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In the News (Fri 25 Dec 09)

  
  History of Whizzer Motorbikes
Whizzer released the "New Model" engine for "defense workers only." This redesigned engine was more reliable than previous models because it used a belt drive instead of the roller drive that Whizzer Motors had used up to that point.
Whizzer announced the availability of the new Model "H." This new engine featured a one-piece crankcase that replaced the old two-piece case, a crankshaft that used roller bearings at one end and a ball bearing at the other, more reliable seals, and a Tillotson carburetor.
Whizzer continued to produce the maroon Pacemaker II slip clutch and introduced the Pacemaker II in midnight blue or candy apple red slip clutch bikes, 24" or 26".
www.whizzermotorbike.com /History.html   (1121 words)

  
 Whizzer : search - finance - travel - insurance - business and much more
Whether you're looking for your first home or moving house our property section gives you details of estate agents and new home developments nationwide.
Whizzer is more than just a directory site; it brings news, views and ideas to our readers who value fresh information.
It has an easy to use search facility and you can compare prices through our shopping section ensuring you don't ever spend too much and are always offered a choice of products from major companies.
www.whizzer.co.uk   (363 words)

  
  Whizzer (I)
The Whizzer and Isbisa died in combat, but as a consequence of the battle, Robert Frank's son Nuklo was cured of his excessive radiation level.
The Whizzer's practical reaction time was about four times faster than an ordinary human being's when the Whizzer was in his prime, and the speed at which his brain processed information was heightened to a level commensurate with his bodily speed, enabling him to perceive his surroundings while traveling at high velocities.
The Whizzer's lachrymose was more viscous than a normal human being's, thus preventing rapid evaporation and replenishment of surface fluids on his eyeballs under the influence of high wind velocity to occlude his vision.
www.marveldirectory.com /individuals/w/whizzeri.htm   (1735 words)

  
 Whizzer
Whizzer is supposedly borrowed from Bryon "Whizzer" White of the University of Colorado, who went on to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Lions and went on to become a member of the US Supreme Court.
Whizzer also produced a line of accessories including chrome fuel tank, centrifugal clutch, echo exhaust pipe, spring fork, hi-lo beam headlight, saddle bags, buddy seat, speedometer and bumperettes.
Whizzer offered the Ambassador, based on there own frame design/ The Ambassador had a Whizzer spring fork, kick starting, foot pegs, most of the Sportsman's equipment, and the 600S motor.
www.firstflightbikes.com /whizzer.htm   (1245 words)

  
 Whizzer Motorbikes
Whizzer began building engine kits in the 1930's and continued until the early fifties when they finally went into other things.
Whizzer called this motorbike the "Pacemaker" and continued making the Pacemaker and a smaller motorbike called the "Sportsman" which had 20" tires and had a kick starter instead of the usual peddling to start the motor.
During the years proceeding Whizzer making the entire motorbikes several of the bicycle companies made frames especially for the Whizzer motor kits.
www.kitteardrop.com /whizzer_motorbikes.htm   (260 words)

  
 The Whizzer Motorbike
The Whizzer was built on a deluxe Schwinn bicycle and had a 2.5-hp 4-cycle engine.
The Whizzer in this picture had a kickstand, but if you fitted it with a rear stand you could start it up without moving.
What you can't see in the picture is that most Whizzer owners replaced the muffler (which really did muffle a little) with a straight pipe that made the most glorious ragged rapping roar when you gave the throttle a twist and back.
www.abstractconcreteworks.com /lost_ones/whizzer.html   (511 words)

  
 Logan's Valley Motorcycles - Whizzer Motorbikes
Whizzer released the "New Model" engine for "defense workers only." This redesigned engine was more reliable than previous models because it used a belt drive instead of the roller drive that Whizzer Motors had used up to that point.
Whizzer announced the availability of the new Model "H." This new engine featured a one-piece crankcase that replaced the old two-piece case, a crankshaft that used roller bearings at one end and a ball bearing at the other, more reliable seals, and a Tillotson carburetor.
Whizzer introduced the "Pacemaker," which the company referred to as the "only complete motorbike." The bike came with the Model "J" engine already attached to the frame and ready to run.
www.logansmc.com /logans1.html   (1033 words)

  
 Rusty Spokes Whizzers
The Whizzer power supply was simple and easy to install and made the Whizzer machines popular with enthusiasts.
Whizzers were economical, and sold in large numbers in the 1940s and 1950s.
Martin Engineering also created a specialized Whizzer called the "Road Runner" The complete frame/engine motorbikes were available until the 1950s when Whizzer was unable to compete with Japanese manufacturers and was forced to close down model production.
rustyspokes.com /whizzers/whizzers.html   (364 words)

  
 WHIZZER
Whizzers were manufactured in 1939, and production continued through the war years, with only war-effort workers able to obtain them.
Whizzer expanded to complete motorbikes starting in 1948 with a model called "Pacemaker".
Whizzer continued building and selling kits and complete motorbikes through 1962, fully 10 years after they ceased production.
jleibovitch.tripod.com /id71.htm   (221 words)

  
 26Pigs.com : UK Comics : Whizzer & Chips
Regarding whizzer and chips comic, I think it first came out in 1969 and continued to be published until its merger with Buster in 1990.
Whizzer and Chips launched at 32 pages for 6d (2 1/2p), so it really did seem like two 16 page comics at 3d each.
Looking back, Whizzer was the slightly more upmarket, middle-class section (icon - pampered, well-dressed kid with an exotic pet), while Chips was a bit more down and dirty (icon - roughneck type who always found a way to get a fl eye).
www.26pigs.com /whizzer   (295 words)

  
 Don Markstein's Toonopedia: The Whizzer
It was his misfortune that the good names for a speedy superhero, like The Flash (founder of the super-speedster sub-genre), Johnny Quick (both DC characters) and The Silver Streak (Lev Gleason Publications) were already taken.
The Whizzer was first seen in USA Comics #1 (August, 1941), published by the company that would evolve into Marvel.
Once The Whizzer had been converted to a contemporary denizen of the Marvel Universe, he became subject to the vicissitudes thereof.
www.toonopedia.com /whizzer.htm   (622 words)

  
 Whizzer Works in Woodstock - Whizzer Motor Bikes
Now Ralph being a typical 14 year old boy he occasionally snuck onto the street with his Whizzer, and as you may guess he got caught and his dad lived up to his promise and smashed the Whizzer and threw it in the trash.
Soon Uncle Sam called Ralph to serve his country so Ralph sold his first Whizzer that was still smashed to a friend for $50.00 with the intentions when he returned from the Army he would be able to get his bike back.
In 1996 Ralph saw an ad in the Walneck's Magazine for a Whizzer bike, that was the same year as his first Whizzer and the ad indicated it was a basket case.
woodstockwhizzer.com /about_woodstock_whizzer.htm   (428 words)

  
 The new Whizzer: making it go
The early “new generation” Whizzer engines had a problem with oil purging from the crankcase.
The new Whizzer manual clutch arm is attached via a bolt passing through two, 12 mm steel bushings, which are pressed into the crankcase.
Consider trashing the new Whizzer clutch-arm mounting scheme in favor of the vintage approach.
www.50sville.com /Whizzerengine.htm   (1165 words)

  
 Whizzer
The Whizzer, who had just saved a train by removing a bomb planted on a bridge, was arguing with fellow hero Miss America (who had captured the Nazis who had planted it), when both heard the appeal.
I #4) The Whizzer was present when the android Adam II attempted to assassinate a young and up-coming politician, a fight in which one Captain America lost his life (the Spirit of '76), and another took up the mantle (the Patriot).
The Whizzer and Miss America were two of the founders, joining the ruling body known as the Penance Council.
www.internationalhero.co.uk /w/whizzer.htm   (1233 words)

  
 The Whizzer (Squadron Supreme)
Interestingly, the first Whizzer encountered by anyone from the parallel Marvel-Earth was actually an impostor, hired by the Grandmaster as part of the Squadron Sinister.
The Squadron will probably be best known for their Utopia Project, in which they attempted to transform their world into a paradise, beginning with America.
Robert Frank, based in the Marvel universe during the 1940s, was a speedster in his own right, not a direct reference to the Flash.
www.hyperborea.org /flash/whizzer.html   (424 words)

  
 Whizzer (Robert Frank) - Marvel Database
The All-Winners Squad disbanded after a few years, and the Whizzer and Miss America resumed their civilian identities of Robert Frank and Madeline Joyce and were married.
Whizzer possessed the ability to move at superhuman rates of speed.
The Whizzer had mastered a style of hand to hand combat which exploited his ability to move at superhuman speeds.
www.marveldatabase.com /Whizzer_I   (1953 words)

  
 diyAudio Forums - Whizzer me this ? (FR8 Hemp escapades.)
Because I think the whizzer can be glued back on easily, and to avoid cutting into the vc I just gently peeled the whizzers off both drivers, and so the rest of dustcaps too.
Without the whizzer the pp's don't fit tightly in the 1" vc now, but that can be fixed - even just wrap them with electric tape on their lower half that fits in the vc to fit, temporary.
I have a whizzer phobia anyway, as in my uneducated mind I imagine cone to whizzer reflections would garble the signal, but I have no knowledge or evidence of this.
www.diyaudio.com /forums/showthread.php?goto=newpost&threadid=89597   (512 words)

  
 Working on the Whizzer
A whizzer can be much more than a basic counter, eventually coaches should be able to teach that a whizzer can be used as a powerful offensive weapon in an upper-body contact.
The key components to hit a whizzer for distance is the fast hard rotation of the hip into the opponent's body, the hop and drive off of the free or non-attacked leg, and the use of the rear-elevator by the leg that has been shot on.
After this is done the wrestler with the whizzer starts his attack, while continually elevating his leg between his opponent's legs and hopping into the whizzer, the attacker will take his opponent in a circle.
www.usawct.org /coachescorner/whizzer.html   (1835 words)

  
 AmericanHeritage.com / The Whizzer Boom
Whizzer ads promised fuel economy of “6 to 10 miles to the penny,” meaning about 125 miles per gallon.
Whizzer was able to continue building motor kits by convincing the government that war workers would require economical transport to get to and from their jobs.
Anyone buying a Whizzer during the war needed certification that he or she was engaged in vital defense work.
www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/it/1993/2/1993_2_64.shtml   (776 words)

  
 Whizzers, classic bikes, cool stuff...
The Whizzer kit is a very late 700 motor (704 5XX) with roller crank, embossed tank, Buco saddlebags, rocket lights, echo pipe and fishtail exhaust.
The Whizzer kit is a rebuilt, early H motor.
Chrome has been re-done, an the bike was dipped in a bath of Whizzer Maroon.
www.whizzerick.com /intro.html   (163 words)

  
 1948 Whizzer - Solvang Vintage Motorcycle Museum, Solvang, CA
The Whizzer was probably responsible for getting more people into motorcycling than any other vehicle.
Whizzer was only one of two consumer motorized vehicles made during WWII (Cushman was the other).
The small motorcycle killed the Whizzer and they went out of business in 1965, although new Whizzers (made in Taiwan) are now for sale for $2,000.
www.motosolvang.com /bike_pages/1948_Whizzer.htm   (124 words)

  
 Whizzer Bike   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Whizzer rode in about 3 years into the scooter craze.
Whizzer interest sold to Martin Goldman and Dietrich Kohlsaat during final D
Whizzer rebuilds aren't cheap (is anything?): expect to pay $650.00 for a
moped2.org /whizzer-bike.htm   (1207 words)

  
 Euphonic Audio - Technology - Whizzer Cone
The Wizzy 112 has a big, warm bass response that harkens back to those “old school” sounds while still having a clear midrange and a sweet high end.
The 12” driver and whizzer cone simultaneously produce both low and high frequency signals from a single voice coil, eliminating the need for a crossover.
You might remember the old Jensen Car speakers, these also were of the whizzer cone design.
www.eaamps.com /2005/technology/whizzer_cone.htm   (193 words)

  
 Westy Whizzer-Champion Greyhound of the Sixties - Associated Content
Owned by the late George Nihart and running for the C. "Swede" Wilson Kennel, Westy Whizzer was one of the great greyhounds that my father used to speak of.
Westy Whizzer never came out right before that, but after that night, right up until he retired, he knew just what he was doing." Westy Whizzer would go on to sweep a match-race series and add the Taunton Gold Collar Stakes to his list of 1964 victories.
In a time when the best dogs in the country would travel around from track to track to compete, Westy Whizzer was the most feared four-legged competitor.
www.associatedcontent.com /article/57732/westy_whizzerchampion_greyhound_of.html   (525 words)

  
 What a Whizzer Was
Recently I happened to come across a picture of a Whizzer in a magazine and it brought back a flood of wonderful memories.
The effort I put forth to obtain my Whizzer was, at that time, the single most excruciating thing I had ever done.
An older kid in the area had graduated to a Cushman Eagle and grudgingly sold his Whizzer to me for the ninety-six dollars I had painstakingly put together.
www.wingworldmag.com /archives/april2005/magazine/article/Whizzer.html   (570 words)

  
 Whizzer Sportsman: Star of the Lightweights   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Whizzer Sportsman-- Star of the Lightweights is a newly published paperback book by Robert J. Lee.
The book is based on two years of exhaustive research of original Whizzer factory resource material and numerous interviews with Don White, who served as production manager for the Whizzer Motor Company in the late 1940's and early 1950's.
The book traces the origins and history of the Whizzer Sportsman Motorcycle, which was manufactured in Pontiac, Michigan beginning in 1949.
nashcity.com /whizzerbook   (108 words)

  
 Alton Towers Almanac: Rides: Spinball Whizzer
The construction of Spinball Whizzer was the most open of any attraction that the park had installed.
Because the park was open for Winter Weekends for the first time in the 2003-2004 closed season, it gave enthusiasts the opportunity to check on the coaster's progress almost every single weekend.
As you walk down Towers Street after entering the park, Spinball Whizzer can be seen quite easily to the right hand side of the grass in front of the lake.
www.towersalmanac.com /areas/rides.php?id=22   (398 words)

  
 Bollix (Earth-S, Whizzer foe)   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Although his ordinary gimmicks as a super-criminal are not known, he once wore a force field belt, which granted him a personal force field.
Once the Whizzer realized they were using force field belts, he simply dribbled them from outside the force field, all the way to the local police station.
They gloated that no one could touch them, and that they were immune to the Squadron's behavior-modifying, but the Whizzer observed that the force belts had only 96 hours of power, and that they would have to turn them off long before then in order to get food.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix3/bollixwhizzer.htm   (344 words)

  
 Vietnam Veterans' War Stories!: Tudor Street Whizzer, Saigon 1967!
The worst was that now I had to change clothing, and that would be a hassle as it meant going back to the base.
Just after I noticed that I was whizzed upon, I slowed, stopped and turned, but saw that the Whizzer was a young boy, probably around 7-9 years of age, and in a school uniform.
Because the personal and societal consequences of war can last 50, 60 years or longer, it is imperative that you and those of generation become well informed so that you can make sound judgments about your future and the future of this country.
www.war-stories.com /saigon-mckegney-tudo-street-whizzer-1967.htm   (2445 words)

  
 Squadron II - Whizzer
The Whizzer is an amazing tactician, using his apparently 'one trick' power and turning it into a nearly unstoppable force.
The Whizzer invariably comes up with a clever way to counter the attack, either escaping some bizarre deathtrap or defeating the miscreant outright.
The Whizzer is also the most common leader of the rotating-chair Squadron; while Nighthawk is a better strategist, the Whizzer combines superfast thought with an almost innate sense of teamwork.
silver-gateway.com /rc/oe2/whizzer.html   (421 words)

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