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Vintage hunting bike find
#7524265
06/01/19 02:10 AM
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TX_LT230FH
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THF Trophy Hunter
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Got a wild hair and picked one of these up today. Needs carb work and a brake cable, but other than that it is in great shape for a 1974 model. This looks just like mine except mine has no headlight. Can’t wait to get it running and try it out. Dang thing will stand up without a kickstand with those tires on it. Heald Super Bronc 10 hp.
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Re: Vintage hunting bike find
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#7524354
06/01/19 11:18 AM
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TEXASLEFTY
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Post some pics!!!
What did you have to give for it?
Never been to a camping world. I prefer Dick's to be honest.
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Re: Vintage hunting bike find
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#7526731
06/04/19 03:05 PM
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redchevy
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It's hell eatin em live
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Re: Vintage hunting bike find
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#7526758
06/04/19 03:33 PM
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TX_LT230FH
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Not sure. I've seen pictures with all sorts of different muffler configurations. I'll probably add a bigger one than original.
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Re: Vintage hunting bike find
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#7526865
06/04/19 05:29 PM
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DLALLDER
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I had one almost exactly like it back in the late 70's early 80's. I had to assemble it but it went anywhere I needed to go on the lease. One very important thing to remember DON'T GET IN THE GUMBO MUD WHEN IT IS BALLING AS WE CALL IT. The gumbo will lock up the rear wheel and you will burn up the drive belt, ask me how I know?? More than once!
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Re: Vintage hunting bike find
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#7527140
06/04/19 10:54 PM
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colt45-90
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saw those advertised years ago, neat find
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Vintage hunting bike find
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#7527914
06/05/19 07:39 PM
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SnakeWrangler
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I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Vintage hunting bike find
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#7527963
06/05/19 08:39 PM
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dogcatcher
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Great find. Our neighbor in North Dakota had one that was sort of like it, his son and I would take it duck hunting.
Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: Vintage hunting bike find
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#7528008
06/05/19 09:41 PM
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Nogalus Prairie
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Folks swear by those. Cool pick up!
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Vintage hunting bike find
[Re: DLALLDER]
#7528053
06/05/19 10:43 PM
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TX_LT230FH
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I had one almost exactly like it back in the late 70's early 80's. I had to assemble it but it went anywhere I needed to go on the lease. One very important thing to remember DON'T GET IN THE GUMBO MUD WHEN IT IS BALLING AS WE CALL IT. The gumbo will lock up the rear wheel and you will burn up the drive belt, ask me how I know?? More than once! Man, you’re right about that! I had a Honda 3-wheeler for a while, and took off down a gumbo road in Louisiana going duck hunting. The mud locked it up and I spent over an hour poking mud out from between the tires and the too-close fenders with a stick!
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Re: Vintage hunting bike find
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#7537835
06/19/19 12:39 PM
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Vern1
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Nice to see these still around. Back in the day you could buy them in assembled or kit form out of magazines like Popular Mechanics and Popular Science. Still have a complete running 5HP Heald Trail Bronc in my shop that came from factory on a truck in two cardboard boxes - 1 with motor and 1 with everything else. The chrome on the fenders has long since went away and we painted them white. Had to rebuild the tired old Tecumseh and install new tires in 1985 after us, kids and grandkids rode the snot out of it. It's slow but has plenty of power, it's rough, it handles poorly (by today's standards) but _EVERYBODY_ has to have a second or third lap on it!
From a time far ago when fun was simple....
Last edited by Vern1; 06/19/19 12:40 PM. Reason: autocorrupt
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Re: Vintage hunting bike find
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#7537908
06/19/19 02:09 PM
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Wytex
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Our Murdoch's ranch store has new that look just like that in stock now. Bet yours was much cheaper though. Cool find and vintage is nice to have.
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Re: Vintage hunting bike find
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#7691994
12/18/19 02:21 PM
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TX_LT230FH
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Re: Vintage hunting bike find
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12/18/19 03:33 PM
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CCBIRDDOGMAN
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That is awesome. I'd be interested if you wanted to sell / trade it.
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Re: Vintage hunting bike find
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#7692142
12/18/19 04:02 PM
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Cast
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Sounds like you should adjust the centrifugal clutch.
Cast I have a short attention spa
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Re: Vintage hunting bike find
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#7692240
12/18/19 05:32 PM
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huntingag01
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Nice! I would be interested in it as well.
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Re: Vintage hunting bike find
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#7692405
12/18/19 08:10 PM
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TX_LT230FH
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Sounds like you should adjust the centrifugal clutch. Actually, it doesn't have a typical mini-bike centrifugal clutch setup. It uses a Comet Torque-A-Verter which is sorta similar to a CVT? Whatever, it works and has a crap-ton of torque with a 10 horse engine. I wouldn't let anyone under 27 ride this thing without signing a waiver. Here it is running
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Re: Vintage hunting bike find
[Re: TX_LT230FH]
#7692639
12/19/19 12:32 AM
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Vern1
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It uses the same type of torque converter assy that is used in Mules and smowmobiles. Lube the moving internals on the front clutch part and the pucks on the rear pulley and it will smooth out. Rem oil in spray can works very well but keep it off of the belt and pulleys.
Cheers, Vern1 Texans since The Old 300 in 1824 NRA Lifetime Member
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