rangerfredbob, Thanks for the info/link on the moped/motorcycle laws. I guess that explains why the cops left me alone but the dogs (and sometime the rednecks) went crazy and chased the hell out of me[X(]) when I used to ride my "Chicken Powered" bike to the airport back in the early 70s.[8D] Are needle bearings not desirable in this sort of application?? I have no clue what kind of bearings were in that old chicken power engine.