MOPEDS...What Did You Have>>> ?

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[sheeney]

I had a ap 50 in 1978 when I was 16 ...and I don't care what any one says it was faster than any time fizzy at the time ;D ;D ;D

[Paul Dawkins]

I has a Suxuki ZR50X1
slowest moped I have ever ridden.

[r1olly]

in 1984 when i was 16 i had an rd 50 mx...rode it for 2 months and got a 75 big bore kit for it, it bloody flew for a while till the engine went bang!

[LC_BOTT]

Embarrasingly, I had a V50 step through. It was a Yamaha at least, and bought it off my sister

[richb]

Same as Paul I had a Suzuki X1 bought off a school mate who was 1 year older than me, ran it for a year and sold it to my cousin, I then had a 250 LC when you still have one on L plates at 17yrs old. The X1 was acracking little bike wish I still had it, another mate had one with an micron pipe an holes in the air box done with a red hot poker, up jetted. Still dog slow but incedibaly loud and irratating. Every time he came to our house me old man just stood there shaking his head in disbelief. Youth what a wonderful thing. But then again here we are now mid 40's and still putting pipes on our 2 strokes albeit 350's and 500's. Rich.

[Shane]

I had an RD50M. After I blew it up I fitted a 65cc big bore kit..Used to leave the fizzy brigade behind

[looey]

This is my unrestricted 1977 FS1E-DXA when I was 16 (pic was taken in 1983)



And this is my Fizzy I've got now. This one's got a Mick Abbey tuned YB100 lump fitted ;D ;D

[chippy28]

Heres me first time on the road(Legally that is )



Would love to have that little AR50 again

[reggieperrin]

I had a TS50ER when I was 16 in 1986.

Having ridden bikes for a while as a kid and having a TS125 field bike, it was a bit of a let down and lots of ham-fisted 'tuning' attempts saw it blow up regularly...

The only benefit was that as I was a big lad at 16 being 6'4" and about 16 stone, I could pick it up and carry it when it broke down.... ;D

Reg

[looey]

Cool little bikes the AR50

I've got one at the moment that I've been getting on the road to have a laugh on.

Just needs another std 80 barrel and carb and it should be rideable. It's had a complete bottom end rebuild and is taxed and MOT'd so almost ready to roll

[chippy28]

Aug 1, 2012 19:39:35 GMT 1 looey said:

Cool little bikes the AR50

I've got one at the moment that I've been getting on the road to have a laugh on.

Just needs another std 80 barrel and carb and it should be rideable. It's had a complete bottom end rebuild and is taxed and MOT'd so almost ready to roll

Love it mate well done :-)

[cj]

Garelli 50 (x1 off road) age 8ish
Puch Maxi (x2 - off road) yeah yeah blah blah but I had wheelS pre street legal (great fun altering the timing so far that the motor ran backwards ;D
AP50 (x2)
TY50 (x2)

Might have the odd photo to add - distinctly remember stripping and rebuilding one of them TY's with me pop.. did 800 MPH afterwards.... well, to me ;D ;D

[steve h]

A norman nippy @ 12 then a purple popsicle @ 16, which was faster than all my mates bikes even after their tuning efforts ( moth balls in tank, drawing pin used to open jets, ect!!) It used to show bang on 50 on the speedo.

[Splodge]

I had breifly a FS1E which soon gave way to a faster and far superior AP50 ;D

[Bozzy]

AP50 with must have rack for that street cred!! ;D

[raven13]

Aug 1, 2012 23:08:17 GMT 1 Bozzy said:

AP50 with must have rack for that street cred!! ;D

moree like for your mates that still had push bikes to hold onto while you dragged them along.
not that i ever did that

[twostroker]

honda mini melody (bullet proof but 29 mph top speed)

tomas a3 ms,no parts avalable even tho it was 1 year old and it regulary broke down but it often did 40-45 mph so seemed ok at the time.
i even remember the damn thing didnt even have a ingnition key or a steering lock from the factory so i couldnt leave it anywhere

[raven13]

i had a tomas A3M. used to carry 2 of us everywere. i know they were only designed for 1 but that big seat and what looked like foot plates made it perfect for taking the girlfriend everywere. used to go thru what seemed like a throttle cable every month.
had it about a year then sold it to some kids for use as a field bike

[billbott]

I had a Fizz, UWH974T which was stolen from outside Bolton tech just after I had spent all my money on it to sell it and get something bigger at 17. The insurance ended up paying out £45 after a lot of wrangling. This paid for a micron pipe for my RS100 which i'd had to get on the never-never. I think the payments were £7-odd a week in 1983. Only another three years left to pay...!!!! (-:

[LC_BOTT]

AAhhh Tomas, weren't they the ones you could get from a Littlewoods catalogue?? Those were the days.

[Norbo]

Nice link .
Yep AR50 /80 for me and a DT 50 and couple of MBX80's

[ozzy]

me day one 16th birthday prezzie-jeez how times past...that was 31 years to today.. and about the right time too.
currently rebuilding a nos genuine mb to date as i think i have mentioned before.. ;D

[lovelydog]

Great thread,so funny thinking and looking back. I had a TS50ER, got a photo somewhere of me tinkering with it after our goat had chewed through the electrics, good bike,bad goat. must find the pic for you.

[bigal1]

i had a lot of chicken chasers in my day but i have to say the fs1e was the best ...and maybe the dt50 as you gould play in the dirt

[corf]

i had a ar50 as my first bike in 1991 age 16, it was dog slow untill drop 80 engine in to it , then it would keep up with traffic lol

just built this one

[ozzy]

Aug 1, 2012 19:11:57 GMT 1 chippy28 said:

Heres me first time on the road(Legally that is )



Would love to have that little AR50 again

me too, but a A1 but they like hens teeth now adays.

[iainw]

1975 I had a gold FS1E, RTB 48M.

[davslc]

in 1983 i got a used 1980 rd50m it was rough but got me on the road then after a couple of months purchased a 1981 suzuki zr50sl stuck it for a couple of months then swapped it with a mate for a 1974 fs1e with loads done would clock 65mph ,once tried to quieten it down by packing baffles , was going down road at 40 flat out ,there was an almighty pop and the bike took off and nearly deafened the local pedestrian as the baffles shot down the road ;D ;D ;D ;D

[mrnegative]

My first bikes-













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trike that my dad made!




First bike on the road, fizzy.
bought 2 fizzies for £50 and then sold this one on for £650 after using it on the road when I was 16, it was a full nut and bolt restore that was needed.... still have one engine. Other bike is a kh125


2nd bike on the road kh125