I'm so old I Remember when:

[Nomadicus]

I do, minibikes had them too.

I bet that was a pain to have to use on minibikes.

 

[Nomadicus]

I do, minibikes had them too.

I was quite young and probably in the first grade or so when I was pushing the mower for my grandmother's place in the country. I thought I could just put some water on that connection and it would work just as good. l learned really quick just how good a conductor salty water is.

 

[sdm111]

I bet that was a pain to have to use on minibikes.

Nah, how the sideshaft engine was set up it was right where your hand was when you let your arm down on the right side. Centrifugal clutch so if you wasn't on the gas it wasn't moving. The bikes we learned on before real dirt bikes with real manual clutches

 

[sdm111]

Anybody remember these?

I used to collect and fix these up. This is my last one

I have since added all the decals since I took these pics.

Some of the ones I rebuilt

 

[The Moonshiner]

Who remembers the kill switches on old lawn mowers that were just a strip of metal on the engine block that you used your finger to bend over to ground out the ignition system on the end of the spark plug?

I do, minibikes had them too.

Yep the couple I had were like that.

I bet that was a pain to have to use on minibikes.

Not too much.
What was a pain was having a broken throttle cable so reaching underneath yourself working the throttle at the carb while riding.

 

[Sally PB]

Before we got those dolls, all the other dolls we had were handmade by my mom. Yes, we still have those too

Those are the real treasures.

 

[pertnear09]

Who remembers the kill switches on old lawn mowers that were just a strip of metal on the engine block that you used your finger to bend over to ground out the ignition system on the end of the spark plug?

Yep, hadn't seen one in years.

 

[sdm111]

Yep the couple I had were like that.

Not too much.
What was a pain was having a broken throttle cable so reaching underneath yourself working the throttle at the carb while riding.

Yeah and instictedly wanting to go around in circles to the right holding onto the linkage at the carb

 

[Hayden Goseek]

 

[notabitail]

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I still use percussive maintenance on some of my electronics.