by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Friday December 05, 2014 @08:35PM (#48535695)
when we used to put a lawnmower motor on a cart made of scavenged pipes and bike weels, it cost about 150 bucks, no one gave a shit.
Not true... YOU did.
I had hours of fun putting a 2-stroke on the back of a kid's push-scooter back in the day -- motor turned a wheel that was pressed securely against the back wheel of the scooter. This was back before bike helmets and kneepads; looking back I'm amazed the whole thing never went up in flames and everyone survived.
But yeah; I don't recall spending more than $30 on the thing; it was all cast-off parts rigged to work again. Braking involved turning off the gas flow; starting involved getting up to speed and having the spark primed.
ffs... (Score:-1)
when we used to put a lawnmower motor on a cart made of scavenged pipes and bike weels, it cost about 150 bucks, no one gave a shit.
Re:ffs... (Score:1)
when we used to put a lawnmower motor on a cart made of scavenged pipes and bike weels, it cost about 150 bucks, no one gave a shit.
Not true... YOU did.
I had hours of fun putting a 2-stroke on the back of a kid's push-scooter back in the day -- motor turned a wheel that was pressed securely against the back wheel of the scooter. This was back before bike helmets and kneepads; looking back I'm amazed the whole thing never went up in flames and everyone survived.
But yeah; I don't recall spending more than $30 on the thing; it was all cast-off parts rigged to work again. Braking involved turning off the gas flow; starting involved getting up to speed and having the spark primed.