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Old 08-02-2008, 08:43 PM
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Default Just add engine?

if you asked me, this wacky homebrew recumbentnt project over at Instructables.com is just begging for some inspired tinkerer to slap a weedeater engine out over the front wheel in place of those pedals.

i'm not naming any names, but i think i know just the man for the job...

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Old 08-02-2008, 10:58 PM
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LOL Uncle Kudzu.....I can just imagine it with a side car and a string trimmer motor hanging off the rear wheel.

If a guy had a side car with space to fit a 36 quart cooler and load that with dry ice and Ice Cream bars etc he could have people buying his ice cream just to get a look at the bike .....and make enough money to pay for his project.

I can see it all painted white, the rider all in white shorts with knee socks and perhaps a market umbrella to open up and of course a boom box with some
music to draw people in. It could be the main attraction at the beach or pool.
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Old 08-03-2008, 12:07 PM
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If a guy had a side car with space to fit a 36 quart cooler and load that with dry ice and Ice Cream bars etc he could have people buying his ice cream just to get a look at the bike .....and make enough money to pay for his project
hey! i just became a statistic in the slowing economy. this might be an unexploited income oppurtunity for a motivated, enterprising riquimbilisto
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Old 08-03-2008, 05:01 PM
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these things draw so much attention there has to be a money making idea somewhere. I'm thinking messenger service with adv space all over the bike and the uniform of the rider.

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