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I know that the chain guard says, "Panther". Where can I get a replacement decal? Two things are rare: front pinch breaks and a two speed controlled by hand. 1955 I think. Note the German WWI cartridge cases back of the saddle and the duck horn that was standard on early Schwinns?. The...

This U-tube talk is frightening and in formative. Go to the bathroom before watching.

Get Mikey to sit on it.

Although Joe Cargola was down with covid our second-rate (bench) team mastered a frame spreading challenge. Lacking a beefy frame spreader for this extra thick frame, they had to resort to the caveman technique of twisting ropes between posts. Just as both ropes broke, the five-inch brake and...

The Schwinn/Whizzer Work Gang Scores Two Victories. By Ray Spangler Although Joe Cargola was down with covid our second-rate (bench) team mastered a frame spreading challenge. Lacking a beefy frame spreader for this extra thick frame...

During Spring rides, you old Dip Sticks need to keep an eye on your oil.

I'll tell you what I know. I am the second owner of this set. They were found and sold from the Schwinn factory in early 1990s? Few people are in these blocks so they were for catalogues? Sorry for the poor quality but they are dark and I did the pictures in full sun. I look at these as a...

This is known as the most rare of the specialty Whizzer frames for the Ambassador kick start bike. It was also the most complicated frame to fabricate and only sold one year during Whizzer's "swan song" decline.*. I know that these pictures will make strong man faint so I included some of the...

To be fair, if there wasn't a Whizzer Joe in Illinois, we would have many of these examples to amuse us. High marks for the creative use of junk that a wife told him to throw out, but the need for a beer must have drowned some attention to detail. If the Whizzer didn't fall down then I'm okay...

Whizzer made a Sportsman delivery bike that was attached to the bumper of an auto (that had been repaired) so the mechanic could ride it back to the repair garage. This idea was "borrowed" from Harley and Indian because they already made three wheeled examples of these specialized vehicles. I...

Valentines Day is for all people who don't currenty have VD. At the Whizzer breakfast we showed just how much we appreciated our long suffering lady Valentines. Some just groaned and a few were under-whelmed but all of them smiled politely.

I didn't take a picture but I am going back soon. Someone had an example at the Portland, IN. meet? Rear gear runs a wire cord that moves the front wheel. Drip paint design on yellow 20 inch.

2023 Meet Event details Wednesday | June 28, 2023 to Saturday | July 1, 2023 All Day Jay County Fairgrounds, Portland Indiana Happy Thanksgiving everyone! The 2023 Meet will be held in Portland, Indiana, at the Jay County Fairgrounds from June 28 – July 1, 2023 The VMBC has rented the...

It has languished in my Illinois basement, dodging Chicago bullets, for the last thirty years. It has stood like a blue, moldy, slice of Wonder Bread among the chromed Whizzers and one lonely Marmon. This slowly adding to his inferiority complex. Then one day a young lad asked if it ran. That...

I didn't know where to put this on the CABE. I went to my niece's graduation and this guy and his junk bike were the center of attention. He was proficient so he didn't break anything on himself or other classmates. The lettering says Sunshine Community (?). Does this mean that there are...

The marriage has been teetering for 47 years.

Picture makes it look too orange. It is fire engine red. Because of gas damage to regular paint, this is powder coated and then pinstriped.

Cantilever frames for Schwinns also.

By Ray Spangler I was shrink wrapping an electrical wire when it occurred to me that this might solve our problem with the exhaust and throttle cable sawing at the frame’s paint. I bought a roll of wrap, and it was used on all bikes Al and I rebuilt from then on. We also used it to seal wire...

Any parts? Saddlebags?

Pay more for good non putty condition. Powder coat won't work because of the heat.

Whizzerland just lost one of its most Irreplaceable citizens. Reg Williams was an early Whizzer guy in the mold of Bob Baker. He dedicated his life to helping mate Whizzer guys, who wanted to carry a Whizzer orphan to the end of their lives, with rusty examples of American history. He was always...

Whizzer Ray’s Less-Than-Excellent Adventure By Goldenrod Hospital patients will remember their mandatory corridor walk, while tendered to a medicine drip tower. Mary and I were ready for the worm-race track just outside of my room when I was hit with the urge to drain the dragon so the pee box...

Those pesky ladies are covering up most of this 1950 Beauty. All of them are about the same age and two should be in bikinis. This is a short box version. My dear Whizzer friend, Reg Williams, took this clumsy box with wheelbarrow wheels and replaced them with a moped set of wheels and their...

This will be a short thread. Elodie is planning to upgrade to a Cushman?

Joe's Excellent Invention By Ray Spangler My engine had material around the oil plug that was so weak that it would not hold the plug without leaking. Joe used heat resistant Locktight to secure forever a plumber fitting like the ones used beneath the Whizzer gas...

It doesn't take much to amuse the corn-fed, cow pie dodgeing boys of the heartland. You just let them ride on the wrong side of the road if they get confused. Provide edible food in a trough, a place to talk and a way to get their hands dirty makes them as happy as a chicken looking at a june...

The row of cranks are only bent on one side (half finished). Red paint represents four cherry red heated areas. Joe can't trust his eye to get them straight so the blue guide board is critical. Top arm is to be bent at this stage. Why Do A Double Bend Crank Or A Single Whizzer Bended Crank...

No pits, straight and with welded on stand tube.

THEMSELVES! THINK OF THIS EVENT AS A DEADBEAT CONVENTION. WE HOPE TO BE UP TO OUR TONSILS IN SLACKERS. NOTIFY ME IF YOU WANT A $10 LUNCH OR YOU CAN EAT SCRAPES. WE GUARANTEE THAT THIS EVENT WILL BE MORE FUN THAN POKING A DEAD CAT. BRING YOUR LADY OR A RECENTLY WASHED, INFLATABLE DOLL. ALL...

People left early at Marys Door County Beach House so we contacted as many hard core, local riders as we could and we managed to drag our exhausted carcasses about 165 miles. The road beat up this black bike, the Lame Duck, so that each of its weak parts needed a pit stop on the way. David...

Put this in Google : https://onlinebicyclemuseum.co.uk/1960s-union-strano/ This is a kids bike so my bigger feet hook on the frame. It takes a leap-of-faith to get going and dismiss the laughter. The idea was to make it easies to take it on a bus or train but nothing is between your face and...

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On display in New York. The Bridgestone Picnica (Japanese: Burijisuton Pikunika line of collapsible bikes, some models featuring belt-drives, were introduced in the early 1980s and carried in the Bridgestone Cycle USA catalogs from 1985 through 1990.[1][2] It weighs 29 pounds, and belt-drive...

Seimes Park In Union, IL. 1/2 mile from the railroad museum. 9:00 on August 21, Sunday. There will be a bike and Whizzer ride. $10 Lunch for those who order it. Pictures of the Whizzer ride are from last year. No traffic on the route. Free admissions and all market spots free.

I know that we have mentioned it before but new people are being added each day. It is also the story of America. Try getting a copy on Amazon. Oops. I just looked. $165. Try your local library.

Each year I invite all Whizzer riders on the continant to sleep free at our inn in the mideast section of the beer state. We enjoy three days of butt pounding fun, dodging deer and answering questions. We are 77-80 years old but we keep wiggling our heads so that no one sees our wrinkles...

The Panasonic has a 12 speed but both have the same derailed type. The frame looks copied. The Le Tour was made in Greenville, MS? The Panasonic in Japan? The Le Tour has changed parts for my ride preferences.

Please sell or tell.

My bike is at the bottom of this thread. Please note that the steering is under your bottom. Imagine riding a log and then putting your legs up onto the log. You roll over --right? Now try pedaling forward to keep it all up. Turning is like turning an oil tanker because of its length. The...

I know that they are old and wrinkled but they could bump butts with the queen and still look like classy, parked royalty. Root Beer has her rear fender detached but I fixed it before Lizzy the 2 noticed. I attached these Masonite drink coasters used on British Nation Day. (That probably won't...

They may be in the old catalogue.

Anything you have

One t-shirt to each person until the hundred are gone. Wright Brothers. Black Honda with an old guy in a black hat. 100 Whizzer shirts, free for Whizzer guys. Picture of both sets of people at both meets? No amount of money can buy a second shirt. The printer only had white from his...

What is the best method?

I don't often endorse products but this eraser is cheap, wetted for use, and effective. I rent out vacation rentals so spots on wall paint must come off immediately and this product is rubbed until it disappears in your hand and saves painting the wall. I have not used it on bikes yet so I am...

Who cares? I do and I want to pay you back for your alerts by making a suggestion. The packed Chicago Klassic Bike Show in Carpentersville, IL was first rate. I talk to everyone, whether they want to or not (shadow effect of growing up in a small town). My wife calls it, "hostage taking"...

Notice I left one nail hanging out for you to see how they are attached. Small "wire" nails pushed through a drilled hole through these hard painted Masonite coasters. Then the nail is bent and taped inside. I will paint the nail heads white. The Lime-hugging, polite people of that rain...

Don’t Let Her Pretty Face Fool Ya, She Can Sniff Out A Whizzer Half A State Away When The Wind Is Right. By Ray Spangler She has rolled an obscene number of miles during her 22 years. Her birthing box can hold a...