I rode it through 20 miles of mountains to school and back - it had a gas tank that held about a quart of gas.
I have long wished I had one now...This ole gramma WOULD ride it to the village store, with saddle baskets for groceries.
I’m a child of those years, we also ran Service Cycles, they were neat, you can still find those and similar ones on the ‘net, lots of good stuff still out there. Thank God for folks that enjoy tinkering with them and keeping them alive.
For some reason, today’s moped just doesn’t have the pizzazz that those original motorbikes had. Somebody needs to recapture that. Kind of like Vespa motorscooters, the look-alikes just don’t quite make it...
I’m a child of those years, we also ran Service Cycles, they were neat, you can still find those and similar ones on the ‘net, lots of good stuff still out there. Thank God for folks that enjoy tinkering with them and keeping them alive.
For some reason, today’s moped just doesn’t have the pizzazz that those original motorbikes had. Somebody needs to recapture that. Kind of like Vespa motorscooters, the look-alikes just don’t quite make it...
HE rode it...
Two of my friends in High School had Whizzer motorbikes..I guess they were WWII or post WWII vintage. A huge ring-shaped pulley mounted on the rear spokes made of stamped sheet metal, and a 1 cylinder 4-Stroke of about 5 HP.
There were also VeloSolexes, with a microscopic 2-Stroke mounted on the front fork with a rubber drivewheel that ran against the front tire.
They were fun. The Whizzer had a compression release, so you could pedal the heavy Schwinn and get it rolling then slam the valve shut to get it started.
Maybe they will come back. There is a hub-mounted electric motorized front wheel that can be dropped into contemporary bikes now.