A Little Information About The Rupp Mini Bike...
The Tecumseh engines for the Rupp minibikes were manufactured here in the good ol' U.S.A., and named after the North American Indian Chief Tecumseh, Shawnee leader, who fought against United States expansion into the Midwest in the early 19th century. Born in what is now Ohio, he was the son of a Shawnee chief who was killed fighting white settlers in the Battle of Point Pleasant (1774). In 1794 Tecumseh took part in the Battle of Fallen Timbers, in which a coalition of tribes was defeated by the U.S. general Anthony Wayne. Tecumseh became known for his opposition to any surrender of Native American land to whites, holding that a cession of land by any one tribe was illegal without the consent of all the others. He and his brother Tenskwatawa, a religious visionary known as "The Prophet", preached against Native American adoption of white customs, especially the use of liquor.
I remember seeing my first Harley-Davidson when I was just a little tyke. The neighbor across the street pulled up on a Sportster, but I can't remember what year it was. I casually strolled up next to it and was in awe at all the chrome and accessories this thing had. I looked around to make sure no one was watching and hopped right up on it to see what it felt like. Let me tell you, I knew right then and there I was gonna own one of these babies myself someday. That's when I noticed the keys were still in it! I'd have given anything to be able to reach the foot pegs that day, man I was pissed...
Here I am getting my first ticket right after I'd finished chopping the mini-bike. I told the nice officer I was in a hurry and speeding only because I was late for Day Care, but he still didn't buy it...
This is me pulling up next to the gang down on the corner to meet the new chick that just moved into the neighborhood. She was a bodacious babe with beautiful red hair and a great lookin' butt. She just couldn't wait to go for a putt on my Harley bicycle. Yeah, I took her for a ride alright, across the field and down to the big drainage pipe that comes out in the creek. And for all you guys out there who have to know what happened next... well, let me just say that she was indeed a real red-head!
