This year is off to a small start… for us, at least. As the new year revs up and fresh custom motorcycles start hitting our desks, it’s clear that small bikes with big attitudes are the flavor of the month. And we’re here for it.
This mini motocross bike from Wilco Lindner makes a strong case for dynamite coming in small packages. At a glance, it looks like a regular kids’ motocrosser?but the OEM-like plastics and Honda logos are red herrings. Lurking underneath them are the bones of a 2022 KTM 65 SX, an upgraded engine, and a smorgasbord of bespoke parts.

Wilco, who operates under the moniker A Nineteen Built, has a thing for minibikes. So when he developed an itch to build a motocross bike, he figured he’d build something that he could race in the minibike class in The Netherlands, where he’s based. ?I like making stuff that’s different,? he quips. ?I wanted it to look like a somewhat factory MX bike. But after looking a bit closer, you should rethink that and wonder what crazy mind put this thing together. And that’s exactly what happened when I took it on its first outing.?

At the heart of this belligerent beasty sits the transplanted two-stroke motor from a Derbi moped. The 80 cc donk was treated to an extensive array of mods by Eddy at EHR Tuning?a world-champion two-stroke tuner in the Netherlands. It now sports a V-Force 3 reed valve and intake kit, modified cases, a ported cylinder, a special connecting rod, and...