terrible. Stock, they go like 15mph

@metalmyke1 3 года назад

Owen has to wear the helmet all day!

@mathieulachance151 Год назад

I have a mini bike exactly like this one and I used it to go to my job for almost two years !!!

@mkuhlman77 3 года назад

The little engine that could make 4 grown men smile for ages. Love it.

@pollyg562 2 года назад

#CLOWN Isaac likes to clown around but he never clowns around in his role as safety officer for the crew . Its a hard job that should be taken seriously and Isaac performs the job admirably no one argued with him and his administration, a real inspiration to all on safety

@kene6838 3 года назад

You Tube is really proud of you with all those commercials .

@christianruiz7129 3 года назад

I own DB30 it's my go to bike hurts me to see one like that😤. I put a predator 212 and the rest is history

@emersonb5764 3 года назад

On your tech tip: if you pull the oil cap and it flows out, see if it smells like gas, cus if you forget to shut your gas valve off and park it for a long time your carb can overflow and the gas ends up in the engine crankcase somehow. Happened to me. It shouldn’t, but it can.

@sethsengines212 3 года назад

I absolutely love your air filtration device there 🤣 6:00

@Kenneth-zn1wq 3 года назад

Just something I’ve tried that has worked for me. When working with a old rusty gas tank, after tumbling like you currently do. Buy some cheap lysol lime and rust toilet bowl cleaner, fill the gas tank to the top and let it sit it’ll shine like new.

@discingaround 3 года назад

Can we get a mini bike collection video? That'd be SWEET!

@CarsandCameras 3 года назад

We're planning on building a showcase rack of mini bikes in the new shop, stacked to the ceiling

@twocvbloke 3 года назад

We may not know what happened with that bike, but you can be sure the rider went full-superman over the bars... :P

@donellmuniz590 3 года назад

Yeah, full faceplant, aka a "Bentnose Jawbanger" 🤣

@whistlindixiesmallengine2085 3 года назад

Heat that spring up and bend er back done it many times

@abbeyclapp6259 3 года назад

Who else loves when Ike says “she’ll be alright” true 🐐

@loganrodgers3075 3 года назад

i had a doodle bug mini bike but i sold that and got a dirt bike

@RearEngineShop 3 года назад

I really need to build a mini bike. 🤔

@kennethdispain1807 3 года назад

Hey ike when is the Biscayne coming out to race

@jogden6632 3 года назад

A highlight of this video is Ike kinda doing the robot for a second demonstrating how he didn't want the forks to go all over the place when straightening them, haha, good video! This channel reminds me of spending countless hours in the summer trying to jury rig our old mini bikes and go carts to work after we beat the living hell out of them.

@Gix3D 3 года назад

How did they bend those forks so bad at that speed?

@stonemovers 29 дней назад

I drove 1hr for mine paid $100😢

@JamesCouch777 3 года назад

Y'all are creeping up on the 1M mark 👍. Keep up the good work!

@Goldmouth020 3 года назад

I got the only V-twin go kart

@evolutionman7386 3 года назад

Was watching blues Brothers and got notification for this video got me thinking ike could be Elwood and John could be jake. A blues brother grand prix maybe?😁

@donellmuniz590 3 года назад

Silly boy! PEYTON is Jake! LOOK at him! 🤣 He's Belushi 2.0! Ike would be Elwood, simply because he's tall, and laconic. John would have to be Murph, or maybe Mr Fabulous 😂.

@evolutionman7386 3 года назад

Ahaha yes someone else thinking like me please don't be mad at us guys its a compliment!! I love cars and cameras channel and blues brother movie just be awesome to see a mash up! 🤣

@azoff-road1911 3 года назад

Ive been looking for that exact frame for years now. Just bought the frame only for $100

@ontheflipsideedc 3 года назад

Hey! I have a 97cc Baja mini bike from the 90’s and my phone gps clocked me at 28 mph down the road today. Starts off slow AFFFF but once it gets going wide open it actually goes lol.

@speckledjim_ 3 года назад

So impressed with how you guys handled all those horses. I bet that much power must be a real gas guzzler :)

@tuckerfristoe9449 3 года назад

Don't even have to watch to know this is gonna be good

@uni-byte 3 года назад

You guys need a benchmark for the GP circuit. Get a KTM 450 and go balls to the wall around there and set that as the benchmark. Yeah.

@franzenmusic Год назад

You guys are fun. I've been working on my old 2008 chinese GY6 scooter. Electrics played up. I'm not good at this shit. But learning. I bet you guys could help. Oh well. Have a good day guys. ❤

@gonewronggarage4565 2 года назад

You are supposed to oil your clutch every ride or 2..followed what my max torque clutch said to do and it lasted forever up until I sold the bike.

@nickbroadhead6881 3 года назад

U want to ride this weekend with me

@goat8543 3 года назад

Looks like the one I had like 5!years ago when I smashed into a tree and bent the forks

@mrmurphy172 3 года назад

I have that bike and that motor. Just not together. That little frame holds a Predator 212cc if you chop the rear fender front support bar. Straight clutch no tc. Its one of my guests bikes to ride but we swap and I ride it while they ride my 100 ctu clone as Predator 212cc. Maybe do a Predator 212cc tech tip on how to identify the hemi vs non hemi Predator 212cc.

@JoelArseneaultYouTube 3 года назад

If you want to bend spring steel, heat it up red hot and let it cool slowly... You can then bend it without any issue. I do this all the time on lawnmowers.

@superdj2456 3 года назад

40 bucks??? Where I live I can’t find anything near that price not even a frame lmao they all cost at least 400-700 for the frame that’s why I’m waiting till I get through welding classes to be able to make my own frame and ride till the wheels fall off

@GuysPlayingWithTools 9 месяцев назад

I have a couple minibikes we have saved from fields and backyards, they never stop being a ton of fun

@bryduhbikeguy 3 года назад

Just for a bit of safety,how about welding 1" angle iron onto the forks to reinforce?Yes,I know 'safety'isn't used very often,but at least we'll know the bike regardless as to the colors.

@ezechielroy859 3 года назад

charles: im good!

@fkengoon2760 6 месяцев назад

I had this same mini bike first ever project well mini bike was a gray doodle bug with a 1.5hp

@swiftboltclips 3 года назад

Where are you finding all these cheap bikes? I look around and the lowest ive found is 200

@CheapBikeOwner 3 года назад

Can I buy the air cleaner box and carb from this? I’d really appreciate it. I have a doodlebug db 30 and I need a carb and the air cleaner box

@johnriggs8510 3 года назад

Help on a 40 series belt

@donellmuniz590 3 года назад

24:00 John says, "Lemme show (Ike) how it's done". THAT would be a first! 🤣

@simsum1argh882 3 года назад

Ahahahaha. Sorry John

@1972mercurycougar 3 года назад

Love u guys. But I had to share this. I'm feeling out over it! I believe a certain ,small wheeled, semi-auto shifted, small displacement mini, with a pressed steel frame, is getting by scrutinized by Honda engineers, for revisions to Patent office. I believe the mini moto success, from American Honda, going to result in modern day, Trail 70!! Yep!! Probably end up being to expensive, but I don't care!! Want one!!

@robertdraper7258 3 года назад

I have to admit that listening to John start a time lapse is ignoring. Ike does it correctly: "On your mark....Get set...Go!" Evenly spaced statements. John goes: "On your mart... Get st.Go!" Maybe Y'all should invest in a Start/Finish Line Light with Timer to ensure Fairness when taking Timed Laps.

@charleybetts1053 2 года назад

I just picked up this Same Exact db30 in the Same Exact shape... watching this video just motivated me to actually fix mine.

@j.w.3345 3 года назад

I thought you always did a first start with them up against a wall or something? Lucky you didn't have it take off, slam the wall and damage the forks...........Ummm .....Never mind. My only thought when you took it for a ride was, 'If you hit an ant hill with the forks like that...you can name it "Flipper". '

@16driver16 9 месяцев назад

The 97cc engines are good for about 30mph with the governor removed and the exhaust opened up, the problem is the lack of torque... i bet with a carb upgrade, and huge gearing upgrade(15-20mph top speed) it could be good for a kid or riding around swap meets etc.

@InsideOfMyOwnMind 3 года назад

Of course I don't know the facts, I can only tell you what this looks like to me: A bunch of JC dropouts that are havin a KILLER TIME playing with this mini, giving the middle finger to normalcy. Respect, dudes.

@mikesheahan6906 3 года назад

I bet the original builder of this Doodlebug never imagined it would be raced competitively in front of 973,000 subscribers.

@jamesmcgee9279 3 года назад

JOHN- "You gotta wonder how much more bump those forks can handle. I hope Ike makes it back sometime this afternoon." AKA THE DANGER BUG!

@thechampiongames1210 3 года назад

Turn it into a chopper

@7thsignthenorthcoast146 3 года назад

Everything was backwards the fuel ⛽️ the choke the pull start lol 😂. Very good tricksters or poor mechanics lol 😂

@mikeythellama 3 года назад

you guys should swap that champion 224cc engine onto this. scuffed engine on a scuffed minibike. a match made in the junkyard.

@drewanderson8279 3 года назад

I have a dootle bug with a 225 tillotson 30 series torque converter and a juggernaut front pulley! It's a ripper

@bartobuilt2601 3 года назад

I could see John doing the Hack idea of bending fatigued metal back without welding a quick gusset or strong back........ But Ike, I had faith in you man! your the only one with any knowledge or skills on the Team.

@IAMPOPP 2 года назад

Bought three Doodle Bug 30's for $300. I worked and got one running on the 97cc engine and got another with the 212cc. The difference is huge. 97cc is way too small.

@wymansst 3 года назад

Lol I’ve got a doodle bug and they are slow. I did the budget mods to stock 97cc. Built a home made header, drilled the main jet out (don’t recall the wire size of the bit but did it a couple times and went up small steps), installed a catch can and ran the crankcase vent to it and clipped a couple coils from the spring for the centrifugal clutch to raise the stall speed some and it’s way more fun now. The other thing I found and didn’t fix is the engine sprocket and rear sprocket are misaligned by about the width of the chain. Probably going to cut and re-weld the motor plate or do the jack shaft conversion and fix the horrible gearing. They are notoriously slow from the factory, partly due to gearing limits and can have some carb issues right from the factory based on my research.

@noearroyo9261 3 года назад

I need some advice on my 212 predator!! So I just put a new 212 cc on the kart I broke it in as it’s supposed to be added oil all nine yards. My issue is when I press the gas it’s forcing to much and vibrates like crazy! What’s the problem!! It used to have a smaller engine and it would rip

@bhannig 3 года назад

Hey I had one of those. Swapped a brigs 5 horse and it was terrifying. Forks got bent from curbs and kicked back out. Death shake could and would happen round 40.

@jhaedtler 3 года назад

That is a newer version! I have an older one. but not stock! I raised the seat up because I'm an old fart (70). I replaced the original engine with a HF 212! and put hydraulic rear brake kit on it! It will go faster than I want to!

@mathieulachance151 Год назад

Oh, oh, ohhh 😂

@tandmbros5877 3 года назад

Take the gov out and make a straight pipe and put a small four wheeler carb and these things scoot

@kreevesbaker 3 года назад

I got a baja dirt bug had the original motor like that 79cc i think its in my garage.anyway i put a 208cc 7hp power fist in it qnd it will wheelie lol. Any aftermarket parts i could put on it from go power sports u guys know will work forca power fist.

@emersonb5764 3 года назад

Another FYI, In the minibike community those forks are lightheartedly referred to as “high speed forks”

@lylekehrer6159 3 года назад

Personally I wouldn't have tried it with the forks looking like they did, knowing my luck it would have ended a lot differently. When you straightened them I would have put a wedge on either end.. just because the bars at the nameplate were in the middle (if you follow my terminology)

@g0ldensample21 3 года назад

I know you guys are crazy, but why intentionally ride a vehicle that is compromised? No need to break your neck or something for being reckless...

@holdenbostocky1998 3 года назад

When are y’all gonna do something with true dirt bikes? Even pit bikes! I think it would be hilarious to se y’all rip some 110s around

@donellmuniz590 3 года назад

When you boys get to 1 million subs, please give me a car 😂. Ok, a minibike. Ok, a sticker. Ok, a shout out?

@geecee4 2 года назад

“That thing is so slow, but the brakes work fantastic“. Ike LMAO 😂 Classic Ike

@RJDCR 3 года назад

sometimes , less is best...this lil bug kicks butt

@2girls1cup36 3 года назад

i was wondering if you might be willing to put an OverHeadValve head on one of your flatheads. i know its been done, but not on youtube. people used to do that on fords back in the day and its a worthwhile upgrade that does make more power. i want to do it myself, but i am a novice, so i was hoping i could get an expert like yourself to make a video on it, before i try to do it myself. pushrods in the side, what do you think?

@rong4189 3 года назад

Seriously, if that front fork would have bent further back and jammed the tire against the frame? Ouch!

@ThatPartyDog 3 года назад

I'm almost back to normal from my racing mower crash Friday. I commented on one of Ike's videos on his Chanel you should ask him about my comment he replied.

@billwilliamson9842 3 года назад

the 97cc's were 2.8 hp and the 79cc's were 2.5hp, a very low performance bit of tech info lol

@gak2215 3 года назад

I have a mega Moto 212cc off-road. I live up here in Cleveland where there is absolutely no where to ride this thing..

@2ndlt.sadness67 3 года назад

I have a little dr49 with a bad stater, and it doesn’t want to run because of it, but it will go a solid 40 mph stock (On a good day) which it hasn’t done in a few years.

@johnstancato8785 3 года назад

Isaac do you have a garden tractor you want to sell for cheap my six-year-old wants to get into junior tractor pulls and I can't find one I watch a lot of your guys's videos and love what you're doing I live in Ohio and I'll consider Drive in there to pick it up if you have one

@toosunakabooma1213 3 года назад

Damn! Did either of you actually meet and / or speak with the sicko that molested this mini- bike?60 bucks huh? Ill bet a dime of ice woulda done it ..