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This morning, while making my daily trek to the dump with a bag full of the previous evening's diapers, I spotted this little gem set off to the side of the trash compactor:
My good sense led me to move right past it and continue on down to the area where we drop off the recyclables. However, I suddenly had a flashback to a plan that had been pushed into a dusty corner of my brain many years earlier. I drove back up and threw the old scooter into the trunk of the Subaru.
On a shelf in my barn, I still have a Tanaka / Free Spirit two stroke bike engine that my father had bought new back in the late 70's. When I was about ten years old, we mounted it onto the 26 inch front wheel of my ten speed bike and it would do about 30 mph on the flat streets. Note the size of the drive wheel.
You can read about them here: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pattle/nacc/arc0394.htm
As a teenager, I dreamed of mounting it onto a bike with 16 inch wheels, but I didn't have the skills to do it. So, now I have this discarded scooter with its 12 inch wheels. With the Tanaka mounted to it, my calculations show that, while torque would be, approximately, Zero, after a few kicks of my foot to get moving, top speed would be, approximately, Insane, with a nearly subterranean center of gravity.
I suppose that the plastic wheels will have to go and I may extend the wheelbase and steering rake a bit for "stability". The brakes should be completely inadequate. I will discard the kickstand in the interest of saving some weight.
I wonder if they have a class for 23cc vehicles at Bonneville?
Keep an eye on CNN for news of my impending doom.
I'm betting on a top speed in the 14mph range 
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