Mopeds

Post by **RogerRust** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 4:29 pm

Last Sunday I was out with my family when I saw 30 vintage mopeds going the other way with even more vintage riders.

I've only just got round to checking it out, here is a LINK

Fascinating, I wish I'd had the time to visit. I once had a Puch NB50 I think it stood for numb bum it didn't have any suspension. Also, although not really a moped, I once had a yellow Honda 70.
Roger.

Post by **MarkyB** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 5:10 pm

Great stuff, I had a Rayleigh runabout for a while then progressed to a Honda 50.
My mate at college had a Puch Maxi or a Norman Nippy can't remember which now.
We had plans to convert it to a hand lever gear change for some reason.
I've got a Honda C90 Cub now, mainly for trips into London.

Post by **alanworland** » Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:00 pm

I bought a Laverda scooter off my mate for £3 which needed some work (lots) doing to it including making a new little end bush, it was quite unusual in that it had a four stroke engine - sold it for £60!
Love the link to the pictures - especially the one with all the 2 stroke smoke!

Post by **MarkyB** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:42 pm

Not exactly a moped but not much more power.
How about this for a classic adventure?
http://www.overlandtoegypt.co.uk/index.html

Post by **rayofleamington** » Mon Sep 14, 2009 7:44 pm

I had an FS1e that I restored and speeded up. I sold it much later during a garage clear out without realising they had some value

Post by **alanworland** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 12:44 pm

If only!

Post by **bigjohn** » Tue Sep 15, 2009 3:32 pm

iv kept most of the motor cycles i had in the garage at my mothers they include
1974 yamaha fs1e
1972 yamaha yg1/80
1969 yamaha yas1/125
1978 suzuki gt250 ram air
1961 norton 250 jubilie
1980 honda cb750 f2
and the best of my collection a 1958 vincent black shadow

linearaudio · Post by **linearaudio** » Wed Sep 16, 2009 9:13 pm

MarkyB wrote:Great stuff, I had a Rayleigh runabout for a while then progressed to a Honda 50.
My mate at college had a Puch Maxi or a Norman Nippy can't remember which now......We had plans to convert it to a hand lever gear change for some reason.

Scary stuff! At 16 (1974) My friend had a Rayleigh Runabout, and I had... A Norman Nippy which I did convert to two speed hand change, using an old Sachs engine from the back of another friends shed!
I remember filing the flange off the cylinder head, about 2mm of it, to raise the compression ratio to some improbable and incalculable figure. Yes- filed! And bolted together with firegum to fill the gaps. Took the baffle out of the Villiers exhaust, and... my mates Raleigh Runabout still kept up with it!! So much for my first lesson in two stroke tuning.

Then bought a new Garelli Rekord- 6.5HP when it would start (not very often) and 65 MPH until the chrome plating came off the bare alloy cylinder bore. The Importer wouldn't replace it-said I should have sprayed the cylinder black to dissipate the heat! Wouldn't get away with that kind of brush-off nowadays!

Post by **MarkyB** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:59 am

Great minds think alike and something, something, something

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I've looked at a few pictures and I'm thinking it might have been an NSU quickly that he had as the petrol tank was in the normal motor bike position.
The scheme to covert it to hand change foundered because the piece of pipe we were going to use way far too heavy.

The most useful thing I did was insist the we didn't butcher anything so badly that we couldn't put it back to standard.

Ah! race tuning the Raleigh Runabout, happy days. Raised compression by rubbing the head on sandpaper. I think I sawed the baffle in half when I realised what a hit the performance took with it removed

Greasy rags for goal posts etc.

Post by **dalebrignall** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:36 pm

i had a yamaha fs1e with micron expansion pipe did 60 ish with the wind behind me and going down hill,wish i still had it .

Post by **bpr81a** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 9:42 pm

Honda C50 was my only powered 2 wheeler.

Post by **bigjohn** » Thu Sep 17, 2009 11:46 pm

this is my fizzy i was 16 when this was taken and my last day at school, boy were does the time go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br>

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