New guy checking in

Hi. Recently my son showed me a picture of a replica board track racer. He was impressed to say the least...... me too. I guess I'm still a kid at heart We're considering building one from an old bicycle and have LOTS of questions. Nice to be here.

Well........ I did a little reading on this site and have come to the conclusion that it is apparently not legal to ride anything, like we were planning to build, on the street here in Ontario. The worst part is knowing that I can walk into a store tomorrow, hand them my Visa, and walk out with a shiny new, offshore, electric piece of garbage scooter, and somehow be perfectly legal. It's a real shame, but remember, it's still a free country, AS LONG AS YOU DO EXACTLY WHAT THEY TELL YOU TO DO. Yep, I'm upset.
Glad I found this site, and thanks to all that have posted about Ontario laws in the past.

Thanks guys,
Well I guess I was just venting before. I'm going to do some thinking before I throw in the towel. I do have a fendered "cruiser" style bike in the shed that my wife no longer uses, a couple of old 3 or 5hp (can't remember) Robin engines in the garage somewhere, a centrifugal clutch or 2, enough DOM tubing to make a springer style fork, etc. Somewhere around here is a Briggs vertical 3.5 that has a reduced speed horizontal pto on it. Heck I even have a couple of OLD but rebuilt 16hp horizontal twins in the garage manufactured by the Packard motor company, but that would be crazy and Heavy..... lol. We'll see.....