Allied Leisure Wild Cycle New In Box Inside photos part I

Allied Leisure Wild Cycle NIB

Previous post was all about unboxing Wild Cycle.

Now it's time to document the machine's insides.

I guess this is more of a photo archive than a "blog post" for Wild Cycle since there isn't that many detailed pictures online.

Publishing in one shot all the pictures I have of the insides of Wild Cycle would have made for too big of a post so I will break it up into multiple posts and start with behind the coin door.

Here's a general view of behind the coin door. We can see the coinbox, music speakers, sound effect speaker, coin meter, handlebar shake solenoid, steering mechanism and a small sub board for crash detection.

Coinbox that contained alternate coin entry pricing window and casters at unboxing.

Above the coinbox is a small rough looking circuit board. The 2N 176 transistor is for the steering speed circuit. The neon lamp and Thyristor is part of the crash detection circuit. 

Closeup of the handlebar column that goes to the steering switches. Jones connectors to unplug sub assemblies. Adjustment potentiometer low speed road travel adjustment. 

Steering column, centering arm, left and right switches. The motorcycle is not mechanically steered by the handlebars. Turning the handlebars closes the left or right switches and these drive a servo-motor onto which the motorcycle is attached. The grease on the mechanism still feels fresh after 50 years!

Total coin meter at 99993 at unboxing. I guess this allows for some factory test playing.

Handlebar shake solenoid that makes a big knock felt through the handlebars when the motorcycle crashes. Speaker on the left is for a 8-Track tape player.

Sound effect speaker that makes Put-Put noises relative to the speed of the motorcycle in play. Volume adjustment wire wound resistor below. Notice the speaker is covered in a fuzzy layer of oxide that has since been wiped off with a rag.

Coin mech: US 25 cent mechanism delivered to Canada.

Coin mech and coin switch.