Re: Is the Motobecane 50v a nice bike?

NEMA Victor (3 Knees Down) /
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Better Fส็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็็ster Wrote:

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> Max Johnson Wrote:

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> > The issue is that sooner or later, you'll be

> > tempted by all the shiny french parts and their

> > promise of power. A full doppler setup or some

> of

> > the Bidalot stuff is like cocaine that comes in

> a

> > matching set.

>

> ^This is the truth on Mobys. They're all slow and

> reliable, then you see all those shiny pulleys and

> curvy pipes and it'll never be the same again.

> There are guys out there doing 70mph on 50cc. The

> problem is that 99/100 have dropped a few $1000

> into their ride to make a fast but unstreetable

> bike.

As someone who races his moby in MiniGP, Bidalot parts are worst than heroin, except more rare and fragile. Eventually you'll stop caring about the damage you do to your bike after one race season... maybe...

On topic though, moby's are probably the bikes with the most performance targeted aftermarket. They are still raced in France and modified all over the world (mainly the Brazilian, French, and Norwegian domestics). This means parts are still manufactured but the fire is slowly dying.

Doppler & Giannelli are probably the only exhausts you can get easily (not that they are bad, they just aren't amazing like Ninja or Bidalot). Polini has discontinued their aircooled 50cc cylinder line and I'm sure the rest of the parts will slowly follow suit (or maybe they are just releasing something new but I have doubts). But, going farther than your average parts means you're probably going to be racing your moby and I don't see that happening (don't let that stop you though).

At the end of the day, nearly all running mobys are smooth-riding as hell and will pull off the line faster than any other bike.

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