MOPED ARMY

Get yourself a Simson S51 if you can. They are very popular, a little bit of ost kultur that seems to have spread. I've been wanting one since I saw a green one on my last visit. I know they are popular with teenagers because of the way the law works.

There are quite a few pretty active people on instagram who work on mopeds/mofas I'd suggest maybe contacting them. Off the top of my head I can think of one called Clarkes67 on who catalogs German vintage vehicles from the East, he might be a good start to get you in contact with people. How long are you staying?

Conan is a Cutter prospect and a great dude!

Thank you sir, thats very helpful and what i was looking for.

-cheers

I was in Mannheim for work for a while. I met a few folks and groups but mostly in the baden/Rhineland areas. Mofafreunden obergrombach I talked to mostly, they were by Karlsruhe which was a long scooter ride but I did rent a scooter for like 15 euro/day and rode down there.

Uber groms. heh. bach

and something monkeys and a couple fellas with Simson Schwalbe's with a skateshop outta Nuremburg

That's pretty rad, I don't think Ill be down in the southern part of Germany much. But how was riding in Germany? Ill probably end up getting a scooter for commuting too and from the train station for work.

We dont have rallies in the american way. I can get anywhere in the Netherlands within 3 hours and there are thousands of mopeds/riders in my town alone, so there is no need for multiple days of rallying.

We do have group rides but these are dominated by cranky old geezers on oldtimers that usually frown upon my puch maxi.

Your always welcome to come ride with me and my friends though and we already made some plans for our moped vacation next year, Hamburg is on the possibilities list.

I own a Simson Schwalbe as well. Real love/hate relationship...

The ignition parts on those are terrible shit. Don’t ride it too much because it really is viciously unreliable. Rest of the moped is really very well build though, very sturdy. A nice ride and good power. But as it is quite heavy as well, not much fun to push ;)

I believe the kreidler market in germany is even crazier than over here. A florett wreck can sell for over 600€ nowadays. So with all the good cheap mopeds available i stay away from kreidlers at the moment.

The Töffli run is a dress up ride through the swiss mountains i think.

The post river 2strokes did about those was one of the first posts I ever saw on here. Super clean and dope bikes.

You should invest time researching plating/regging an american moped in Germany.

We had a couple come into a shop with a ciao that sat in storage in Germany for 5 years because they paid to ship it over and found out that they wouldn't be able to register or insure it there without extreme effort/cost.

G OD D A M N thats sexy

Im bad at forums. Youre probably very right. Ill have a peek into it to make sure, but yeah if it is so, worst case I just dont take a bike.

Thank you Max, Ill definitely message you once I get to Germany in January. I was thinking of getting a jawa or a simson, so thats perfect. Hows the riding in hamburg? fairly flat ground or is it hilly?

Thats good to hear about the terrain.

Im usually used to wet weather riding unless its summer, in portland wet cloudy and rainy are our main weather patterns 3/4 seasons.

Ill start my search to look for a simons, seems like the "enduro" style i need.

Bump because I leave in a week and a half. Anybody know any moped groups in Hamburg, Germany? I've been looking and there doesn't seem to be any but maybe somebody knows.