I bought a new 1960 Cushman when I was 14 years old. I took a buddy of mine for a ride across St. Pete, Florida. The back of my bike had rails with a HUGE chrome exhaust pipe running down the side. We didn't have any cushion for him to sit on, so I rolled up my mothers bedspread and put it between the rear rails. Off we rode. We started across Lake Magorrie??? with no place to pull over, when he started screaming "PULL OVER"...... I looked back and flames were rolling from the back of the bike. The bedspread got against the pipe and caught on fire. Flames were wrapped around his leg. I had no way to stop. By the time we got across the lake, his jeans were scorched and so was my paint job. My ass was too when I got home and my mother saw what happened to her bedspread. That is the one and only time I rode "bitch." Must have been a warning. That is why they call it a "P" pad. Meoow.