What moped did you own ?

[Return of the Rev]

Puch maxi

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Had a Kawasaki AR50 on my sixteenth birthday - I paid for it by doing 2 paper-rounds and working every staurday in the local greengrocers for 2 years as my parents made the mistake of telling me when I was 14 that I could only have one if I paid for it thinking I'd never raise the £600 needed!

I remember some lengthy discussions with my family as well esp when I got my off-road bike when I was about 13-14. I had a paper round and I used to work in The Coach House Rottingdean. Eventually I saved enough to get my DT50.

 

[hitony]

You were a mod back in the days then before NSC too? !!!

I was indeed (Like you did'nt know anyway ) x

 

[Deleted member 2719]

Big time! Up to 2k for a wreck you can then restore. Restoration of 79/80/90's bikes is big time at the moment.

Sent from Pippa Middleton's lingerie drawer.

There were quite a few classic bikes about then but why 79 How about 1976

 

[RickofBHAFC]

Way back when i owned a Suzuki AP50 which was a rival to the Fizzy and the Honda SS50, has anybody on here owned a moped and if so which one !

Ditto - I had one of these with a blue tank, unrestricted so used to get 50mph out of it as opposed to the restricted mopeds that only did about 35mph. Changed up to a Suzuki A100 before progressing onto cars. Both were great little bikes - preferred the AP50 to the Fizzys, sounded more like a motorbike unlike the Fizzys which sounded like an angry wasp!

 

[Uncle C]

I had a Lambretta 125 then a Lambretta 175

Closest thing you can get to a moped.

 

[seagull1981]

I have never owned a moped. They are gay.

I didn't know Mopeds had a sexual preference?

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Puch maxi

I'm astonished at the nostalgia these bikes attract. Why, oh why, did I give mine away (to Ringmer Community College, for 'pre-driver training', as it happens)?

To say nothing of the MkI Cortina I used to drive?

 

[redneb]

Puch maxi

I had one of them 2. Mine was a dar red colour.

 

[Simster]

I had one of them 2. Mine was a dar red colour.

I don't remember you having that?


I had a Honda CB50:

 

[Seagull Steve]

I had a Lambretta TV (GT) 200. We had some great times back in the day was never a mod, but used to ride with the suede heads. I'd had a smaller Vespa before the 200, and stepping up to a top speed of 70 was nerve wracking lol.

 

[scooter1]

I had a Honda MTX50 that would reach the heady heights of 38mph, down hill with a tail wind. A multitude of cars later and my sunshine ride(and Amex transport) is a 1969 Vespa GTR 150

 

[Lush]

Brighton fans on their way to the Amex ...

 

[redneb]

I don't remember you having that?


I had a Honda CB50:

I did. First year at Winchester. Only for a few months I think.

 

[The Maharajah of Sydney]

Is it still legal to learn to ride your bike in the street just with a couple of mates on their L' s assisting you - was it ever legal even in the Seventies ??
Remember spending a couple of hours one dark night along Sackville Rd stalling and doing unintentional wheelies whilst attempting to the learn the simple art of handling 4 gears .
Together the 3 of us had the whole set . Me on my Fizzy , whilst one mate had a Honda and the other a Suzuki .
Happy Days !!

 

[Market Porter]

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[Bozza]

Suzuki TS ER 50 trials bike thing. It had been bored (sp?) out to a 71, I think and as such did what was a very scary 60ish mph.

I was, quite frankly, absolutely rubbish on it - coming off quite regularly as well as a few other mishaps.

 

[Blackadder]

Garelli Tiger Cross. Did 60mph. Bought it off Ann Street.

 

[NMH]

I have never owned a moped. They are gay.

This. Also dangerous, as you can't get away from trouble by gunning it.

NMH started with a 1973 750-Four Honda, 4 into 1 pipe. Heavy metal with poke that pissed on the noisy Hardly Ablesons.

MOPED!

 

[Sussex Nomad]

Garelli Tiger Cross. Did 60mph. Bought it off Ann Street.

That exhaust would have burnt the shit off you if you came off!