Tempe High School Class of 1969

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Tempe High School Class of 1969 - Go Carts, Minibikes, & Motorcycles

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Body:	<i>In Jr. Hi. Don Peterson and I bought a 'go-cart' from Rod Standage. Larry, I wonder did we get your retread or was he he a used cart dealer? It wasn't much. 2 pairs of soap box derby wheels and axels mounted to an 'H' shaped 2x6 frame with a 2hp B&S engine that the pulley set on top of one rear wheel. You steered with your feet. Sounds just like the one Cannon hads. We tore it down and rebuilt it on a plywood platform. Had Dail's welding put a real pulley on the drive wheel, added a seat from an air transport plane (Don's Dad was a mechanic at WAFB) installed a lawnmower clutch and throttle and even added a brake bare that rubbed the rear wheels when you held a lever down. We steered that one with our feet. we clocked its top speed at 27mph. We often pulled each other behind the cart on our skate boards. Peterson damn near killed me when he took a shartp fast turn into one of the breezeways at Mitchell School ( our favorite race track) and I 'skied' right into one of the green steel awning poles. However, Don redeemed himself about 3 years later. We were sophmores and he had just gotten a Honda 50. We took it down to the river at Hardy Dr. and were running it back and forth on the Town Dump road. I had the speed up, but hadn't quite grasped the brake and clutch timing. I was not slowing down and was headed straight for the heavy gate chain slung across the road at handlebar & belly height. Don grabbed the chain and whipped it up as I ducked and ran right under it! I tore my knuckles up on the chain, but it never touched the rest of me or any of the bike!!! We both sat down and didn't say anything for over 5 ,minutes. I took longer that that to get my breath and heart rate back to normal. Too many close calls and way too much fun!!!!!</i> *
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