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[Keats]

This is the first one I have seen

[Talon]

Just saw one the other day going down the road.

[Keats]

another

[Keats]

suicide shift and all

[Talon]

I've seen a couple of guys riding these here in town, but Wednesday I was in a town 30 mile away and there was one going down the road. Here's some pics from a Cushman club web page.

http://www.hobbytech.com/featurebike.htm

[Buy early]

I remember those. As Debbie said in American Graffiti "thats almost a motorcycle."

[Talon]

You got me looking, here's a couple of videos.

[JCZ]

I remember the Cushman.  It never ran but I traded it for a Tote Goat (it barely ran).  I first started riding on the canal banks here in the big valley.

Here's a pic of a Tote Goat that I found on the net....

[Master Guns]

My first motorized two wheeler was a Cushman.  I believe I was 15 when I got it.  It was a red Cushman Eagle.  It had a two speed transmission.  I put many miles on it.  A few years ago there was a Cushman club near my hometown.  I don't know if it is still active or not.  The last I looked, it would cost you $5,000 to $6,000 for a good Cushman from the sixties today.

[2harleys]

Rode a blue one in 1966 and 1967,  In Colorado, back then, you could get a license to ride a scooter under 8 HP at the age of 14. We rode Cushman's and a few Vespa's back in the day. A couple of us pushed the HP limit and rode 150 cc Honda's, but I never had the money to ride something that expensive. Had to use my school lunch money to buy the gas at 25 cents a gallon. Most of the time we only had enough money for a half gallon or less. I saw a Cushman club going over the Million dollar highway from Ouray to Durango a couple of years ago. There were about 30 of them that had come from all over the country. Brought back a few memories. They had a two speed trans and a suicide clutch, although you did not need clutch to stop and go as it was a centrifugal design clutch. Use the clutch at a stop with engine wound out and it would squeal the back tire. Also first to second would throw gravel from the back tire. AHHH -- the good ole days

[cvobiker]

I remember the Cushman.  It never ran but I traded it for a Tote Goat (it barely ran).  I first started riding on the canal banks here in the big valley.

Here's a pic of a Tote Goat that I found on the net....

JC are you going to do a full restoration on that monster or just enjoy the heck out of it??  Looks like it can take on some steep mountains.. What is the gearing or how many.     Looks like fun.    

[SG Racer]

There are a lot of old Vespa's and a few Cushman's over in Pakistan. A friend of mine bought a restored Cushman over there. He paid about 2 grand for it. It was in great shape. There are a lot of people riding them too.

[Shovelhead]

Here is an old Fort Worth Shriner's Silver Eagle, 1958 I believe....

[faceracer]

Pulled into Rabbit Hash 2 Sundays ago and there was a Cushman club there. They were all in the 70's or better as it looked to me. There were about 20 of them and one was a 2 cylinder with a Mikuni hanging off the side and straight pipes. sounded real good when he rode off.


Couldn't get the pic up on my phone quick enough of my first bike. I wanted to ask on of the old timers if it was a Cushman or just someting someone built?

[dayne66]

I've seen a few of those around The Island (esp in Victoria) and never knew what they were. If I get a chance I'm gong to have a closer look.


.....started off having a great day this morning,had not been lied to or treated like a fool, then I visited an H-D dealer service dept>>>>>Too bad there is much truth to that statement, Shovelhead!!