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1964 CUSHMAN

Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 1:44 pm
by ~Cheap_Ride~
http://sd.craigslist.org/mcy/3969433398.html

My father had a cushman when he was growing up. It was a lot older then this one.

Re: 1964 CUSHMAN

Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 1:56 pm
by ScooterKim
nice looking retro scoot! we bought a 1957 NSU Prima D that looked a bit like the Cushman last year at auction. Guy a couple of hours north of us bought it along with a '73 Kawasaki that my husband rebuilt. He crammed both in the bed of his pick up and away he went! and, we even made a little money selling the bikes! I don't have the pics anymore or I would include them with this post.

Re: 1964 CUSHMAN

Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 3:26 pm
by you you
~Cheap_Ride~ wrote:http://sd.craigslist.org/mcy/3969433398.html

My father had a cushman when he was growing up. It was a lot older then this one.
That is so awful it is cool. What a mess

Re: 1964 CUSHMAN

Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:50 am
by skuuter
I had Teen Neighbors when I was a kid that rode me on the backs of Their Cushman Eagles...Theirs were 1962 models.....Later when I owned a Motorcycle Junk Yard, I junked out a few and restored a 1958 model....at Today's prices, I wish I still had em'..... ;)

Re: 1964 CUSHMAN

Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:33 am
by maddiedog
Wow, I didn't realize they were worth that much!

I rode with a really nice vintage Cushman in Florida at a rally earlier this year:
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Re: 1964 CUSHMAN

Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:42 am
by ~Cheap_Ride~
Nice! Got to love the old bullet tail lights.

Re: 1964 CUSHMAN

Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:36 am
by you you
~Cheap_Ride~ wrote:Nice! Got to love the old bullet tail lights.

Cool bike but the guy really needs to read his hat instructions

Re: 1964 CUSHMAN

Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:56 am
by gn2
Might want to look at the handlebar manual too...
Seriously cool vintage scooter though, bit like a miniature Black Prince.

Re: 1964 CUSHMAN

Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 11:05 am
by skuuter
That's a really great looking Cushman....."CLASSIC".....!!!!!... 8)

Re: 1964 CUSHMAN

Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 4:24 am
by you you
skuuter wrote:That's a really great looking Cushman....."CLASSIC".....!!!!!... 8)

It has to be one of the best looking bikes I've ever seen. It's like something from the Jetsons

Re: 1964 CUSHMAN

Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 5:14 am
by khaosaming
I think it's a Cushman Road King later than '57 judging by the number of cooling louvers.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/howard33/7395360224/
When the '57 model had cooling problems, Cushman added louvers. They kept adding more over the next few years, which might mean they never did completely solve the problem. I'm sure there is a way to determine the model year by counting louvers.
Here's a good photo that shows in detail how the Cushman imitated the design of contemporary cars:
http://www.wildhirt.com/photos/barber11 ... CT0088.htm

More of the same from an old newspaper ad:
http://www.ameshistoricalsociety.org/ex ... f_1007.htm
Mrs. Ellen Landon of 214 22nd Street was the winner of a Cushman Road King scooter in the Rushing’s Super Valu “Bonus Month” contest of 1958.