Electric pigeon - further proof that you can find anything on the internet!
Yep, I have been holding out on you.
The rundown:
It's no secret to those of you who hang out around here that I love vintage scooters, that I have built a vintage electric scooter, that I was a little disappointed in that first draft project, and that I have wanted to build another vintage electric scooter that's a little more practical in the real world. And I have been looking at viable candidates for a successful EV conversion. The two top contenders have been the Allstate Jetsweep (thanks to Bo Diddley on that one), and the Mitsubishi Silver Pigeon (thanks to Mitsubishi on that one).
For more than twenty years now, my friend Spencer and I have swapped bad habits, mostly in the form of motorcycles and scooters, sometimes in the form of music and books. And I am thankful to have him as a friend and bad-habit supporter. He showed up at Scooter Workshop Night a few weeks ago and casually mentioned that he just went to look at a BSA motorcycle for sale (pause for dramatic effect) and the seller just happened to have a pair of Silver Pigeons.
You can imagine the rest, and here are photos to help the imagination:
Silver Pigeon #1, Forklift, Lucy
Silver Pigeon #2, Forklift, Lucy, Spencer, and the passerby who tried to buy both Pigeons
Silver Pigeons #1&2, No Forklift, and Lucy
Silver Pigeons in the coop with EVT168 donor bike
I will leave details sketchy at this point, and I promise that these two will be slow projects, but #1 will have a hubmotor from the EVT scooter, #2 will have the running gear from an early Zero motorcycle, and I need to sell some other toys to finance the building of these two.
And snagit, I am excited!!!
May the Pigeons soar cleanly and greenly, and may you be excited about your own green projects!
Thanks again, Spencer, for a great deal on these Pigeons in the rough!
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