A punchline came into my head... "they're both fun to ride, but you don't want your friends to see you on either one"... Nothing better than Sunday mornings with Mustie!

I absolutely adore the laugh that comes out of Mustie every time he gets a motor to pop off for the first time !

Mustie goes beyond being a mere mechanic, his experience and skill allows him to think from the end. He knows how it's supposed to be and operate. Kool vid.

That mad scientist laugh when it shows it’s first sign of life…..priceless.

I love hearing Mustie’s childhood stories. I could listen to them for hours.

It's Hardley, it HAS to be good!! They say that 95% of all Hardleys ever made are still on the road today! (the other 5% actually made it back home).

My brothers and I learnt how to ride motorcycles on a blue one like that in the late 70's in South Africa. My father bought a few of them on an auction as scrap, and built one that worked with us, and kept the rest for spares. The four of us were real daredevils on that thing. Snapped it in half trying to jump a small pool. Fond memories! 😄

You inspired me. Story time: My grandparents have had a cottage on an island in northern ontario for decades, but the time came that they had to sell it. The place is over 100 years old, on an island, at the top of a hill. From 1967 until 1998, the primary source of water was a water tower made of old cedar logs and steel drums. The water was pumped up to the tower by a 5hp briggs powered pump. The water was upgraded in '98, but the old pump found other uses for a few years. It bailed out boats out, washed docks, put out fires, but didn't get the care it deserved. It spent the last 5 years just sitting on the dock. On what would be my last visit there, ever, I asked Gramps if I could have the old pump. He let me have it! An afternoon of tinkering, I found the problem, I ordered the parts, another afternoon and I got the old thing running! It now runs the rainwater system we use for the garden! It starts by the 3rd pull every time. Usually the second. But it's videos like this that made me even think to ask if I could have it. It's massively overkill for 4 pot plants an some baby tomatos, but I love it.

Musty is so good at getting things apart without destroying old gaskets. I am never so lucky.

I was the kid who had a neighbor next door with the new Honda 50 in 1971 and then the neighbor across the street who got the new Honda 70 in 1973. My dad bought me a ratty, rusty, Yamaha 60 step-through in 1974 and I learned to build it until it ran and rode it. Thanks Dad for giving me the skills I still use today.

Mustie! I owned one! Mine was 1972... They were 2 stroke, and called a shortster... Worth a shitpile of money now if it runs... Cool to see you have one!!!

I haven't seen grown men including myself have so much fun with what could almost be considered a toy 😂, and that little thing has a big heart hauling you guys around, loved every second of the video.

i just restored...well got a 1979 vespa running. the tank was left with gas in it for 15 years. it looked like cornflakes of rust inside. i cleaned it with bbs and Evaporust.....i did the bb shake first to get all the main big rust...then filled the whole tank up with Evaporust and let it sit over night...its came out perfect...great video as usual sir...

Picked up a bike for my son back in the '80's and it was an Italiajet from Italy. It was about the same size. He slammed into an embankment and bent the forks. Made new fork tubes out of steel conduit. worked like a charm. lol

The smile on your face makes this repair all worth the while... The feeling of accomplishment... nothing like it...

Watching you ride that little gem at the end was hilarious !! It's so tiny !! Funny how it brings out the kid in grown men. I'm sure I would be in line for my try on it !! Great start to my Sunday as always, thanks !!

That appears to be an italjet minibike. I’ve never seen one branded Harley Davidson, but I have seen them branded Indian. Aermacchi made the Minibike’s for HD. My guess is that it was rebadged, but I cannot claim to be an expert or historian. That’s certainly an awesome project!

Mustie1, you get to have all the fun and relive the old memories! My first motorbike was a Honda 50 I “borrowed” from a rich kid I had never seen before on his birthday when he was go around circles at the little park I was sleeping at. He made the mistake of letting me ride it. I left that at his house a couple weeks later. I got a job at a Herley shop (cleaning up and stacking shelves). IThe owner let me have a real basket (harleys used to come in plywood crates) case that had everything (i mean everything taken apart) and said If I could rebuild it myself, I could have it. It was a 65’ little Harley 125cc Bobcat, single jug street bike with street tires. I ran in on the trails and bak streets though cause I was too young to have a “legal” license. Back then they were building the Interstates through Tennessee and had cc restricytions on them for motorcycles. Doesn’t mean I didn’t get caught riding between 1 and 4 am though. Anyway, I’m still riding Harleys. A little bit bigger now though….haha. that thinkg you did a great job getting running again remindeds me of my youth and I had to share it with ya! Thanks for the memories!

I was one of those kids riding a mini bike with the scrub brake. I had two running engines , a Tecumseh and a Briggs, neither made much power but both ran well. I often suffered the taunts of the , "Honda kids", as they passed me on the trails yelling out, "lawn mower"! When their stuff broke they waited weeks or months to have them fixed, when my stuff broke I'd walk to the hardware store for parts and have it running by the end of the day. I learned a lot as a twelve year old mini bike mechanic and had a blast all summer long riding the trails.

When I was a kid in the mid 70's,my neighbor had a '72 AMF Harley mini bike like this one that he let me take a ride on. So cool. I remember asking my dad for one later and he just laughed and said, " No way are you getting one of those. They are too dangerous!" Ah,memories.

Clearly you were impressed with this Harley, giving it the respect and gentle touch such a Harley deserves as a survivor. These are actually important pieces of Harley history, as they saw markets they could not enter inexpensively, so they thought it better to sell the name. Didn't work out too well for them, iirc....

I love your videos you crack me up every time something fires up for the first time when you laugh like a little kid 😂😂😂

A big kid at heart. I love it. The rich kid on the block, been there in the 1950s. Where are they now? Where am I now? I made my way with hard work and determination and wouldn't have had it any other way.

I had a "used" Harley Davidson mini bike when I was a kid in the 70's. *BUT* I found this on the web: Harley-Davidsons Mini Bike was the subject of desire for so many kids of the 1960s, who will remember the rides you shared on that dirt lot. But now it's 50 years later and on offer is one with styling more current with today's custom motorcycles.

"Not much has changed..." THAT is one if the funniest things I've heard in years. This channel is a perfect example of The Good Stuff on the Internet: it's entertaining and it's real, and if you're not careful you just may learn something useful. Cheers!

"As we get older, we try to relive our childhoods". That would explain my two Yerf-dog go karts, Manco Thunderbird and my Rupp mini bikes. I bought them for my grandsons. Yeah, sure. 😆 I'm just about to turn 65. That took me back to riding my Arctic cat 50.

You find the weirdest, most one off items, and I absolutely love it. The unpredictability of what is going to be on the channel next week is always interesting. Your videos are one of the best parts of my Sundays.

I didn't realize just how small it was until you were riding it at the end!

Hi Mustie, it would great to get one of the neighbourhood kids dressed as Evel Knievel riding around at Halloween lol.

I like how Mustie takes junky stuff and just makes it run like it’s supposed to again. Makes me do the same. Great video

Long ago I had a 1966 H-D M50 Sport. A few years later I had a 1972 H-D Leggero. Those were interesting times. Then I got serious about my motorcycles. The little engine in this video sounds just like my old M50. Ah, memories.

Hey Mustie, I hope you are enjoying the best health. You put out positive videos that make me forget how horrible the world is today 😳

I Remember the small Italian Harley Davidsons when I was a kid. Her ein Australia they were far to expensive compared to Japanese alternatives. Thanks Mustie for sharing.

I see you did the Mortsky flick on the points,Works 66% of the time All of the time!!Good Video Mustie!

I had one, with slightly larger wheels, that was 80cc. It was my first motorcycle. Thanks for the memories.

Thanks Mr. Mustie! Always a good way to start a Sunday morning. Glad to see this hog running again. Looks like a fun rig!

WOW, I didn't realize how small that bike was till you sat on it.

The seat is phenomenal for it's age. Its a good AMF bowling alley.

Brings me back to the mid 70s, my cousin had a Honda QA50. Good times.

I'm in my 50's, and as a kid i worked everyday lol, made morning coffee, was a tv remote, mowed the lawn with a push mower that i had to really hold my arm's up to push the thing because i wasn't even tall enough for my head to be above the handle, and as i aged, i caught hay bails and stacked them in my dad's friends barn, helped shingle a house at ten swinging a hammer, helped fix everything, put up drywall when i was ten in the house we built in the country near both grandparents. We rode in the back of the truck going down the road. My grandpa let us drive around these old golf carts, and he would slow them down with the governor, but we figured out how to fix that lol. We would drive through the corn fields, until he saw it, and then we got in trouble. I was the oldest, then it was my brother and cousin who were the same age, and my little sister went on a few adventures. My older sister always stayed in the house, and never did much. My cousin was an only kid, and he had the honda 50, and a go cart when we were real young, and it was rare that we got to ride them, and he didn't really take care of anything. I still have the mind of a 20 year old, fix the stuff i can, even though I'm cobbled up with MS, and some other crap, but living through some of these mustie1 project's takes me back to the good time's before this electronic junk took over. G-d bless.

Always love your little chuckle when a new project pops to life. Great video Mustie!!

I never get tired of hearing Mustie1 giggle like a child when an engine runs again.😁

This is an Italjet minibike, not a Harley. Those tank stickers were probably added sometime in the 80s or 90s. If it had metal fenders, it might have been an Indian MM5A. Harley did sell a minibike called the 'Shortster' but it was made by Benelli. Looks very similar to the Benelli Dynamo. Still cool to see it come back to life!

LOL…Couldn’t tell how tiny this bike was, until Mustie sat on it!!!

You sure said it Mustie.. how times have changed.. I REMEMBER riding something little like this (not that small though) when I was young, no helmet or any of that.. always supervised that little, but man.. today? They'd have child services in your yard immediately. Oh well Edit: Oh see the points just needed the Mortske flick!!!

The throttle slide does have the cable on the wrong side. Its supposed to go through the top and have a little nurl nubbin thing seat in the wider hole that it is currently coming through.

Darren is such a kid at heart I love it😂

You did a great job on that baby Harley. You three looked like you were having a blast riding that little thing.

The chuckle when a motor kicks over... every... single.. time... Love it!

Mustie, if this whole “mechanic” thing doesn’t work out…you have a promising career as a stand up comic…you never cease to make me laugh.😂

I was watching this video and thinking, "There ain't no way Mustie will be able to fit on this thing and ride it". Bringing it back to life and getting to ride it was just extra icing on the cake.

You never know what Darren will have for us but it is always a trip

Li'l Aermacchi I had a 175 and a couple of 250 they seem to be extremely well built machines I put about 50,000 miles on each one of them And And after all those miles I peek down into the cylinder and could still see the cross hatching and lots of chrome plating on those little two-stroke motors the only thing I ever had to do to either of them is try to keep some rubber on the wheels I used to go across the road to the Honda shop and dig through their throwaway ben I scored lots of pretty nice tires out of there so I never had to buy tires 😅

Men never grow up, I know that because I'm 78 and still playing ,thanks for sharing and best regards from Ireland.

I used to have a Gilera moped with a near identical carb on it. It is made by Dellorto. Your throttle cable setup is correct. The proper cable has a small ball on the end, so you can slide it through the horizontal slot in the throttle slide. That way, you don't need to thread the cable all the way through.

A great sunday morning yet again! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

I feel like he never lost his 10mm sockets. Great video as always

Hey! i'm French and we got a lot of that type of setup. That carburetor is a Dell'Orto SHA14 or SHA15 but as it have the metal plunger for the throttle it will be a SHA14 (the SHA15 does have a plastic plunger). and you did put the cable the right way! this is actually the way to do it the hole is a manufacturing hole that's it. Well done! nice really tiny bike. ohhh wow that carb is sold for €39 now that's so expensive i remember when it was like 20 but yeah that's like 25 year ago i'm not getting younger...

You can add a 3/4" long piece of heat shrink tube to the cable-end ferrule if it's a little sloppy in the adjuster cup. It will tighten things up and keep the cable pointed straight in.

Just love the stories of childhood! Bicycles to minibikes especially - parallels my experiences and brings fond memories!! One difference with my was our neighborhood spoiled kid actually shared his Honda 50 - we rode it into the ground! Thanks for the memories!!

Hardly Davidson! 😂😂

Had me in stitches at the end when grown adults were fanging around on a kids 2 stroke bike. Sounded like a nitro model RC car or truck like we used to race a few years ago when you sped the footage up at the end! :)

Your memory of being 5 is different than mine. Mini bikes were not invented yet. My "ride" was a pedal tractor used in a gravel driveway. The going was hard and slow. :(

The rich kid we knew had a Suzuki Trail-Hopper, the coolest minibike ever because the key was designed to be 'hidden' for some reason. There are 3 black circles on the tank housing and it fit in one spot like a cap sorta deal. He never allowed anyone a free ride either, would run every ounce of gas out even after he was long since bored of riding. Should find one now, just to experience that amazing little bike, ha!

The MC 65 Shortster was only sold in 1972. They are quite rare. The VW Thing is sooooo cool.

I think the name of the company who made these is Italjet, they're still in business. I wanted one as a kid, but my dad was wise enough to wait a few years and bought me an XR75 instead.

Like many others this channel has given me a greater understanding and appreciation of things I wasn't familiar with. This weekend I was able to take an old Toro snow thrower and check for spark and compression, throw a little fuel in the plug hole and get it to fire up before cleaning the carb and getting it running. That's all you and I appreciate it.

I'm betting the throttle cable was correct, watching at 56:00. Seems like the right way as it was set up. But I'm sure what Mustie works out will be awesome.

Mustie, you are truly an inspiration! You gave me the motivation to start my channel. Thanks for the great videos!

I like to hear your laugh when your engines fire up. It makes me laugh also! (Watching from Sweden)

Your story about your friends with money probably strikes home with a lot of us. I had a friend with a harley 90 and a few of us always wished we had his stuff or his mom and dad lol..😂

"Mortske flick" for the win! Great video sir

Awesome video mustie, those little bikes always put a smile on your face no matter how old you are 😀👍👍

I can see Mustie1 cruises around town on a mini bike 😂

I always love the hell rides through the old gravel pit. Thanks for another cool video!

How friggen cool is this little toy Darren got ahold of ? He's always coming up with something unique to surprise us with. I bet some Harley dealer would love to have it on dusplay amoung his showroom libeup.

Great job Darren, I always enjoy seeing your videos,

The high-speed footage at the end was hilarious 😂

"Let's go cruise for chicks" That had me chuckling! It's great to see a man happy in his work.

“Lets go cruise for chicks” I died hhahaa

Always a pleasure to watch you getting busy with some sort of mechanical stuff. Growing up in the sixties was a progression from a 'push bike' to a moped/motocycle kind of existence, my brother and most of our buddies got a 50cc of some kind at sixteen, to get to school and back with, then moving on to bigger bikes ect. lots of fun and good memories.

You're the best! I don't know what I'll do when I finish watching all the older videos. When a new one comes out It's like that feeling i got on Saturday mornings when it was cartoon time. I literally watch your videos for hours!

What an interesting subject for this week. Thanks Mustie!

I look forward too every Sunday can't wait too see what is next thank you so much

Great work as usual. You have the best fun!!👏👏👍😊

Great video Mustie1. That would have been a blast when I was a kid. Thanks for another awesome video.

This is the very first video I’m watching from your channel, I had to watch at least one video to give James the thanks for all of his great small engine / generator content. He mentions you on many of his videos. Im pleased to say, I’ve subscribed to your channel, and I love seeing basket case machines running once again. It’s a passion of mine as well, but I haven’t figured out how to integrate the very small amount of spare time I have into sharing my experiences and projects with others, as you guys do so well. Thank you Sir !

Haha the build up to the people riding the bike and Musties comment "Let's go cruise for Chicks" absolutely had me HAHA.

Great video, thank you for sharing 😀

My grandson would love that little bike thanks for the encouragement to play with small engines

Thanks for all the great content Mustie 🙂

Sounds like you’re having as much fun as a five year old would have! Thanks for the laughs 😂🇦🇺

The problem with watching this while it is not live is I was wanting to yell at the screen yelling "NO!". The lead barrel on the end of the cable going into the carb should have been a T shape. The long side of the T would have been the wire and it would have slide in there. But that works too. Love your videos as usual.

Really dig the random updates on the Thing. Nice.

Very enjoyable video. Thank you.

Love your laugh after it finally sputters and comes back to life!

Great project! I had a 1972 IH Scout II with similar white wheels. The wheels had red & blue pinstripes around the outer edge.

Things like this always make for great viewing bro with a good result and a fun ride to follow. Safe travels. Ken.

Chic magnet for sure! Nice work. I was clueless on the throttle pull, never seen one that didn't go thru the spring.

Thanks for the shop time Mustie1. Great little bike!