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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By Kevin Max / The Bulletin
July 22, 2002
Mike Rouse started tinkering with Briggs & Stratton engines in minibikes to make them look better and go faster when he was young. The standard floor model didn't have the right look and didn't run the way Mike thought it should. He had a vision of what the bikes could be and he set out to....