Re: Most durable moped/engine
I guess its not a moped but if I had to a bet my life on a moped getting me somewhere, it would be a honda express.
They refuse to stop running. They also run roughly the same and usually don't "sorta run". A lot of hobbits sorta run, in the way that they start but they wont idle, or they will idle but they don't variate, or they variate but the pedals are broken, or the electrical shit gives problems or or or. The actual engine on the hobbit is almost the same as an express, but the other stuff that makes it better, i.e. the variators and pedals are the things that give out.
As far as actual mopeds, I would say the puch E50. E50s will run with 1/2 of one ring, they will run on ancient gas, they will run after being seized a dozen times, they will run with bearings that sound like a garbage disposal, and they don't have any fatal and or endemic electrical issues. Also the frames are tough as hell. I have never seen a kinked maxi frame. Only problem is the internal gas tank. That is the only major strike against it. I have never owned a pinto or a free spirit or a murray or any of the external tank E50s, so I donno how those frames are.
Tomos A35s are good but they have clutch issues pretty often. That is kind of their weak point. Also where the tomos body itself is pretty tough, the materials and build quality could be a little better. The plastics are fragile, the paint chips/flakes easily, they rust up if you don't keep them inside. They are good, just not the best.
I would have to say the worst by far is the Motobecane. The frame itself is ok, and it feels solid when you rid it, but there is always some bullshit problem or riddle you can't solve or part you can't get off. A lot of mopeds wont run because there is something wrong with them, no spark, no mixture, no compression. A motobecane will not run or stop running just because it feels like it. Once I spent all morning fixing a motobecane and I finally got it running right. I went to eat lunch and when I came back it had a new problem and never ran again. True story.
They refuse to stop running. They also run roughly the same and usually don't "sorta run". A lot of hobbits sorta run, in the way that they start but they wont idle, or they will idle but they don't variate, or they variate but the pedals are broken, or the electrical shit gives problems or or or. The actual engine on the hobbit is almost the same as an express, but the other stuff that makes it better, i.e. the variators and pedals are the things that give out.
As far as actual mopeds, I would say the puch E50. E50s will run with 1/2 of one ring, they will run on ancient gas, they will run after being seized a dozen times, they will run with bearings that sound like a garbage disposal, and they don't have any fatal and or endemic electrical issues. Also the frames are tough as hell. I have never seen a kinked maxi frame. Only problem is the internal gas tank. That is the only major strike against it. I have never owned a pinto or a free spirit or a murray or any of the external tank E50s, so I donno how those frames are.
Tomos A35s are good but they have clutch issues pretty often. That is kind of their weak point. Also where the tomos body itself is pretty tough, the materials and build quality could be a little better. The plastics are fragile, the paint chips/flakes easily, they rust up if you don't keep them inside. They are good, just not the best.
I would have to say the worst by far is the Motobecane. The frame itself is ok, and it feels solid when you rid it, but there is always some bullshit problem or riddle you can't solve or part you can't get off. A lot of mopeds wont run because there is something wrong with them, no spark, no mixture, no compression. A motobecane will not run or stop running just because it feels like it. Once I spent all morning fixing a motobecane and I finally got it running right. I went to eat lunch and when I came back it had a new problem and never ran again. True story.
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