Yes the maytag was two cycle with a kick start. My dad had one that had been sitting around for 20 or 30 years. he gave it to me to figure out. I took it apart and cleaned everything and replaced the little brass screen with some women's hose and got it running again. It was one of those hit and miss engines with a magneto so it fired every time if under load. I was about 11 or 12. First engine I ever worked on.

About the same age I disassembled my bike and put it back together just to see how it worked.

A couple years later I built up a bike from several, painted it and was stylin'. It had alloy rims from a Royce union with the three speed axle and a 52 tooth front sprocket so it had the legs on a ten speed with both in top gear.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.