MOPED ARMY

My tomos will do about 75-80kph on level ground (considering its stock with a biturbo thats plenty enough for me!) Man... 80mph on a MOPED is your goal? :) Hope you wear a full helmet and leathers for when pieces start flying off! ;)

Jamie

Exactly my point, I will design it for that speed. It is already built on an aluminum race chassis and it has dual disc brakes (hydrolic). I have a full face helmet (300 dollar one, no less. Carbon construction) and riding jacket with built in kevlar padding plus steel-tipped boots and sport race gloves. Is anybody familiar with the construction of the MBK Nitro? It's also called the Yamaha Aerox (MBK is their French division). It has nice, wide tires for extra support, awesome turning and Paoli (sp?) shocks.

Check out this link, they got theirs to do 80mph. Mine has same engine, same tires and similar rigid construction: http://www.speed-sports.com/Scooters/Dragster50_Report.html

You can find pics of mine on this page, in case you're curious:

http://www.mbk-europe.com/html/contenu/gb-nitro50.html

click on the photos section. Mine is the red one.

Yeah, your right. He even indicates that at the end of his post by saying, "So, how fast does YOUR scoot go?" but it is misleading by the title, "How fast does your moped go now???" and the site it was posted on. Just another attempt to lump scooters together with mopeds.

I beg to differ. I go 50 or faster almost every time I ride. And yes, it's a moped with pedals and all :-) So far the only thing that has fallen off is the bolts that hold the side plastic on, and I go through a lot of brakes. Another annoying thing is that the chain grease keeps spinning off the chain. When the bike gets repainted, the rims are going to be black

umm... on my license it says "Moped Operator" and most people call them mopeds. I thought there was barely a difference between the two, as most moped sites are about the same technology in general (2-stroke small engine). SORRY if it's not a moped, just most people think scooters and mopeds are one and the same. Anybody know of a SCOOTER forum then? Cause I haven't found any!

Fred is right! I have a 76 PUCH w/a 70cc kit and biturbo, the ped will do 45-50 mph on level ground and I weight 235#. A lighter weight person would equal more speed.The ped has held together but you can tell that you are pushing it to the limit. Now braking is a different story. You have to give yourself a lot more distance to stop. A panic stop means two things can happen and both are bad, either an injury (aka collision or bail) or a pants cleaning operation.

My Derbi Atlantis w/a high proformance Terrigas exhaust kit runs around 65-70 mph. However, the Derbi is a scooter and can take the speed a lot better than my MOPED. Braking is a lot better too, front & rear disc's. Also the is almost 25 yrs difference in technology here too. The technology gap between older peds and newer peds is similar, new peds are more efficient than the older ones (i.e., more powerful)

If you are trying for speed on a ped, remember you've got to stop. Also remember that there are physical limits to your machine, pushing beyond those with a regular street machine could be life-threatening or fatal. Rich

Actually on my 2000 tomos all I needed to hit 70kph (roughly 43mph on level ground was the biturbo (aside from that its straight stock 50cc, no 70cc kit at all) It's quite good about getting up to 60-65 then takes me a bit to get up to 75.. which is about the fastest I've ever had it.

As someone else said, the brakes aren't really up to snuff for those speeds and you need to allow extra time for braking, plus the lighter weight of the mopeds can cause a bit more wind buffeting - especially at higher speeds. On average I ride mine at 40-50kph which is fine for city driving.

I've found that most of the speedos are pretty accurate (followed by a car) and mine was spot-on.