We've tested quite a few powerful e-bikes lately. Ones that can accelerate quickly enough to keep up with in-town automotive traffic without a hint of fuss or difficulty. But it's one thing for a ...

A study released this week by a transportation data and analytics company promotes scooters and electric bicycles as an economical way to ease traffic congestion and pollute less. That's old news to ...

The Whizzer was an engine kit that was designed to be mounted on a purchaser’s bicycle thus creating a motorized bicycle. They were produced in the United States beginning in 1939 by Brene-Taylor ...

My father grew up hoeing cotton, baling hay, stocking groceries, tackling odd jobs of all sorts. He never shied away from hard work. But he was totally devoid of mechanical skills. Our mother did all ...

As a fifth-grade student, Ray Spangler's interest in Whizzers was sparked. The Whizzer-built engines, most notably during the 1940s and 1950s, that could be bolted onto bicycles. In a roundabout way, ...

The Whizzer Motorbike Co. began making motors that could be attached to standard bicycles in 1939. Usually attached to Schwinn bicycles, these kits included a two-horsepower flathead engine and ...

In the 1940s and 1950s the Whizzer engine kit was available to bolt into a standard bicycle frame. A 138cc single-cylinder gasoline engine, the Whizzer transferred power to the rear wheel via V-belts, ...

Includes catalog issued by: Whizzer Motor Co. Includes owner's manual and retail price list. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source ...

New Boston Mayor Johnny Branson has one sweet ride. He is proud owner of a 1936 Montgomery Ward Hawthorne Duralium bicycle, complete with a 2.5 horsepower Whizzer motor. The motorized bicycle was ...