Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 6:20 pm
The "Bike Bug" had three different names; Bike Bug, Tas Spitz, and Free Spirit (sold by Sears). They were all made by Tanaka Industries. They had three different models I know of. The basic one without a cover, a delux model with the plastic cover and somewhat larger gas tank, and another covered model with a centrifical clutch. I have all three models and the one with the clutch makes life a little easier. Otherwise when you come to a stop, you brake, downshift the bike, throttle down, and then disengage the motor. It seems like a lot of things going on at once.