Getting into motorcycles is usually a progression: if you loved riding pushbikes as a kid, you probably wanted a motorcycle as a teenager. But we don?t often see that progression going into reverse.
This petrol-powered BMX motorized bicycle is an intriguing example of a reverse, and it comes from English builder Shaun Walker of Down & Out. We had the pleasure of meeting him a few years ago: he?s a bluff, straight-talking northerner who, as they say, ?knows his onions.?

Shaun?s been immersed in the custom scene for almost 20 years, building a solid business as trends and fashions come and go. As well as being a skilled builder, he?s not afraid to try new things. And sticking a small engine into a BMX frame is his latest experiment.
?As a boy, the BMX craze started and I wanted one bad,? says Shaun. ?But coming from a working class background, in a family of eight, and with my dad working in the mining industry, money was just about non-existent.?
?So I never got to have one for myself. But I always had a liking for BMX bikes. Then, around two years ago, I was looking online and one came up with a Honda Cub engine.?
Shaun noticed that most of the bikes of this ilk had Cub frames modified to ape the BMX style. So he decided to make his own version, but a little differently. It was a sideline project, and as so often happens when someone is running a company, the project literally sat on the sidelines?for a couple of years.

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