Vintage Bicycle Item Quiz

[fasteddy]

Megden Publishing Co.
[email protected]

These folks have reprinted,
American Racer 1900-194
American Racer 1940-1980
The American Motorcycle1869-1914
I dont know if they are still available.
Steve.

 

[MotorbikeMike]

Vintage Bicycle Item Quiz Engine kit history(sidenote)

Posted by Dan
Re: Vintage Bicycle Item Quiz
Great thread! Any thoughts on or history of the first kits? Made to add to a bike. I keep thinking they were WW2 English. Am I wrong?

Dan, buddy, I don't have enough time to truly research this now, BUT Whizzer started in Los Angeles in 1939, and they were "copycats" in a way themselves.

By WW2 MANY motor add-on kit companies had already come and gone, including a motorwheel made by Briggs and Stratton, to either use on mini-buckboard (read early go-kart), and bicycle versions.

Yes in Brittan, Germany, and other places there were many engine kit companies.

Mike

 

[fasteddy]

I e-mailed Megden Publishing and they do have the books.
Looks like a Visa moment.
Steve.

 

[Dan]

Very Cool guys, thanks