We always love hearing stories from scooter hobbyists.  Here is a great little story shared by Phil Draper

In 1954 I bought a 1951 Sportsman for $50 in Kansas City, it had leather saddle bags a chrome fuel tank, head stock and chrome headlight along with duel crash gards, fender tips and front fender light. We moved to Detroit shortly after, I was having a problem with the alternator and went to the factory on Sanford Street where they recharged the 12 pole rotor for nothing. They told us they would rebuild the motor with a new needle bearing rod and crankshaft for $35.00. We had them do it later. When it was done I rode it up to Pontiac to the factory and was given the royal tour at which time he showed me an Ambassador with a transmission with chain drive they had built for the Michigan Jackpine. In 1956 I bought a Royal Enfield Flea and separated the engine and trans putting the trans on my bike with chain drive. The tranny wasn't really heavy enough which meant many trips to Canada for new second gears. I stripped the secondary drive sprocket and replaced it with a 2! 2 tooth which gave me a lot higher top end maybe 55mph. I sold it in 1957, but always wondered what happened to Whizzer's chain drive bike I have a picture of my bike somewhere and if youd like it let me know. I'm still riding in my seventies although I have a Harley Ultra now with over 100,000 on it....Just thought you might like to hear about my Whizzer experience... Philip T Draper