Missing the rare-to-find carrying bag and with a much smaller replacement seat, but looking like a pretty easy restoration project, this 1964 Fuji Go-Devil Portable Mini Bike can be found here on Facebook Marketplace in Jasper, Georgia. These aren’t for everyone, but the seller is asking a mere $600! Here is the original listing, and thanks to PRA4SNW for the tip! As a price comparison, here is one on eBay for $3,900, and another on eBay for $7,000!
Some of you did a spit-take when I said a mere $600, as prices usually seem to be the biggest hang-up for most folks. We all remember when prices weren’t crazy like they are today. I know from traveling a lot that hotel prices are up probably 50% in the last handful of years, and we’ve all seen vehicle prices go through the roof the last decade or so. Still, $600 for this little, portable, carryable, folding Fuji Go-Devil is rock bottom, even with having to track down a couple of missing parts. Here’s a nice, color page showing some specs for this unusual 70-pound scooter.
I wouldn’t use the $7,000 eBay listing as a typical selling price, but somewhere between $2,500 and $5,000 for a really nice condition example is probably about right. For $600, if the seller would break this one down into the little cube it folds into for carrying on a plane or in your trunk, this one is pretty tempting. As far as a restoration project, there is no swoopy gas tank or side covers to worry about, just a plain square tube metal frame and some other bits to restore. Easy, no?
Fuji (yes, that Fuji, as in Subaru’s parent company, Fuji Heavy Industries) made the Go-Devil mini bike/scooter between 1964 and 1967 or so, and they were able to be disassembled and folded into a little cube, which then was carried in an uber-rare bag for air travel or other travel. Here’s an owner’s manual, showing how it breaks down into a cube. We’ve only seen one Fuji Go-Devil, last December here on Barn Finds. You’d better sit down after clicking that link: the seller was asking $12,000 for that one.
The engine is a 49-cc Fuji two-stroke single with 2.5 to 3 horsepower, which is sent through the centrifugal clutch system to the rear wheel. Speaking of no designed gas tank to restore, this one is missing the gas tank! So the $600 price got a little more painful. I’m sure most folks could find a mini bike or even lawnmower gas tank that would fit and work fine, but I’d want to track down an original tank. This one “ran when parked,” which the seller knows is an old story, but it’s true. I can’t believe it would be hard to get this one humming again, and this would be a fun little restoration project. Have any of you seen a Fuji Go-Devil scooter?
How do I get this on the airplane? I think they might get huffy about a gallon of gasoline in my carry on.
Ha, I probably should have said private planes, charter flights, you know, the stuff that we all do all the time (cough)… Sort of like Honda’s CL100 Suitcase Cycle from the 1970s.
https://barnfinds.com/foldable-flyer-1973-honda-cl-100-suitcase-cycle/
The airlines wouldn’t even let my son carry an intake manifold with a pair if Webers bolted to it. They said it could be used as a weapon! The gal at the baggage area looked at them and said “OH a pair of Webers! She took a sniff and said never been used!. She found us a box, my son wrapped them in his jacket and the baggage gal helped to tape it up and personally took it to the air plane. And yes, they made the trip from Midway to Reno with no damage.
You haven’t lived until you’ve ridden one of these with no brakes. Those hog panels are still grilled into my body.
The two on eBay are from different sellers, but are located in the same Zip code……..32712…….. kind of interesting…….
Go ahead and laugh, but it’s not just traveling expenses but has anyone had to go through any auto repair lately? Out,,,of,,,sight. These grease monkeys( that can’t speak any English) are bilking folks over $200/hour for repairs! I have a neighbor, RAM pickup, got estimates of $4400 for a rebuilt motor, and $2400 for labor, a 12 hour job. I’d just as soon ride one of these, than pay someone that amount and if the Jeep fails, I just might. Not much to go wrong here.
“Go-Devil”? Hmm, seems Jeep never did have the rights to that name for the 134-4 cylinder,,but the noive.
Seems Fuji built motors for Chapparal, Rupp, and Steen too. Maybe a source to explore via clubs/collectors of those brands. Maybe worth the time for the fun of it if not for a flip investment.
PRA4SNW came through on 2 wheels again. Wonder how many of us started riding on something of this ilk?
Interesting stuff as always, SG. Keep us curious with finds like these!
Had an Allstate in the 50’s look a lot like it:)
Hey you can restore it then go drive on the streets in California !!
I have one of these, needs a restore and a carb. The bag rotted away years ago.
One day ill get to it, after the KZ1000, and the A1ss are finished….lol
Well why don’t the Jasper put some kind of gas tank or 1liter soda bottle ( temp gas tank) under thar and get it running ? If it has a busted piston or bent crank were ya gonna get parts ? Lazy sellers….