Born to be Mild

Yes, it says "Mild." Cushman collectors are not a Wild Bunch. We might be seen in a tee shirt or hat with a message like this, but that's about as wild as we get. One collector dressed up an Eagle to look like a Harley Davidson, but if you looked closely at the wording on the gas tank it really said Hardly Dangerous.

Accident rates for Cushmans are really quite low. Maybe that's because we tend to be in the middle-aged or old-coot bracket. That's not to say that there are no young folks on Cushmans. I've seen people riding scooters that are twice their age. And we don't all poke around at 30 mph. Some highly modified Cushman can run at interstate speed. But if you see one going that fast, you might notice disk brakes, a twin cylinder engine, and special tires. Maybe we were not born mild, but over the years we get milder.

One of the strange things about a Cushman is that a 70-year-old can get on one, and by the time he gets moving, he is 17 again.
Howard