Yet another "side" project, LOL

"When I was a kid," summer of 67, I bought a 55 or 50, can't remember. Looked almost exactly like this one. Drove it for three hot, rainless months while I had my 57 Chev apart. The night we got the 57 running, we got it all together except the mufflers, and it opened up and just POURED. The gutters of the streets were full. We were driving around town Fri / Sat night in the pouring rain, with no mufflers, LOL

I drove that little bike all over, and only had to replace a rear wheel bearing. I sold it at the end of the summer for almost to the dollar what I had into it..........as I remember, about 125 bucks

I think I paid 550 for this one.

This one has the "hi lo" range sub transmission, but the old 50 / 55 I had did not. In order to do any "serious" trail riding, you had to bolt on the "piggyback" trail sprocket, and add some links to the chain. I never had that on the little bike.

In Idaho, if a bike does not shift and classifies as a moped, SMALLER than 50cc, you can run it with no title, no license plate. But it must be "as manufactured" for street use, that is, these toy scooters are not legal. You do need to have insurance, and, I believe, a car type license.

So even a Honda 50 is a "motorcycle" by the law, and you must get the motorcycle endorsement. I've been looking it over, and "as usual" the bureaucrats are full of crap

You have to do stuff like make a "panic" stop and get your tire inside of some box. So, when, on the street, was the last time you had to do that?

Or weave around 6 dead babies in a row?

Also, one question on the sample test was "where is the shifter located?" "Correct" answer of course is "near the left hand foot peg." I guess the test writers haven't seen too many bikes, AKA "suicide shifters" and the Europeans with shifters on that there OTHER side LOL