Where does Larry Master find this stuff, anyway? This is a new in the box Whizzer ashtray from the 40's. The picture says it all. Another rare find - is this like-new Whizzer mechanical pencil. The tiny bike floats back and forth in a fluid-filled cylinder when you tip the pencil. The inscription reads Whizzer Bike Motors…
Busy To Fall Wind Calendar Up Year Davenport Antique Motorcycle Meet - Labor Day weekend, August 30 thru Sept. L at fairgrounds in Davenport, IA Chicago Area Picnic and Ride - Sunday, Sept. 8 at 8 AM Nate Palmer and Art Rice are sponsoring a ride around the quiet back roads of Barrington Hills, followed by a…
If you could place a degree of difficulty in collecting Whizzers, you would probably start with the H and J kit engines, then work your way up through Pacemaker, Sportsman, Ambassador, S-10 and some of the pre-war models. But certainly one of the most unusual and hard to acquire variants has to be the Martin Roadrunner, which…
This giant four-color diecut sign was self-supporting and fastened between the handlebars and seat. Dealer instructions Are on following page. compliments of lohn Koehnlce Cycle. These life-size cardboard gas tanks had bright rcd plastic inserts sticking through slots cut in the name "Whizzer." The idea was to place a light bulb in back to create the effect…
Collector profilesA Stroll Down Memory Lane With Larry And Harve Finding parts for old bikes and Whizzers isn't as easy as going to your local Ace hardware. Or is it? A trip to Memory Lane in Perrysburg, Ohio, is like a trip back in time, with aisle after aisle of hard to find NOS stock. But you…
OHV Whizzers Past and Present Somehow, the idea of putting high-performance speed equipment on something as anemic as a Whizzer engine seems like a contradiction in terms (like the oxymoron "jumbo shrimp"), but leave it to the guys in California to come up with such an idea. Actually, the overhead valve modifications are almost as old as…