02-18-2021, 05:12 PM
I guess I've always been fascinated with 2 wheels.
When I was 4, I would push the family bike around the yard as I was too little for this 24 inch bike. I would lean it up against the porch post and sit on it even though I couldn't reach the pedals.
I rode and considered myself a master of bicycles. Learned how to ride backwards sitting on the handle bars.
Built my own 'high' bike by turning one upside down so the pedals were where the seat should be, extended the seat and handle bars up so I was twice as high as normal.
I rode a bicycle 7 miles everyday to deliver papers...dreamed of a Rupp mini bike.
For a middle school science project I mounted a vertical shaft lawn mower over the rear wheel of a bicycle, put a piece of heater hose on the shaft with the intent of the shaft rubbing against the side of that rear tire. I pivoted the motor with one bolt and hooked the other side to a hand brake cable to 'engage' the drive. Took the better part of a year to build. Never got the motor started after that to test my theory.
Then a friend got a Honda 50 mini trail and let me ride it. His dad made us leave it in 3rd gear so it wouldn't take off too fast.
I was hooked....mowed 7 yards/week all summer and bought my own.
Went on to buy a new CB350 @16 and new CB750 @ 19....and the rest as they say is history LOL
When I was 4, I would push the family bike around the yard as I was too little for this 24 inch bike. I would lean it up against the porch post and sit on it even though I couldn't reach the pedals.
I rode and considered myself a master of bicycles. Learned how to ride backwards sitting on the handle bars.
Built my own 'high' bike by turning one upside down so the pedals were where the seat should be, extended the seat and handle bars up so I was twice as high as normal.
I rode a bicycle 7 miles everyday to deliver papers...dreamed of a Rupp mini bike.
For a middle school science project I mounted a vertical shaft lawn mower over the rear wheel of a bicycle, put a piece of heater hose on the shaft with the intent of the shaft rubbing against the side of that rear tire. I pivoted the motor with one bolt and hooked the other side to a hand brake cable to 'engage' the drive. Took the better part of a year to build. Never got the motor started after that to test my theory.
Then a friend got a Honda 50 mini trail and let me ride it. His dad made us leave it in 3rd gear so it wouldn't take off too fast.
I was hooked....mowed 7 yards/week all summer and bought my own.
Went on to buy a new CB350 @16 and new CB750 @ 19....and the rest as they say is history LOL