try 1897
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Hi to all , I'm Tom in West Virginia. I live in the eastern panhandle of the state. Our small 3 county portion of the state is no where anything like the rest of WV . The mountains are the same but the people are mostly transplants (like me ) from Washington DC or Baltimore Md suberbs. We all moved out here to get away from the hussel and bussel of the city not to mention the taxes and high prices. Problem is it followed us and now this is the big city. Oh well maybe its time to move farther out. Several years ago I got a sears free spirit bike assist motor kit and built a bike using it. It was a rub the front tire type of thing and I instlled it on a 26" bike with a banana seat and ape hanger bars and painted the thing barnum and bailly red,blue yellow green spots and stripes and had a horn and bells and kinda Pee Wee Hermanished the thing. It was slow and smoked alot but was the talk of the town for sure.One day a guy offered me 100 dollars for it and the rent was due so ...............I found an old small 2 stroke engine last summer and was looking to mount it on a bike. While surfing the net for parts I came across Kings and they had an 80cc on sale and I had the cash so now I have my second motorbike the 80 chain drive. Much better and faster. I'm looking to start a third project with a chopper or a strech . So far I'm the only one riding in our town with the exception of a guy in the next town over who rides a rear engine bike but our paths have yet to cross. I wish the would cause he'd never catch me. ha ha ....................Tom in WV