An early Christmas and my 7th...or maybe 8th childhood.

[peternap]

My wife decided to give me my Christmas present early today. When I went through my first childhood, I bought a goldwing, second childhood, a 280Z, third, a 750 Honda...so on..

Well...I now have a Whizzer



No tags or license, 100 MPG, 45 MPH (with a simple mod to the carb 35 MPH stock)...Being childish with an understanding wife is great. BTW the basic design is unchanged since the 40's

[MountainDon]

   I have memories of those. We had a neighbor with a Whizzer when I was a young teen.

[Redoverfarm]

My wife doesn't like to shop for me at Christmas.  She saws all I want are tools and she is afraid she will get the wrong thing.  Thank goodness for a color printer and the net. Now when she ask for a list I just copy and hand her the pages.  I am not a scrooge but I really don't need anything and my feelings wouldn't be hurt if I got a lump of coal.  It's for the kids.

Peter don't you know those things are dangerous.  I had two Goldwings. First I totaled in Bayone NJ on my way to Nova Scotia.  Rode alot then 84 model had for 12 months and had 13,000 miles. His insurance on a 76 Monte Carlo in NJ is not enough. Barely covered my bike , trailer and hosp bills(nothing serious).  But I am hard headed and waited a year and bought a 87 Aspencade. Had it 12 years with only 18,000 miles.  Then the boy came into the picture and needed a farm tractor worse. Sold it to my BIL and got the tractor.  Nice thing about it is that I can still use it if I want.  Haven't been on it since.

[peternap]

Peter don't you know those things are dangerous.

I know it ...but it's just so much fun

I've been an avid bicycle rider for years. I rode up to 20 miles a day. But with my knee and leg going west, I haven't done it for about a year. This is a nice in between sport and is as much bicycle as motorcycle.

Gas is a consideration too. We have a Focus that gets good milage but I have a diesel eating truck and my wife has a gas guzzling Landrover. The Focus just gets used for trips back to the Valley.

The whizzer is perfect for errands. I filled it up with gas this evening for $1.00