Due to a set of coincidences, I have been thinking about beginning a restoration of my 1958 Cushman Scooter. My grandfather gave it to me when I was 17. My first "bike", and I rode the devil out of it for a year, until a part on the electrics broke. Never fixed it (having moved into Triumph cycles). My jerk of an Uncle sold the motor from it when I wasn't looking, and now I am thinking about buying a replacement. I have located one, $800 for a 7.25 HP. engine. I just really have to decide whether the nostalgia of the thing is worth all the bucks and time I'll spend reworking, repainting and restoring the scoot. God, I had fun with that thing. My first taste of road freedom. My mom hated it at first, but later recovered the seat for me. I'll have to work pretty hard at selling a few things and screwing up the winter budget to finance the project. Oh well, that's how I always get things done! And did I mention, that all the advertisements and pictures I see of guys riding these things look my own grandfather? If I think that my BA is a geezer magnet NOW.... whats this scooter going to bring out of the woodwork? Any words of encouragement?
