In the post-War years of the late 1940s and early 1950s, a number of scooter manufacturers emerged in the United States. Cushman was probably the biggest one. Mustang was the exotic one, and it was arguably the coolest bike of the bunch. Salsbury was yet another. Salsbury scooters were made right here in California (as was Mustang), but Salsbury production numbers were much smaller. I’ve only ever seen three…one was at the Motor Scooter International Land Speed Trials about 10 years ago, another was at the Peterson Museum, and much to my great surprise, the third was just last month at the Motor Museum of Western Australia…
It was cool seeing a Salsbury, and doubly-cool seeing it in Australia. Imagine that…a product made in my own back yard, and seeing it on the other side of the world in Australia.