Road trips.. we'r guys..it's what we do.
….Saturday 1PM...my buddy Patina Pete calls....he's all stoke'd…. " Mike ! check out the red Cushman on Craigslist ". I got a 62' Eagle and he wants my opinion… So I pull it up.... and... it's rougher then a 50 year old lot lizard. Patina Pete calls back minutes later... " MIke !.. it's still for sale ! (been posted for 3 weeks at $1000, no real surprise)… we can go look at it… ( I like how he mentions the... WE part)… "
… Saturday 2PM.. I pick up Patina Pete for a 265 mile one way " We part " to Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
We pull into the drive way and there sits this 1952 Cushman Eagle. It's difficult to see a diamond in the rough... engine turns over... no spark. Get a rag, Patina Pete is drooling... his haggle poker face isn't working. Next thing I know, 8 Benjamin's are hand'd over and we'r strap'n it down n the back of my little red truck. I can't fault the guy since a couple weeks ago I drop'd 12 Bennies on a box of M20 bits and frame.
On the way home we have a late dinner at the " Happy Chef " 80 miles from home. " Say, Pete..is the Chef flip'n us the bird ? ".
We pull into Patina's Pete's drive two hours pass my bedtime... off load his new pride and joy.... ".. say, Mike.. call my cell phone ".... ring ring.... " Happy Chef ! "... we'r guys.. it's what we do.
….Saturday 1PM...my buddy Patina Pete calls....he's all stoke'd…. " Mike ! check out the red Cushman on Craigslist ". I got a 62' Eagle and he wants my opinion… So I pull it up.... and... it's rougher then a 50 year old lot lizard. Patina Pete calls back minutes later... " MIke !.. it's still for sale ! (been posted for 3 weeks at $1000, no real surprise)… we can go look at it… ( I like how he mentions the... WE part)… "
… Saturday 2PM.. I pick up Patina Pete for a 265 mile one way " We part " to Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
We pull into the drive way and there sits this 1952 Cushman Eagle. It's difficult to see a diamond in the rough... engine turns over... no spark. Get a rag, Patina Pete is drooling... his haggle poker face isn't working. Next thing I know, 8 Benjamin's are hand'd over and we'r strap'n it down n the back of my little red truck. I can't fault the guy since a couple weeks ago I drop'd 12 Bennies on a box of M20 bits and frame.
On the way home we have a late dinner at the " Happy Chef " 80 miles from home. " Say, Pete..is the Chef flip'n us the bird ? ".
We pull into Patina's Pete's drive two hours pass my bedtime... off load his new pride and joy.... ".. say, Mike.. call my cell phone ".... ring ring.... " Happy Chef ! "... we'r guys.. it's what we do.
There are lots of different models and looks. I think the scooter looks cool. It's the old minibike tradition, which is just a big upright B&S lawnmower motor. The bigger three wheel covered thing is cool. I was reading about Froggy from Our Gang the other day and I remember he was killed on a Cushman scooter when he was just 16. I once saw a Harley Davidson lawnmower minibike unless it was just the owners invention.
