The brothers were so pleased with what they built they wanted to show someone, so they went over to Troy’s to let him see their little scooter. You would have thought that the brothers just built the first airplane. The brothers rolled the scooter into the middle of the street, and started it up, the little scooter worked extremely well, it ran straight down the street, and proved to handle very well.
They made a small flat seat, and they were ready to go. To operate the throttle, they used the same lever and cable as they used for the brake. The brothers knew that this would never do for their scooter, so they found an industrial clutch that would allow the engine to idle until you revved it up enough to engage the clutch, this also let them use a recoil starter to start the engine. At the time, Go-Karts were driven with a direct drive chain and sprockets, to start the go kart you had to push it until it started, when you stopped, it quit running. For brakes, they used a small internal band brake on the rear wheel, operated by a bicycle brake lever and cable. The engine they chose was a Clinton A400, like they were using on their go kart. When it came to wheels, they used a 4’ aluminum wheel that was built for the front of Go-Karts, by Hanes in California. The brothers still liked the idea of having something little to ride around the pits, so with the experience they had, they designed and built a frame. The brothers were disappointed though, because the scooter handled so badly, it proved to be quite dangerous. The brothers got an engine and made what other parts they needed to get the scooter running. The brothers thought that it would be great to run around the pits, at the races, with a scooter rather than to walk, so they bought the frame from Troy. One day after Troy had just gotten back from California, he showed the brothers a small motor scooter frame that he brought back with him.
They bought their first go kart from a store owned by Troy Ruttman, winner of the 1952 Indianapolis 500, and Troy wanted to sell the parts and accessories that the brothers were making. Racing of any type is expensive, and to help finance their racing, the brothers started to build parts and accessories for go-karts. When Go-Karts first started, and people started to race them, it was only natural that the brothers got involved. Here's my LIL Indian Taco Minibike Look Alike I built this march of 2010 and all it needs now to be completely complete is the handle bar rubber grip on the left handle bat,this 2 HP Briggs pulls me very well but want run but about 25 mph which is all you need on such a small minibike,this minibike is far smaller than the original LIL Indian by about 4 inchs on the wheel base,I hope you enjoy seeing it and Im currently building another LIL Indian as close to original specs as I can make it,I ordered all the parts needed yesterday like chrome fenders,seat,front and rear wheel with sprocket and 2 piece rims in 4 inch size like LIL Indians came with,also the twist grip throttle control and maybe I will be ready for them by the time they arrive as I got the rear wheel axle mount put on it today,got the tri plates cut and shaped for the fork and the Lolly pop pieces made to mount the front axle on the fork with,very simple parts to make but a lot of grinding to smooth them up and make the the same size since I cut them with a torch,well hope you enjoy seeing the LIL Indian Taco running and finished up.the Glass table must be stronger than I though,haha.In the early days, there were three brothers involved in building and racing hot rods, and interested in racing of all types.
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