bushmaster oddessey anyone heard of one?

[snowman1981]

i have had this oddessey sitting in my garage since my father passed away in 1992. im not sure where they were purchased from but i belive they are from the mid 1980's. they have a 300cc kawasaki engine and had belt drive clutch system. just wondering if anyone has heard or seen one.

 

[Doc Sprocket]

Stick around for a bit. Bighead is our resident Ody guru. I'm sure he will have some good info. Welcome to the forum!

 

[Bluethunder3320]

an odessy with a kawasaki engine? havent heard of that one, i thought they were all honda

 

[snowman1981]

thanks toystory ill try and get some more pics up of it and the orginal engine it came with.

 

[FatCat]

I've never heard of this either. You've got my interest though. Looks pretty cool. Could you post more pics? Side view, pic of steering yolk, engine, and suspension. It could be a modified fl250. If you post these pics I can probably help ID it if it is an Odyssey. Are there any stickers on it that might show a company or brand? For example Klemm Research, briggsbuilt, EEE, Mickey Thompson? It could be an old racer that was modified long ago. Very interesting. Please share more. Looking again that looks like a headlight on top. That's a definately FL250 sign. Can tell more with more pics.

 

[snowman1981]

here are a few more pics i took.

 

[Doc Sprocket]

Ahh. This is why we like pics on this forum, because unless I'm totally out to lunch, that's not an Odyssey. In fact, I don't think there's a single Ody part on there.

It is pretty cool whatever it is. Perhaps another member can ID it for you, or maybe it's homebrew. That's not really my department.

The engine is a single-cylinder, air-cooled, 4-stroke industrial. It is probably in the 10hp range.

 

[snowman1981]

actually i have two of them and the other one had dual rear tires on the rear axle. the rear axle is a peerless. there from the 80's and both were bought new for around $4800 for both.there was plastic fenders covering the tires but the mounting points cracked and broke. since the motor is so hard to find parts for im just putting the 6.5hp engine in the pic for my son so he has something to ride and some great father son time on fixing it.

 

[Doc Sprocket]

I'm sorry that I have no information for you. But I will say that they are very cool, you've got some great projects ahead of you!

EDIT- regarding the rear axle- Peerless? Wow. Does it have a differential? I can't tell by the pics. AFAIK, the only Peerless rear axle is the model 100 differential, but my data may be old. A differential is good for road manners, and lousy for traction.

 

[FatCat]

Its not an odyssey. Does have a steering yolk though. Cool lookin one at that.

 

[cumminsbayou4x4]

6.5 anit anof power you need like a 10 atleste

 

[bighead]

Not one part is from an Odyssey.

 

[xXPOEDUNKXx]

looks like a great start.I would put a snowmobile engine on that thing it would have plenty of power then