Motor Bicycles at Perris

Arrow Motorized Cycles at Perris
By Jamey
Remember the old Whizzer motorized Bicycles from the 1950's? Ever
wonder what they might have evolved into with modern technology applied
to this inexpensive form of transportation / fun vehicle? Well; back in
2011 with gas prices always going ever higher and the economy in the
tank Dave Rush found an inexpensive way to have fun and go racing. Dave
coming from a Flat Track racing background knew all too well how much
money was needed to fund a solid racing program, but what about the
guy's or ladies who just wanted to race for fun, or even just ride for
fun. Dave found a Russian designed / Chinese built two stroke engines
made for attachment to bicycles. At first Dave developed and tested his
own reed boxes for these engines, (which come in three different
displacement sizes) then he and his brother Jim attended a local race
just for Motorized Bicycles. Suddenly Dave realized there were enough
enthusiasts for him to market his reed box as there was nothing
available in the industry to enhance the performance of these one
hundred plus mile per gallon bikes. So it was that in 2012 Dave
launched Arrow Motorized Cycles offering reed box kits, exhaust pipes,
performance cylinders and heads, along with spare parts and some
smaller items from his newly created web-site.
www.arrowmotorizedcycles.com
For publicity Dave created a three bike race team using neighborhood
kids. They started racing in local races on asphalt (Le Grange in Apple
Valley Ca.) as well as dirt. Dave's initial concept for the dikes was
to resemble flat track bikes since that was his passion and background,
so this called for him to manufacture his own frames, gas tanks, and
seats. He sourced existing twenty four inch wheels and tires, Shimano
drive train (sprockets, hubs, levers, calipers, etc.) with Avid rotors.
The tires are three inch wide dirt track style bicycle tires and Dave
prefers the 66cc engine called the "Gruby Skyhawk". Stock this engine
produces 2 ½ horse power but with Dave's modifications he can reliably
get 8-10 horse power, which in this trim have been clocked as fast as
fifty miles per hour on the street. Total weight of an Arrow Motorized
Cycles machine tips the scales at fifty five pounds with 6 1/2 " steel
cranks (with standard pedals) and the 24" Sun rims. In this
configuration a buyer can expect to pay in the neighborhood of $1,500,
of course with lighter materials and more custom work the price will
head upward.
As for the law where these motorized cycles / bicycles (they do have
pedals) is concerned. As long as you wear a DOT approved helmet, adhere
to traffic laws and don't exceed thirty miles per hour (right) they are
not considered by the DMV to need a license plate or have the need to
meet their codes. Think of it this way, you couldn't keep up with Lance
Armstrong on your own bicycle, but on an Arrow you just might be able
to. It's like performance enhancing without the penalties.
For information you can reach Dave at
(562) 640-1244







#5 Andy Rust posted a 19.94 second lap time around the
Perris1/4 mile oval on the Jake Busey sponsored Specialty bike. Andy
won the main event of this growing field by a large margin...#89 Ryan
Scruggs gives chase but couldn't keep Rust in sight. After the races with his first dirt track victory Andy Rust was all smiles.



Apparently
there are many manufactures of Motorized Bicycles. This class seems to
be growing as Ron Rudy didn't race his, but brought it out as a pit
bike. This one uses a 50cc 4-stk engine.

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