Puch Korado

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The Puch Korado was a moped designed by Piaggio and released in 1995. (The Puch name was purchased by Piaggio in the 1990's.) The Korado engine was a modernized and improved version of a normal E50, and it came in both regular (pedal) and kickstart versions. The kickstart version was second design of a kickstart E50 engine used by Puch. (The first kickstart E50 was used on the Magnum X. These engines are highly sought after.

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Korado Engine

The engine was made by the Povazske Strojarne company under the Puch name. This engine was very different from previous E50's. Some differences are as follows:

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Bottom End

back-cut internal gearing resulting in a clockwise rotating stator (opposite of all previous E50's), but with the same internal gear ratio
much larger stock transfer ports and a rollerbearing crank.
either three or four main bearings as compared to almost all other E50's (other then some after 1985) having four.

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Electrical

The Korado had a few variations of its electrical system as well. Variations include:

6V points setup
a 12V points setup, and
a 12V CDI setup

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Top End

Differences in the top end included:

an aluminum cylinder and head with a very well made squish band
four transfer ports and a stock boost port
a single dykes ring piston
a slightly angled exhaust port and a stock 14mm Bing carb and intake

There were changes with the clutch assembly as well which included a stock three shoe clutch and an extremely lightened/better flowing clutch bell. The whole kick start mechanism remained unchanged however.

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Photos

Please click on an image if you would like to see a larger version.

Korado pedal start clutch assembly	Korado kick/pedal start clutch bell (notice back-cut gear)(photo by: Drew Bell)	Korado/Hero Puch case transfers (photo by: Turd Ferguson)	Stock E50 Korado CDI stator (photo by: Drew Bell)
Stock Korado E50 CDI box (photo by: Drew Bell)	stock Korado three shoe clutch	Korado three shoe clutch large surface area	Korado engine (note reverse gearing)
frame\|left\|Korado drive gear (notice back-cut gearing) (photo by: Drew Bell)