MotorEagles Presents - Cool Bikes. Cool Riders: 1957 Cushman Eagle restored Historical Bike that belonging to Tony Andrwsyszyw of Elyria, Ohio. He customized the engine. (Quaker Steak and Lube Biker Night in Sheffield, Ohio) Transcript - I'm Tony Andrusyszyn from Elyria, Ohio. This is a 1957 Cushman Eagle I restored. It's got an 8 horse power, basically a lawnmower engine in it. It's got a two-speed transmission. These were built in Lincoln, Nebraska. 1957 was the largest year of production, the most popular model. The day this was sold new, it was sold for 9. You were allowed to ride it on the road if you were 14 years old. If you wanted to get the bigger motor, you had to have a parental paper signed from Cushman and okayed between the customer and the company and you were able to get a bigger motor and horsepower. It was a project I picked up one winter, about October of actually 95' and by March of 96' it was on the road. It was just a winter time project. This is a photo of what it looked like the day I brought it home. Like I said earlier, this was sold brand new for 9. I took my wife with me and I pulled it out of the barn of the friend that I bought it from and she said "You paid 0 for that piece of junk?". Now she looks at it and talks about it, tells all her friends about it. I think it's more hers than it is mine. In the early 30's, Cushman starting making lawnmower engines. He was a pilot, the owner of the company who was the president. He went to an ...old motorcycles for sale
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