A phone call from my nephew got me thinking....

LOL, Story I was told by my mom for years, Apparently I took the cylinder head off dads lawnmower when I was just three years old... Sorry, I have no memory of said event...

I do remember taking my bike apart & putting it back together when I was six, including the rear hub & crankset...

When I was twelve I got a complete Tecumseh three horse vertical shaft engine in pieces in a box... Crank & cam, valves & tappets... All loose in a box... It took me a few days but it ran... And then I scrounged up a Taco mini bike with a blown engine.. Wheels Baby!!
Unfortunately living on a military base in Turkey at the time I rode it maybe five times before base security confiscated it... Pricks... Funny, I have neighbors who get pissed off when kids ride their dirt bikes in the area... I flash back to being a kid & hope they enjoy themselves...

I've always been more at home in a shop than just about anywhere else... Just how I'm built..