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Originally Posted by 944Larry View Post
I had a Rupp. I can't remember it having any suspension on it at all. A bunch of us rode them to school. Had to hide them in the field behind the school so as not to get caught with them. They'd probably be stolen nowadays!


I had a Rupp too. No suspension and a piece of steel that pressed up against the rear wheel as a brake.

I learned to weld because of that bike. I had a habit of breaking the downtube of the frame driving it off curbs and such. Eventually, my dad got tired of doing it and showed me how.

I think it originally had a 2HP Husky motor we blew up, then I put a 5HP Briggs in it.
Anybody else ever rebuild one of those recoil spring pull starts? Chewed up a few fingers doing that..
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