and recommend me one,

Don’t do it.

Get a small scooter instead – I had a speedfight 100. the problem with a moped is you are limited to 30 mph so all the cars doing 35+ in a 30 limit will be trying to force their way past you

If I was getting one it would be one of these….

Same engine as pit bikes. Any problem with the engine unbolt it, throw it away and slot in a new one for £150.

okay, when i said moped i meant scooters as well.

well dinnnae – they are not the same thing 🙂 a moped is under 50 cc and under 35 mph. A scooter is a style of bike that might be a moped or might not.

Myself I like the euro scooters as they only have a couple of different engine suppliers for the 50 / 100 / 125 versions that all the manufactures use so spares are simple to get.

Teh speedfight has a built in cable lock of high quality and an ignition imobilieser that makes them hard to steal

Its a moped and scooter 🙂

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Bought recently for one of my sons from a dealer we know, so recommended (in a way).

But I’ve de-restricted it, 32mph is just too slow (even for 30mph limits) – now does 44/45 and still over 100mpg.

http://www.pulsemoto.co.uk/BT49QT-20CA.php

okay okay, glad thats settled before flow gets here 🙂

All moped and 60mph.

Like TJ says:
Moped = Restricted 50cc two wheeler of any style
Scooter = Style of bike, can be any engine size
🙂

Recommend one? OK, in this order:
1) Anything Italian
2) Anything Japaneese
3) Anything else.

The Italians make the best scoots. Fact. The best looking, the most practical, the most economical, the best performing. Parts are easy and plentiful to get either new, new pattern, or used. The engines are tried and tested, and they make MILLIONS of them.
The Japs are close, maybe better in some areas, but on the whole the Italian stuff can’t be beaten. They lead the world. 🙂

This is mine, Vespa GT200.

IMG_6320 by PeterPoddy, on Flickr

I had a Honda Lead scooter for a while to save using my sports bike all the time.

It would do 60mph and cost me buttons to run.

I even had a pizza delivery box on the back 😀

Very cheap to run, the weather protection was pretty good as your legs are placed inboard, the underseat storage is huge and easy to park.

Mine was a 100cc but the new one is a 110cc.

BR – thus voiding his insurance and meaning he is riding not in accordance with his license. 6 pts minimum when he is caught. Utterly stupid

Plop pants -that yours? I craved one when I was a kid

Do you want one as a hark back to your youth or as reliable transport tomorrow?

i want one for commuting to work when i can’t be bothered with the cycle.

Was a Piaggio NRG, raced at the BMF Moped Enduro last year 😀

All mine TJ. Built up from bits. Real head turner, not so much for the look of the bike but the noise!

All moped and 60mph.

Down hill with the wind behind you (and rounding up). 😉

*jealous*

I was 16 when sports moped were still legal and that was the daddy of them – well maybe the garelli cross with the tool pouch on the tank.

*still jealous*

wors – Member
i want one for commuting to work when i can’t be bothered with the cycle.

Depending on where you’re going to park it, don’t get anything too fancy or trendy as scooters are really easy to steal or damage.

When I was looking for mine, I thought the Honda Lead looked boring enough to be left alone.

I never had any issues with it being stolen or damaged, but to be honest that could have just been down to good luck.

No pictures, but my Honda PCX is excellent. 120mpg consistantly for my 40 mile round trip, about a quarter of which is on the A449 at 65mph.

I also really like the look of the new Honda Integra – but need to take my test first for that beast!

No moped thread is complete without this:

I’ve just looked on that ebaythingy and there is one for £2250..

Yup, I kid you not

🙂

Well it’s like a moped compared to my new one 😉

Saw one of these yesterday

What? still running..?

I had a look on ebay just to see if any were about these days, £2250 for one.. blimey, should’ve kept mine.

BR – thus voiding his insurance and meaning he is riding not in accordance with his license. 6 pts minimum when he is caught. Utterly stupid

Thanks TJ, don’t trip when you get down off another of your hobby-horses…

If you want to know stupid, try riding a scooter at 32mph, when every other vehicle is going quicker – and we know how much space slow moving 2-wheelers are given by other road users, don’t we?

IMO its one of the reasons why m/c use has gone downhill (which is what the politicans and the goody-goody’s wanted), along with the 125 law, age/cc/power restrictions and the sheer effort to pass your test.

The ape 50 – yup – riding down the road.

BR – So you are encouraging your son to ride a bike with insurance and no license for it? Nice. I bet you would bleat if an uninsured driver hit your car and cost you money.

Has anyone in the history of mopeds ever left one restricted? Ever? Most of them aren’t even 50cc.

Nah, not me. I had my fs1e rebored and some funky head put on it, the disc was recut too and I had one of those rather stupid bendy expansion chamber exhausts on it. I tried in vain to get it to go to 60mph but failed miserably…
I do miss that bike though, well now I do of course.

Has anyone in the history of mopeds ever left one restricted? Ever? Most of them aren’t even 50cc.

My Tiger had a KL100 (80cc) engine in it 🙂

My RD250E had got through about 4 sets of pistons (and overbore’s), probably about 270cc by the time it died.

And the best must be a Triumph 2000SC I bought. It was only when the starter motor expired that I found out it was a 2500TC – I’d only paid £80 for it and hadn’t even lifted the bonnet.

Was a Piaggio NRG, raced at the BMF Moped Enduro last year

I didn’t realise that they still did that, I did it the first year – probably around 1984, after the inaugural one in Birmingham.

http://www.british50ccracing.com/blog/9/the-not-even-slightly-official-history-of-the-thing-known-as-moped-mayhem-50cc-grand-prix-racing

Don’t you love the web!