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Originally Posted by WarrenS
The early motorcycles were nothing more than motorized bicycles. Your Schwinn should be called a motor bike similar to the Whizzer. The one that fooled me was the Mustang. It had small wheels like a scooter but was a motorcycle with engine in the proper place and gears. I read that they raced it on dirt track against the Harley dirt tracker and it easily beat the Harley. The AMA racing committee made a rule that dirt trackers had to have a minimum wheel size of 16 inches.
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Hi Warren
Aye thats what i consider my schwinn to be a "motorbike"
And i love the Mustang
http://www.mmcoa.org/
One day im going to get one of them or maybe even one of their modern counterpart's
http://californiascooterco.com/
Take care and ride safely dear friend
Yours Hank
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Last edited by inuyasha; 02-07-2013 at 05:55 PM.
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