The RZ350 represented the end of an area for road going two strokes. Decked out in its beautiful Kenny Roberts inspired bodywork, the RZ was not only good looking, but an incredible ride. Compared with its 4 stroke competition, the RZ was light and fast. On a smooth road, the suspension could be firmed […]
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Unique in the world, the Snow Hawk is made from the fusion of three powersports which include the motorcycle, watercraft, and snowmobile. The Hawk Junior 60 is a small snow bike weighing barely 100 lbs., built for kids 5 to 10 years old wishing to move and play in the snow. The seat height is
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Unique in the world, the Snow Hawk is made from the fusion of three powersports which include the motorcycle, watercraft, and snowmobile. The Hawk Junior 120 is a small snow bike weighing barely 120 lbs., built for teens and adults under 160 lbs. The seat height is 31”. It is fitted with a tuned pipe,
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Johann Puch & Company of Austria was focused on the manufacture of motorcycles for the first half of the twentieth century. Post-war Europe needed small, economical transportation, and Puch filled that need with the “Baby Puch,” also known as the Steyr-Daimler-Puch ms50, inventing a new method of two-wheeled transport–the moped. Sears sold these bikes
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The Peugeot Scoot’elec is considered to be the first successful mass-market electric scooter. It was based on and shared many parts with Peugeot’s entry-level gas scooter, the Zenith. Although the electric bike’s 40 km (25 mile) range was not met with much excitement, the performance and expected operating costs were. As fast or faster than
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Peugeot is considered to be the most prestigious French bicycle. In the early 1920s, a Parisian company named SICAM (“Société Industrielle de Construction Automobile et Motocycliste”) began constructing engines for bicycles. Marcel Violet (a French specialist in 2-stroke engines) and engineers Charles Benoît (inventor) and Abel Bardin (manager) lead the wave of motorization of bicycles
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In the 1950s and ‘60s there were over 300 motorcycle manufacturers in Italy. Paglianti was one of the small manufacturers in business from 1948-1966. They built 49cc mopeds and 75cc mini scooters using engines from three different manufacturers. This model is the 75cc mini scooter version using a French-made Morini engine. The mini scooter
During the communist regime in Poland, scooters were associated with the freedom and luxury of the West. After World War II, when the motoring industry had numerous difficulties to overcome, scooters became very popular in Eastern Bloc countries, especially during the second half of the 1950s. Warszawska Fabryka Motocykli (Warsaw Motorcycle Factory), or WFM, led
