1955 Cushman Motor Scooter

The designers at the american company had struck upon the idea of releasing a scooter that included all the design hallmarks of the big american motorcycles of the day built by harley davidson and indian.

1955 cushman motor scooter.

Cushman produced engines for farm equipment pumps lawn mowers and boats cushman began making auto glide scooters in 1936 as a means to increase the sale of husky. The cushman scooter company started in 1903 in lincoln nebraska by everett and clinton cushman the company incorporated as cushman motor works in 1913. Cushman motor works entered the engine business in 1901. Also pictured are their other models road king deluxe highlander highlander pacemaker.

Overhead cam engine. The 1955 cushman eagle. Although cushman are now most famous for their series read more. Piaggio and cushman were major suppliers of scooters while puch and gilera supplied mopeds and motorcycles and cars at different times were supplied by the lincoln motor car works and kaiser frazer.

Cushman scooter cushman motor scooters were built in lincoln nebraska from 1949 until 1965 by cushman motor works. This is an original unrestored cushman model 62 turtleback an iconic american motor scooter that was a period competitor for the likes of vespa and lambretta. Cushman trailster introduced in august 1960. This model has a very high rear end ratio and can climb very steep grades.

Cushman began production of their four stroke husky engine in 1922. It has a couple of pictures of the eagle along with its specifications. 1955 1956 1957 tubular fork eagle. 1955 cushman eagle 9hp older rebuild very clean.

Cushman scooters and the cushman husky engine were used at military facilities during ww2. 1955 65 34 50. 1951 cushmancomplete restore new motor. For infor call me j t at 559 906 2021.

Brand new 2015 cushman ii step thru scooter. Scooters motorcycles and cars were sourced from several manufacturers and re badged with the sears allstate brand. Fork boots eagles 1955 65 cushman scooter part. The cushman eagle was by far the most desirable scooter in the usa in the 1950s.

There were only minor differences over these years. Qualifies for flat rate shipping in stock. Cushman had been in the engine business since 1901 and began manufacturing scooters as a way to sell more engines. Allstate was an american brand of vehicles marketed by sears.

Some models used an oil bath air cleaner and some models had small hubs with sealed bearings.