Who Saved The Cushman Scooter?
Chapter 1 By Bob Jungbluth I know that a great deal of history has been written on this subject, most of it the true facts. I will not try a bore you with more of the same, but will give you some new facts that will allow you to enjoy your Cushman a little more. Once Cushman decided that their new Cushman scooter with the overhead valve engine was not going to survive the motorcycles from Japan, parts for the cast iron Eagles became hard to find, even though Cushman had promised they would supply parts for 7 years for these products. Cushman did keep their promise on most of the scooter line, but as much as we love our scooters today, there just was no demand for parts, as we know it to be today. Cushman knew this, and had to deal with it in a way that did not hurt their reputation. Early in 1970 I saw row after row of short block 2 5/8 and 3 inch motors at Cushman. They would not, or could not sell them, as this would start a new 7year time limit on replacement parts. Cushman had 100′
