Mopeds anyone?

Rusty Bikes · Post by **Rusty Bikes** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:11 pm

I like Mopeds.
I like to customize them.
My current moped is a 1979 Motobecane "army" style.
I also have a 1967 Bianchi folding moped.
Rusty

4shorts · Post by **4shorts** » Thu Mar 01, 2007 6:42 am

Man they're great. Some of the coolest I've seen. Haven't owned a moped but used to have a couple of scooters. I'm in the process of getting an old cub to restore but I sure wouldn't turn down those cool looking mopeds you got there. Paul

bigscooter · Post by **bigscooter** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 1:05 pm

1960 motobecane. when i got it 12 years ago, no parts available. now i can get anything i want. the internet rocks!

joeweir1 · Post by **joeweir1** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 8:58 pm

I just fixeda Tomos for a co-worker, but don't own any myself.Joe

25 Dreams · Post by **25 Dreams** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 9:48 pm

I've collected a nice bunch of Honda Moped and one Motom 48 (1954)
Honda:
P50-Dutch and French (1967),automatic
PC50J '67, automatic
PC50K '70, automatic
PS50A '67 tank covers painted instead of chrom (very rare), 3 gear, hand
PS50K '68 tank covers chrome, 3 gear, hand
PS50L '69 tank covers chrome, 3 gear, hand
PF50 Amigo type I, '72, automatic
PF50 Amigo type II, '74 automatic
PF50 Novio type I, '72, automatic
PF50 Novio type II,'74 automatic
C310A, '63,3 gear, frame number 000487, very rare, from the first serie(1000) built at the new factory from Honda Company in Aalst Belgium.
C310S(3x), 1964-1965, 3 gear
C320A,'64, 4 gear
C320S, TT50 type I(2x)half high excaust pipe,'66, only 800 built and no more than 3 month.
C320S, TT50,type II, low excaust pipe, '66, only 300 built
C320S,TS, type I,(2x) half high excaust pipe,only 200 built,'68
C320S,TS50,type II (2x),low excaust pipe, only 100 built, '68
C320S, TS50DX, '69
C321A,very rare and unkown,'68
C321S,'69
C320 SA,production date unkown,Belgium built

C50L frame number C50L-000001, '72 .
C50H, '68
C50K,'73
C50B,'68
S50(CS50), '67
S65(CS65),'67 (motorbike)
SS50A,'66
SS50A,'72
SS50ZKI,'71
SS50ZKIII,'74
SS50Z, Enduro,'75
CD50H,'70
There may be some more.
The greater part of my collection is in riding condition.(see also elsewhere my introduction about my collection of motoclycles)
About 15 still to restore.
Many of the mopeds were never exported and only for Europe purpose, even Honda Japan was not informed about the modelproduction of the Belgium factory.
greetings
Herman

4shorts · Post by **4shorts** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 5:57 am

bigscooter wrote:1960 motobecane. when i got it 12 years ago, no parts available. now i can get anything i want. the internet rocks!

I'm really not into mopeds but I got to admit I just love that one. Very nice looking bike. Thanks for posting it. Paul

dppeter · Post by **dppeter** » Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:39 am

I bought a '78 Honda express new when I was a kid. I ran it for a year and believe it or not, traded it off for an old Fiat convertable. It was a fun little bike but I was 16-17 and hoping for a real motorcycle. My first motorcycle by the way turned out to be an old Honda CB160.
Recently I got involved with a High school project where the kids build a 3 or 4 wheel "car" and then compete with other high schools to see how far their creation will go on just a few ozs of gasoline. This year we are using an old Honda Express engine to power our car. One of the other fathers showed up with it but it was missing some parts (coil, cables, etc). I figured I could just buy an old parts bike so we would have all the parts we needed. So I advertised looking for parts. I now have 11 of these bikes in my barn along with a healthy parts supply. I know the Express isn't a true moped - not having pedals, but it's close.
I spent a very contented afternoon and evening yesterday combining two old parts engines to make one good one. The best part for me is that you can lift these engines and not hurt your back!