They say you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet, and if you tuned in for Part 1 of our Diesel Mini Bike Build, you saw us hack a vintage mini bike in two, take a file to a spinning crankshaft and run up a wicked cart on Amazon.com. All in a day’s work around here, but even with just a few big pieces coming together, this project was shaping up to be more than just a ridiculous idea.
That being said, all we really had was a roller with a dirt-cheap diesel engine from Amazon shoehorned into it, and it would take some real work to make the thing rideable. With our collective investment in the project growing, we got serious and cooked up some trick hardware that I think you’re going to dig, so let’s get to it.…