ebay find (vintage bicycle motor)

oh yeah thats the first one...lol...it seems they auction a display model, whats your experience?
 
It was a pretty good runner. Hard to find parts for , now, but I never needed anything other than gaskets , which are available online.Steel friction drive roller on front wheel. Same advantages & disadvantages on any friction drive. Screamer, very loud at full throttle & guesstimated 120mpg. It mated best with a middleweight, or hybrid type bike. Lightweight skinny tire racer bike had the fastest speed but in my area the roads are too rough. I weigh 175 I could do a max of 20mph, which is enough for me. Of course, a lighter rider & lighter skinny tire bike would be faster. They were sold under the names; Ohlsson & Rice, Orline, & Chicken Power kits.
 
I still have my chicken power that I rode 20+ years ago mine was the black color.
but same as most others I have seen.

there was one unusual set up for some of the chicken powers that had an extended muffler that extended all the way to lower front axle I only seen a few of those, but I have seen literally dozens of chicken powers.


the other day I was browsing evilbay myself & saw another unusual engine from my youth I belive what was called a bike bug, no I didnt bid.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Bike-Engine-Bik...5|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318|301:0|293:1|294:50

Later,
Randy
 
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It was odd that I sawChicken power kits with the extended muffler, but never saw that on one of the other O & R bike engines. Never saw a " chicken " decal on another either ! LOL
There are still many of those old " Bike Bug , Taz, Free Spirit, " etc., etc, bike engines around. Here is a link to a website all about those ;
http://bikebug.net/
 
thanks for the link I am looking it over I probably will never own own one but they are cool.

& as for the chicken powers with the decals where I grew up most had chickens on them but most I have seen outside of my neighborhood did not I guess the dealer that sold them here had the chicken decal ones? unsure.

I may can ask questions if I can find an old retired dealer an hour away in North Carolina that was a O&R dealer back when they were new. he had a huge collection & a good sized parts stash but it has been close to 10 years since I was at his house but have seen his set ups at a show I go to in July.

Randy
 
It is not hard to find the old Bike Bug type engine kits at all. Many are out there under their different names , & some only need a little work to get them going.The best, in my opinion, would be the latter version, with the square type plastic shroud over the engine. That one has a clutch & you don't have to manually lift, by lever, the engine off the drive wheel when stopping. You see them a lot on the BAY. Mike, from the link I sent , can answer about any question, supply parts, rebuild engines, etc.
That would be good to get info on old O & R parts. The biggest problem with these , { all 2 strokes ] is people leaving old gas in them. That & a fuel pump diaphram that dries out. You can find a reproduction diaphram & other O & R info, here;

http://orengines.multiply.com/
 
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