Well, the snow has slowed down the house & shop project just a bit, and I caught up to everybody else. Drywallers will tape and mud tomorrow, and hopefully I'll be ready for paint on Saturday!

So we got a few mini-bikes for the boys for Christmas (I am one of the boys), and they came with a stock 2.5HP Honda "clone" engine. Did a bit of reading online, and after a trip to the hardware store and Harbor Freight, I have now increased the horsepower on the "red" bike to 6.5HP. I bypassed the governor, ugraded the clutch, and I have a few parts on order that should boost it up to about 9HP or so. This will be a "dad only" bike. Funny how a $200 item turns into a $500 item pretty quickly.

Test ride is tomorrow. Pics and a report from the emergency room to follow......

The safe stock bike is green, just in case you stop by and want to take one for a spin. I figure the circular drive makes a nice quarter mile track. Didn't think about that when we layed it out. I wonder if I should bank the turns?