Data tag located on the head tube . Not criticizing , only helping with your bicycle frame part nomenclature . Edited to add ; Thank You so much for sharing this magical part of history . I've known about whizzers for several decades yet have never seen one in person . This is a beautiful example . Ive assembled several china doll kits and i feel they are very inferior to this machine . I really did enjoy watching this video . I hope you create many fond memories with this machine . Thanks again .

@MaverickModds

2 ай бұрын

I appreciate the clarification! I readily admit my bicycle knowledge is somewhat lacking. I never knew Whizzers existed until seeing this one - it was fun researching it's history and the history of motorized bicycles in general.

The reflectors and telescopic tube forks were my dead give away that it was a later one.

I had one when I was about 14. That would have been around 1957. I was pretty sure it was a 2 stroke, but not positive. I didn't know a whole lot about mechanical things back then. I do remember that the engine locked up on me and it could have been because I didn't put oil in the gas. It was just a kit that I put on my Schwinn Tank type bicycle.

@MaverickModds

2 ай бұрын

I missed out on the whole add-a-motor to your bike, my first was an actual motorcycle. Used to ride my cousin's Honda Dream then I got a Yamaha 125.

Do you think that took him back to his childhood somehow? What a cool thing, but no, it's another hole in the head! Fun video, especially with the backstory.

@MaverickModds

2 ай бұрын

Beats me, maybe. I'm hoping it will take some other lucky person back to his childhood though!

@chtdmt

2 ай бұрын

@@MaverickModds We're putting it out there. Fingers crossed.

Well at least it not a fizzer!

@MaverickModds

2 ай бұрын

Not so far! 😁

Update when you have it for sale, I’d be interested.

@MaverickModds

Ай бұрын

Will do. The shop is buried in Firebird parts right now, I'll be able to finish the Whizzer as soon as I free up some working space.

i bought my first moped brand new in 2006. i hate to say it but i dont think this thing is worth anything. little bikes like that were really popular at that time and theyre a dime a dozen. maybe worth a few hundred bucks. just my opinion i may be wrong! edit: i got my second moped in 2011 and it was a pepboys honda knockoff and it was amazing and that's when i learned all these little china motors are cheap and wonderful. so i think your whizzer is a generic pepboys moped trying to cash in on nostalgia with cheap taiwan parts.

@MaverickModds

2 ай бұрын

It's probably not worth as much as a true original Whizzer but it has some value to the right person.