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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 03:50 AM
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I'm laughing at this bicycle brand name.
It's in a photograph from about 1950, for a brand name of bicycles.

"Wizzer." :D
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reticulatus Donating Member (94 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 04:08 AM
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1. George "Wizzer" Bush
Was that the bicycle that he just fell off?
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punpirate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 04:09 AM
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2. Must be equipped with...
... what used to be known as a "pilot's relief tube."

;)
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ConcernedCanuk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 09:32 AM
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3. Of course I had to check it out - there's even a "Panther-Whizzer"
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1939
August Breene-Taylor Engineering, a Los Angeles-based manufacturer of airplane parts, announced the availability of the Whizzer Model "D" Bicycle Motor. This kit sold for $54.95 and included an air-cooled, four-cycle engine that was capable of producing 1.375 horsepower as well as a 2/3 gallon fuel tank. Approximately 1000 Model "D" motors were made and sold.

1955
Whizzer Motorbike Company changed names to become Whizzer Industries, Inc. and began to expand into other areas of production. Whizzer Industries produced childrens' toys and wagons as well as windows and sliding doors. The company continued to sell parts for Whizzer engines and bikes until 1965, but times had changed and the Whizzer was no longer king.

1998
The Whizzer has returned and

Motorbike fun is back again!

http://www.eldercustomcycles.com/wizzer_motor_bike-1.html
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banana republican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 11:52 AM
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4. Have a whiz
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Lou_C Donating Member (944 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-23-04 12:00 PM
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5. Wouldn't it be funny if * peed his pants when he fell yesterday?
Wizzer....
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