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Old 04-19-2026, 12:15 PM   #1
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Default Re: Surf boards? No thanks

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I wis I was the one that found that Aerothrust! That bike is fabulous
It's a pretty special piece. Most of the survivors are in museums and I don't know of an example that is in running condition. That training wheel type of stand is something I built for rolling it and display purposes. It is extremely top heavy and rear weight biased. The kickstand was a joke. I have seen pics of some still highly valued examples with fins broken off of the tops of the cylinders, but this one has all fins intact and I plan to keep it that way.
It's a two stroke and the heads thread into the bore, so can be removed with a large crescent wrench on the hex head cast into them. I used to run it on two model T coils, but they are hard to hide.
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