Whizzer Motorcycle History
They were commonly sold as kits to be assembled and attached to a consumer s bicycle thus creating a motorized bicycle.
Whizzer motorcycle history. A new model whizzer began production in the 90s whizzer bicycle engines are a line of bicycle engines that were produced in the united states from 1939 to 1965. Whizzer motor company started in 1939 as breene taylor engineering. Whizzer is supposedly borrowed from bryon whizzer white of the university of colorado who went on to play for the pittsburgh pirates and detroit lions and went on to become a member of the us supreme court. A new model whizzer began production in the 90s whizzer bicycle engines are a line of bicycle engines that were produced in the united states from 1939 to 1965.
With world war ii in full swing whizzer had to lobby the united states government for the right to continue production of their motorbike engines. Martin goldman visited washington and convinced the government that the whizzer was a great way for defense workers to travel to and from work. They were commonly sold as kits to be assembled and attached to a consumer s bicycle thus creating a motorized bicycle.