Snarley Bill Posted April 10, 2011 #1 Posted April 10, 2011 here are some cushman pics of my finished winter project. it is a 1958 cushman pacemaker with an electric start 390 cc, honda clone engine, with a cvt drive. after hundreds of hours of work i finally got ti done and even rode it.
Snaggletooth Posted April 10, 2011 #2 Posted April 10, 2011 Now that is nice work Snarley. Very slick!
eagleeye Posted April 10, 2011 #6 Posted April 10, 2011 Beautiful! A job well done. The ones that I remember were much larger than that one, but around the same era. Steve
Eck Posted April 10, 2011 #7 Posted April 10, 2011 Bill, Once again you have shown what great things you can do with your hands and once your mind is set on doing something. Excellent my friend............Another job well done:clap2: I like the color tone.......
Gary N. Posted April 10, 2011 #8 Posted April 10, 2011 Great job Bill! Not surprised after seeing some of your other work. Do you have a before picture?
naturbar Posted April 10, 2011 #9 Posted April 10, 2011 now where is that pedal that you must pull up to start the engine ??? like many here, that was one of the scooters i admired as a jr. high schooler. very nice job.....kudos !!
Freebird Posted April 10, 2011 #10 Posted April 10, 2011 I love it Bill. I never owned one but I always wanted to. That looks just beautiful.
b2dad Posted April 10, 2011 #12 Posted April 10, 2011 Why don't you bring it to my meet next month and we can try it out! It really does look great, nice job!
Snarley Bill Posted April 10, 2011 Author #16 Posted April 10, 2011 Great job Bill! Not surprised after seeing some of your other work. Do you have a before picture?i have pic's of the before. here are some more of the finished product.
hipshot Posted April 10, 2011 #17 Posted April 10, 2011 Gnarley-Snarley!!!! i absolutely love it. have you thought about mass production , yet? just jt
Shorty Posted April 10, 2011 #18 Posted April 10, 2011 Beautiful! A job well done. The ones that I remember were much larger than that one, but around the same era. Steve Here's a picture of what my 1946 Cushman sorta looked like minus the sidecar. With all that room under the skirting I wonder if it would be possible to put in a Venture motor?????
DragonRider Posted April 10, 2011 #19 Posted April 10, 2011 BIll awesome job by an experienced machinist.......fantastic looking scooter, I bet it makes heads turn everywhere you go. Wish I had something like that to ride back and forth to work.............really a cool looking scoot. How about bringing it down to Vogel with you..........win best of class........and I mean any class!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:thumbsup:
buddy Posted April 11, 2011 #22 Posted April 11, 2011 Bill you did an excellent job there doesn't even look like the same bike first time you posted photos before you started the rebuild it looked like something Fred Sanford would call a pile of junk Great job Bill very nice indeed....... Buddy
dunsonaventure Posted April 11, 2011 #23 Posted April 11, 2011 Bill, that thing is beautiful. havent seen one quite like that.
Snarley Bill Posted April 11, 2011 Author #24 Posted April 11, 2011 nice:thumbsup2: NOW!!! just how FAST IS IT???? i calculated the gearing for 70 mph at 3500 rpm. i'm hoping it will cruise at 60. top speed may be around 80. the last one i built for my buddy was a 58 eagle. it has a built briggs v-twin with a 4 speed we designed and built. it will top 100 mph. i have a 58 eagle partially built with a 53 crosely 4cyl. engine in it and a cvt drive it is 750 cc's. some day i will get back to work on it. there are alot of cushmans out there with big motors, like sporster engines. a friend of mine has one with 2 briggs v-twin vanguards in it. thats 1260 cc's. lots going on in the world of cushmans. it's a great hobby alot of folks are involved in it.
Squidley Posted April 11, 2011 #25 Posted April 11, 2011 Looks great Bill, as always your projects are amazing!
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