Save me from a new and expensive passion!

[Bill in Oregon]

Oh, man, I can just see myself scooting down to the grocery store in a leather helmet on one of these ....

http://www.sportsmanflyer.com/

[Blaine]

That looks like a real kick in the butt You have to post some road test pics, ya know

[Pitchy]

Nothin new under the sun, we used to build such contraptions.
Those are cool, ya better get one Bill.

[Bill in Oregon]

Dang it fellas, more enabling ...

Oh, I'm just a poor old aging baby boomer trying to find new and innovative ways to break my fool neck ...

[Blaine]

Dang it fellas, more enabling ...

Oh, I'm just a poor old aging baby boomer trying to find new and innovative ways to break my fool neck ...

You have endless opportunities on the Rogue, Sir....

[Old Savage]

Cool but I would turn the handle bars over.

[2ndovc]

Very cool!!

Needs a scabbard and '92 SRC!

jb

[mikld]

How cool is that! I want one, but with a 100cc Mac...

Maybe they'll bring back board track racing?

[stretch]

That looks like a hoot, Bill!

Why would yer buddies try to talk ya out of
that much fun?!?

-Stretch

[deafrn]

I believe this was the final installment on a series of clips:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wryy-TZVbdk

It does look fun; I understand that trying to get one "legal" for street riding is an exercise in frustration.

[Bill in Oregon]

That Dixie Flyer is a beauty. Love the sound of that Honda engine. Another Youtube worth watching is the 1915 yellow Cyclone replica.
I can barely change a truck tire, so I don't know if I am cut out to do much work on one o' these bad boys, but it would be a lot of fun.
In many jurisdictions, if you keep the engine at 50 cc or so, you are legally riding a bike. For the more powerful bikes, there is a gray area to deal with. I hear a lot of racing is springing up with the motorized bikes on go-kart tracks.

[awp101]

That looks like a real kick in the butt

And about as comfortable.

There Bill, how's that for a voice of sanity?

[earlmck]

And about as comfortable.

Uh, Bill. I hate to break this to you but.... they've made some very worthwhile improvements to motorcycles in the last 120 years. As opposed to leveraction rifles.

[Old Savage]

[Marvin S]

Pretty slick looking but the way my back has been feeling maybe some ape hangers would do the trick.

[1894c]

Oh, man, I can just see myself scooting down to the grocery store in a leather helmet on one of these ....

http://www.sportsmanflyer.com/

i'm afraid it's way too late to offer salvation (especially on this forum) from any addiction--now go, buy, and submit pics so others may follow in your destructive path... :)

[Streetstar]

I could try to talk you out of it, but instead i posted the link to my "favorites" bar

this is one of my racing bicycles from way back -- (for "board track" aka velodrome , racing ) --- i'm also a very sick man

[M. M. Wright]

Hey Pitchy,
I built my own when I was about 12 or 14. Used the 2 cyl opposed engine from a target drone airplane. Sure was hard to start.

[Pitchy]

Walkswithgun had the last one i built, it had a Brigs engine if i remember right.
I`ve been itching to build another one for years now.
I`ve heard of people using a chainsaw enging on one that i`d think would work good as it has a clutch on it already.

[Bill in Oregon]

Pitchy, you've got to do the build and let us watch!

[Pitchy]

Maybe later this winter, busy getting up fire wood now.
That and don`t know if i really need one.