There are so many insane motorcycle and powersport builds on YouTube that it's hard to keep track of. But the ones that interest me the most are when a creator takes products that are easily available to everyone and relatively cheap and puts them together to create a monster—I'm not finding a Hayabusa engine to stick in a kei truck.
Thankfully, in this video, the folks at BOOM kept it simple and affordable. I love how they started out with a rolling minibike frame, meaning they didn't have to pull out a perfectly good engine for the swap and waste money. The kit included everything except an engine and cost $677. The next task was to pair this with an engine.
The lads opted for a 196cc diesel engine from Amazon, which cost $110. The air-cooled powerplant doesn't scream "high-performance," and it's not. Once it was jerry-rigged into the minibike's rolling chassis, the lads recorded a top speed of 6 mph, which is, well, terrible.
