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Especially for Cushman Eagle!

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Thank you for that post, trikebldr, :thanks: I have not seen one of those in real life,but I have seen a local truckster :thmup: How do you think the packagecar would like the trip to Hurley? :laughing: I enjoy riding my Eagle,but it likes attention[maintaince] :gig: Last year my repair cost was $0.25 per mile :cry2:
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cushman eagle wrote:Thank you for that post, trikebldr, :thanks: I have not seen one of those in real life,but I have seen a local truckster :thmup: How do you think the packagecar would like the trip to Hurley? :laughing: I enjoy riding my Eagle,but it likes attention[maintaince] :gig: Last year my repair cost was $0.25 per mile :cry2:
Eagle if you would ride one all that way to Hurley, I would join you on my bike and follow along to be sure you got there! That packagecar looks like it pivots at a point WAY behind the front wheels for steering, so that would make it awfully unstable at any speed unless the rider were The Incredible Hulk! And, being a Topper-based scooter, it must be way under-powered! What were they, 8hp? Toppers were for the geeks, but Eagles were for the cooool guys!

OK, now put your operating costs of your Eagle into a longer term average! Didn't you spend a lot more last year than other years? I sure can't talk yet about my cost per mile on both of my Voyager 1300's combined. So far it's been $75/mile! I have about 40 miles on each and paid about $6000 total for both, not to mention all the money spent on gathering a ton of spares! just the initial cost works out to $75/mile! So, I do know how you feel! But, once the sidecar is mounted, that will RAPIDLY go down! now, gather all yer quarters and go ride that Eagle!
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Cushman did not have Anywhere near 8 HP :gig: back in '47 when that packagecar was built,however many early Cushmans were repowered with the later 8HP engines.With the Mikuni carb,cleaned up intake port and raised compression that I did to mine,it is estimated to have a WHOPPING 10HP :woohoo: It will top out at 60MPH,and feels rather stabile at that speed,but the brakes are lacking for that speed.
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