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Time passages
Attached to a recent email from my Sis.
The year was 1962, the scooter a 1947 Cushman - retired from March AFB(yes, it was blue at one time).
Purchased for $50.00 with my own money(which was a lot of $ for this kid back then).
I called it the "Tomato Can".
It was a major change from the 1907 Harley(not mine, I only wished it was)I had learned to ride through the cow pastures of Oklahoma five years earlier.
But all the same, this one had wheels and a motor and best of all.....it was mine.
So too was the world it allowed me to explore(however small that world was at age 15)
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Do you have an early photo memory of your first? If so, we'd like to see it.
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Very nice...
Having lost all the pictures of my past I do not have one of my first....It was built from plans in Popular Mechanix magazine. Briggs engine, cessna wheels no brakes, no clutch but we had a blast with it while it lasted...Great picture of your first...
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Hi Jerbear,
Re: Do you have an early photo memory of your first? If so, we'd like to see it.
Why, yes I do:
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My first motor vehicle was a little 2-wheeler called a DoodleBug. It was the summer of 1954 & I had a paper route. I paid $20 for it & I had mobility. It really did change my world.
Jerry Baumchen
PS) The following year, I bought a Cushman; just like the one in your photo.
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First new motorcycle, Honda 175 Scrambler. $ 495.00 if memory serves me (1970 s).
Last edited by Saluda; 03-30-2017 at 12:43 PM.
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Wasn't into comic books but, Popular Mechanics...whole different story
Originally Posted by Chupaca
Having lost all the pictures of my past I do not have one of my first....It was built from plans in Popular Mechanix magazine. Briggs engine, cessna wheels no brakes, no clutch but we had a blast with it while it lasted...Great picture of your first...
Understand about lost pictures for sure . Didn't even know this one existed, until my Sis sent it. Popular Mechanics 'How To' remember it well...now, those were the days.
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Originally Posted by JerryB
Hi Jerbear,
Re: Do you have an early photo memory of your first? If so, we'd like to see it.
Why, yes I do:
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My first motor vehicle was a little 2-wheeler called a DoodleBug. It was the summer of 1954 & I had a paper route. I paid $20 for it & I had mobility. It really did change my world.
Jerry Baumchen
PS) The following year, I bought a Cushman; just like the one in your photo.
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Likely a newer version for sure
Originally Posted by Bob Denman
Jer,
Your Mini Bike picture seems to indicate that it actually had a real braking system (rear wheel only.)
Ours only had a "scrubber", that would rub against the rear wheel tread, when you mashed the pedal. It was completely ineffective if you were riding in the evening, and the tire was the least bit damp...
No doubt the one pictured has much better features than the tennis shoe draggers you guys had back when.
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So true
Originally Posted by Bob Denman
Just think of all the excitement that you can miss out on, when you have functioning brakes!
(I know that I put ours down in the creek-bed on more than a few occasions!)
Remember the first wood go cart I built(didn't like the pull rope steering) so added a steering wheel system(my first). Turn the wheel right and you went left. Kinda exciting.
Was how we learned - if we lived?
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Ahhh, the old mini-bikes.
50 odd years later, and my sister STILL gives me grief because she crashed mine. Apparently it was my fault that she wasn't listening when I told her there were no brakes, and to stop she needed to short the spark plug wire
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Hi Jerbear,
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Yup. No muffler, no lights, no electrics, 2-cycle engine, no transmission - slip clutch, kick start, hand brake, no license, no insurance, just give her the gas: And away we go.
Jerry Baumchen
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My first two wheels was a 1955 Cushman Eagle I bought in 1960 that looked almost exactly like this one. Rode it into a bush the first 20 feet! Oldest brother said I better come home from school and practice a little bit before I tried riding it to school! 40 mph top speed! Made a passenger seat for the back that could be swapped out for a metal box my brother made so I could haul my lunch and whatever. They actually weren't very safe riding. Honda 50cc Cub killed off Cushman scooters.
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Thanks guys
Originally Posted by IdahoMtnSpyder
My first two wheels was a 1955 Cushman Eagle I bought in 1960 that looked almost exactly like this one. Rode it into a bush the first 20 feet! Oldest brother said I better come home from school and practice a little bit before I tried riding it to school! 40 mph top speed! Made a passenger seat for the back that could be swapped out for a metal box my brother made so I could haul my lunch and whatever. They actually weren't very safe riding. Honda 50cc Cub killed off Cushman scooters.
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Compared to the "Tomato Can" you had the Sport version Cushman.
Originally Posted by Smutt
Think I actually remember those bikes. If memory serves me, Sears sold them?
Man, what are those? Razor blades on that front fender.
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Originally Posted by Saluda
First new motorcycle, Honda 175 Scrambler. $ 495.00 if memory serves me.
Mine was burnt orange. Yesterday's cognac???
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Originally Posted by Jerbear
Compared to the "Tomato Can" you had the Sport version Cushman.
Think I actually remember those bikes. If memory serves me, Sears sold them?
Man, what are those? Razor blades on that front fender.
Yes the Allstate was sold by Sears, it was Simpson Sears here in Canada. The plate requirement was one on each side in the front and one in the back. If you ran into something you would cut it in two.
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Show Chrome Passenger Armrest
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Ron's Shock Adjusters
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BRP Trailer Hitch
CB Communications System
Spyderpop's Bump-Skid
Spyderpop's Belt Guard
JT's Rear Fender
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I still have cinders in my knee from trying to stop my home built, direct drive, mini bike with a.7.5 H.P. West Bend without brakes. It was a blast until the police impounded it and took it home to my father. Dad made me tear it down and put the wheels and engine back on the Simplex go-kart.
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