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Moped riders
« Thread Started on May 24, 2012, 10:15am »

Does anybody ride old mopeds? Like motobecane, tomos, sachs, puch, girelli etc? just wondering because it seems i am the only one.

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Re: Moped riders
« Reply #1 on May 24, 2012, 12:06pm »

I used to have two '78 Puch Maxi-Luxe mopeds. Inherited them from my grandparents. Fixed them up, got addicted to riding, eventually sold them and got my Tank Touring 150. Mopeds just weren't practical for my neighborhood, but the Tank is.

Over the weekend though, I picked up an '86 Honda XR100r. It's more fun than any of the other bikes/scoots/mopeds I've had.

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Re: Moped riders
« Reply #2 on Jun 14, 2012, 7:11pm »

I currently have a 1978 Columbia Commuter that runs great BUT it's a dog like most mopeds, I had a Puch that did 50 all day long but that was modded out.

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Re: Moped riders
« Reply #3 on Jun 29, 2012, 6:26pm »

More states now require that you take get the same hands-on training and licensing for a 50cc, pedal-able moped as you would for a full sized motorcycle. That has really put a damper on the sale of 50cc mopeds and scooters.

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Re: Moped riders
« Reply #4 on Jul 12, 2012, 10:24pm »

Jun 29, 2012, 6:26pm, wheelbender6 wrote:

I'm not so sure about that.

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Re: Moped riders
« Reply #5 on Jul 12, 2012, 11:13pm »

I had several Puch , Garrelli , Motobecane and Tomos pedal mopeds as a teen . try www.mopedarmy.com they are more moped instead of scooters like here . I had flashbacks seeing Honda Urban Express and Yamaha Towneys as I had both as well along with a Honda Elite and Spree as my first two scooters

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Re: Moped riders
« Reply #6 on Jul 13, 2012, 10:37am »

My first ride was a 1974 Puch Maxi when I was 15. It looked exactly like this one I found online
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Re: Moped riders
« Reply #7 on Jul 13, 2012, 12:36pm »

About 4 months ago I was heading home on my scoot from work and I saw a veritable gang of guys riding old Tomos peds. Had to be at least 20 of them riding in a nice tight group around town, so apparently at least here in Wilmington NC, theres a bunch of folks riding them and even having some sort of semi annual ride,so they likely have a riders group or scooter club. You are definitely not the only one kicking it old skool like that.

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Re: Moped riders
« Reply #8 on Jul 13, 2012, 2:35pm »

about two weeks maybe three. there was about 100 or more riding through belvidere nj.pritty cool to see all them. i remember when they came out i was about 11-12 yrs old. i remember naging my dad to buy me one. he said NO!!!LOL anyway cool....

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Re: Moped riders
« Reply #9 on Jul 13, 2012, 3:08pm »

Todays scooters are safer than scooters made 20 yrs ago. ABS is pretty standard where as that was not invented 25 yrs ago. Older does look good and cheaper but dependability, I am sticking with new and newer.

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Re: Moped riders
« Reply #10 on Jul 18, 2012, 10:24am »

Jul 13, 2012, 3:08pm, chrism929 wrote:

The most dependable bike I ever owned was my 25 year old Honda elite. While my buddy kept working on his engine to keep it running, I just made sure I had oil in the tank.

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Re: Moped riders
« Reply #11 on Jul 29, 2012, 7:38pm »

Most bikes still don't have ABS; they have a pressure limiting valve that reduces the likelihood of locking your front wheel on dry tar. The first thing I'd do with a Fake ABS is get rid of it. Useless crap and just one more thing to go wrong.

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Re: Moped riders
« Reply #12 on Jul 29, 2012, 10:14pm »

Jul 29, 2012, 7:38pm, D-cat wrote:

I totally agree

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Re: Moped riders
« Reply #13 on Jul 30, 2012, 11:45pm »

I used to have one when I was 12, it was great fun when it ran. Today I just passed one on the road while riding, it was having a rough time making it up a steep hill by my house though.

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Re: Moped riders
« Reply #14 on Sept 13, 2012, 5:52am »

No dude you are not just one there are so many peoples who prefer old scooters including me. older scooters are more stronger than modern.

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Re: Moped riders
« Reply #15 on Sept 13, 2012, 6:26am »

I'm not so sure about them being safer, I can tell you with fair certainty my 1990 Tomos Targa TTLX was a lot safer than the Chinese scooter I'm riding now. It had better brakes, much better suspension, handled a lot better and was much slower.

I rode it so much I wore out two A3 engines and one A35, many wheel bearings and had to re-cover and re-foam the seat. Those Grimeca drums had tons of stopping power when properly adjusted and the 80 watt magneto was nice, using a 50 watt halogen 1156 for a headlight bulb! I really miss mopeds that were actually built in Europe with quality like that.

I also always found it cool that it had a speedometer made by VDO, the same company that made them for some of the older super cars. And that gauge was spot on too unlike the "Chinometers" in our scooters today.

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Re: Moped riders
« Reply #16 on Sept 14, 2012, 2:20pm »

Jul 13, 2012, 12:36pm, illwill420 wrote:

Friend, that would be the White Line Riders out of Wilmington, one of the branch groups of the Moped Army.

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Re: Moped riders
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