Story Reported by: Roy k. Aubol
Monark Super Twin
This is a great story about Bush Buschman, I believe he alpha tested the first Monark Super Twin. Bush Buschman was a Engineer for the Power Products Corp. in 1949 (More Photos to Come)
Ozark Press 05-13-49
( I re typed all this in from a real newspaper story) I have the original! Roy
GRAFTON--A trip of 443 miles in one day is a pretty husky jaunt in an automobile, even in these days of high speed traffic, but S.K "Bush" Buschman, 20 year old employee of the Power Products Corp. in Grafton made a 443 mile trip on a bicycle in one day!
The towering young development engineer rode an ordinary bicycle, on it was equipped with one of Power Products young development engineer rode an ordinary bicycle,but equipped with one of Power Products ' new twin cylinder two horsepower lightweight engines. Bush, who rode to St.Louis Mo. on April 13 to visit his parents,said his actual running time for the trip was just 15 and a half hours, that he used only six gallons of gasoline--an average of 74.1 miles per gallon. the entire trip cost only $1.82. " the engine ran swell" Bush said. "I kept it wide open all the way down." He had to keep moving right along to average 28.7 miles per hour!
The trip Bush took was more than a visit home. It served to test the adaptation of the new Power Products engine to bicycle use for a firm considering using it on its bicycle power units.
Pilot models of the new twin have just been completed and production models are now on the assembly line. Like the firm's other two models, both single cylinder, the new engine is adapted to a wide range of uses because of its compact size and lightweight.
S.K "Bush" Buschman (5-49)
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