Thursday, November 08, 2018

Coleman Powersports Mini Bike



http://www.walmart.com/ip/Coleman-Powersports-BT200X-Gas-Powered-Mini-Bike-Red-and-Black/992914979

So, I am the vice president of a public nonprofit foundation for a camp property thats used by church groups, families, scouts, and local school sports teams (HS girls lacross).  As a physician, I also provide medical support for numerous youth activities.  

This New Years, I will again be serving as the “trail doctor”, for a multi-day regional youth historical re-enactment called Trek.  This reenactment involves hundreds of kids pulling handcarts for 3 days and camping out under tarps.   The Trek re-enactment will not be at the small public camp will instead be held at Fort Gordon.  Fort Gordon has a wonderful lodge at their Lake Leitner and miles of tank trails perfect for pulling handcarts. Gort Gordon has always been so accommodating of the local public allowing the medical school, scout troops, and church groups to use these outdoor resources for various events like Med War, mud runs, and Trek. 

4 years ago, I walked with the handcart trains carying medical supplies on my back. However, I found myself having to repetitively run to the front of the caravan and then to the back and then to the front again. If the carts walked 40 miles, I felt like I did 60.  

So, this year, I’m doing Trek again, but a bit smarter. I’f I was going to be accurate to the re-enactment, I could have gone on horseback. But thats not at all practical.  Borrowing or buting an ATV or Trail Ranger would work buy they can run $2000-10,000. Riding a mountain bike would be faster but difficult on the sandy trails.  I already have a mountain bike but didnt want to purchase a Fat Bike with wider sand tires.  There are also numerous e-bikes and even e-fat bikes on the market that provide petal assist.  However, even with petals assist, it wouldn’t be easy to carry very much medical gear on a bicycle and impossible to recharge the lithium batteries on the trail. Also, a good 1000 W e-Fat Bike will go for $1000-3000.  

So, thinking of a solution I csn use on the trail and back at the Canp, I settled on getting a very affordable Coleman Motorsports BT200X Mini Bike.  I went with the nicer model with front suspention and plan to do some fun modifications with my son. I plan on it being a fun project. Unbelievably, they had a fully assembked BT200X at my local Walmart just sitting in their garden section, for sale and ready to go. 

These mini bikes are like a lawnmower motorcycles, or motorcycle go-karts. they are rather safe because they don’t go all that fast.  However, several mod kits and agter-market parts are availible to get the most out these fun little machines. 

BT200X Mod Video:

Here is a parts list:






Foot Pegs: 

Seat Springs:

Storage Racks:




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