deacon
minor bike philosopher
Since my wife is at the beach with our daughter and the grand kids, I am riding my WW bike everywhere I go. It had been doing quite well. The current one is truly a WW ryobi engine mounted on the rear of a 20" bmx. Other than the engine the only modification is a long seat post with a cruiser seat on top of it. The handlebars are higher because I had a larger set laying around the shop. It has a single cruiser brake on the rear nothing special at all.
But as I was riding home I got to thinking.not a lot of people build or ride these little beasts but the little 2cycle motor under 40 or so cc needs a name. When one says China Girl one knows what it is. Everyone knows a mountain bike or a cruiser. A board track racer or even a rat rod. But the smaller engine bike isn't necessarily a weed whacker. It can be a blower or even a water pump engine. So I propose a new designation for smaller louder bikes. For my own use I am going to dub all my small bikes WASP. It's the noise they make, and even their tenacity.
So I am going down to make a picture of my WASP as it sits now.
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This is probably the simplest most basic motor bike I have built lately. BTY the grips on the handle bars are wrapped cut up inner tube and black tape. The mirror is a spot mirror from the auto store for a two bucks and a piece of the light weight angle with the holes in it. so the bike has zero fancy stuff.
For my wife: yes honey I look like a circus bear on it.
But as I was riding home I got to thinking.not a lot of people build or ride these little beasts but the little 2cycle motor under 40 or so cc needs a name. When one says China Girl one knows what it is. Everyone knows a mountain bike or a cruiser. A board track racer or even a rat rod. But the smaller engine bike isn't necessarily a weed whacker. It can be a blower or even a water pump engine. So I propose a new designation for smaller louder bikes. For my own use I am going to dub all my small bikes WASP. It's the noise they make, and even their tenacity.
So I am going down to make a picture of my WASP as it sits now.
Uploaded with ImageShack.us
This is probably the simplest most basic motor bike I have built lately. BTY the grips on the handle bars are wrapped cut up inner tube and black tape. The mirror is a spot mirror from the auto store for a two bucks and a piece of the light weight angle with the holes in it. so the bike has zero fancy stuff.
For my wife: yes honey I look like a circus bear on it.
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