Poor Mans Motorcycle

Pappy

Pappy

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Moved back to NY from Florida. 🤓 2025
This is my Florida motorcycle. It has one people power, power handlebar steering. Speedometer goes up to 50 mph. Person operated turn signals, one kinda sick horn, thingys hanging off handlebars, convertible, no power seats, cup holder, non radial tires. But it's mine and no monthly payments.
 

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It's a Woody, too! :playful: And don't forget, no need to worry about the price of gas.

I'm still envious of that bike - better lock it up when I head South, Pap ...

... or maybe we can do a trade?

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Pappy said:
Phil.....I don't think I could peddle that bigass bike farther than the end of the driveway.
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Well, truth be known, I had two younger and stronger neighbors pull it out of the garage for me. Normally I just dress up in my biker outfit, sit on it while it's still in the garage and go "BrOOM, BrOOM!"

Also, if you look closely, you'll see there's no braking system on the bike. By the time I paid for the custom frame and the drag slick I had run out of money. But Florida's pretty much flat, right? - don't really need brakes there, right? I could probably just steer into a patch of sand or a palmetto if I really needed to stop fast.
 
Jillaroo said:
Pappy you do realise that by putting some GT stripes on your bike you will get at least an extra 5-10 mph from it
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By golly, Jillaroo, I never though of that. Some folks in the park have little electric motors that propel the darn things. Isn't that defeating the purpose of exercise?

i'm a EBay junkie and a lot of the stuff on the bike was purchased under Antique Bike section. Several accessories are from the fifties.Now, if I could just find an antenna I could hang a fox tail on it.
 
I sure remember doing that with the cards, oh and balloons too, that was great..WEEEEEE

We used to make hydroplanes out of old boards and drag them behind our bikes. Hydroplane racing is big in the PNW (Pacific Northwest)

Ah the good old days!

We love the dog too Pappy. His name is Jetson and he is my little love bug. :love_heart:
 
Pappy, have you ever had that puppy into the tach's red zone?

I like the battery-powered headlight idea - I used to have one of those generator ones, which worked a LOT better than the ol' candle-and-mirror set-up. :playful:
 

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