This is where it all started. Well, pretty close. The first motorcycles were actually bicycles that some crazy guy strapped an engine to. Of course, you had to have a gas tank for the petrol, and some sort of drive system. That's how they did it around 1900.
They're still doing it today too.
Whizzer Motorbike actually opened it's doors in 1939. The first Whizzers were kits - you had to have a Schwinn bicycle and Whizzer would send you the kit to convert it (you can still get this kit today!). It wasn't too long before Whizzers came straight from the factory as full motor-bikes. They were immensely popular in the 1940's and 50's, but as cool as they were, the original company went out of business in 1965.
They're back, as of 1998.
The power plant is still the heart and soul of the Whizzer - it's a 138cc 4-stroke engine.
While the top speed is around 30 mph, that's plenty with the very basic brakes - a small drum on the front, and coaster brakes on the back. You remember coaster brakes, don't you? Pedal backwards and you slow down?
Chalk up the slow speed to the rudimentary transmission - you let the clutch out, you go; pull it in, you can stop.
However, you will get a phenomenal 125 miles per gallon!!!
Whizzer's start at $1595.00, plus tax, tag, & title.
2005 and newer models have the new NE5 cylinder head engine, which runs much cooler and produces more power.
New for 2006 are the Corvette Yellow and the British Racing Green color options!
Love the BRG color? Get a Whizzer and a Royal Enfield in matching BRG!!!
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Get the root of the motorcycle evolutionary tree - Whizzers Rock!!!
*Not responsible for hours lost talking to old guys at the gas station about their Whizzer Motorbikes from back in the day.
Best of all is the sound - pull up to another place's bike night, you'll damn near get laughed off the lot, until you fire it up that is.
See, it's a straight pipe with a megaphone tip. Pull the baffle out (15 seconds for a klutz), and it'll humble a Harley!!!
Whizzer Motorbike Pictures
