Build Minibikes For Fun & Profit (Just Fun)

Laura was depressed. “I write these press releases about cars, and I don’t know what the words I’m writing mean.”

- Elana Scherr

“Yeah, but you’re a PR person,” I answered. “Nobody really expects you to know how an engine works.” 

She glared at me. “I expect me to know.”

“You just need to take something apart and put it back together,” Tom said. “I suggest a minibike.”

The above is an exact recreation of a conversation I had with best friend, Laura Conrad, and my husband, Tom Yeager, last summer. Laura told me to make her seem taller in the retelling, and Tom wanted me to refer to him as “El Jefe,” but I refused. This is science. We are all about facts, and the facts are this: Tom’s suggestion to learn by building something made sense. A small motorcycle takes a lot less money and space than a project car, and although it’s not as complex as a modern automobile, the basic parts and principles are the same. Also, we had nothing better to do.