MOPED ARMY

Get extra exhaust crush gaskets. Safety wire the exhaust manifold nut. Replace ht coil. Replace condenser and route it outside of the cover. Tighten fork with 32mm socket.

I put 3k miles in a summer like that. Also, I welded the freewheel mode lock since its a failure point.

Hilarious! The first thing I did is, "What's this for?" And turned that sucker. Fortunately, it re-engaged easily. Smack my hand, I won't do it again!

If it went back ok, maybe your pulley is not as rusted as mine was, I ended up replacing it, some go as far as to drill a hole in the pulley and bolt the arm in place...just been my experience that they are more of a pita than they are worth.

So I put some fresh gas in it and it fired right up. It ran a little rough at first, but smoothed out after it warmed up. It def needs some jetting work, as it is pretty boggy when I crank the throttle, but seems to rev out good once it gets going. I don't know if the PO changed the clone carb internals to Dellorto SHA stuffs or not, but I doubt it. So I will replace the atomizer and slide, and rejet. The exhaust may be plugged up a bit too, so I'll give it a good cleaning.

It needs a little electrical attention, too. The lights don't work, but I'm guessing it has something to do with that goofy led headlight. The horn works great. Loud AF, and when you put the kill switch to the off position, the horn sounds until the engine completely stops. Sounds like a dying deer when you shut the bike off with the switch. Beeeeuuuoog. That's what it sounds like. Good thing it's got a decomp!

I haven't tried riding it yet. I don't think it's running well enough yet & I don't trust the brake cables or tires.

Hate that sound, always shut down with de-comp.

Do all Moby's do that when you shut em down? That's one way to announce an arrival!

It's running much better now. Upjetted a bunch. This Runtang clone carb had a 56 jet in it. I went up to 61. May be a bit rich, but we'll see. May have to take it for a short ride to try it out.

Does not have the tool kit, and it needs motor mounts. More to come...

Actually only European mopeds that were exported for the US market had the common end of the exciter coil power horn or tail lights to comply with a USDOT regulation.

It does it every time. And yes, the horn sounds if you try to start it with the kill switch in off, so you sure know it

Mopeds were long a way of life with Europeans before the 1973 oil crisis hit, which opened up the flood gates to the American market. 99% of Americans were clueless as to how to operate a ped. I'm thinking the Americans needed help where as the Europeans did not.

So why would such a dot regulation apply to European peds and not the jap peds??

None of the jap peds were wired like that.

All mine does it also.

I loved the sound of the horn dying out but the best is when you ride by a bunch of people about 20mph and kill it for about 3 seconds while under power, sounds first like an arial siren and then makes a horrendous backfire!

Yes.

Think The Jetsons.

What's up with these flimsy-ass center stands made of peanut butter?

This is the OG one. It currently has a different one off another Motobecane I got. It's not much better; it's straight, but far from vertical when down. Sure wouldn't want to sit on it on the stand, as it might fold the rest of the way under.

Mobys were meant to be started with a single kick and not pedalled like nutz on the stand like some folks tend to do. If you hammer the legs straight they will be likely much happier.

How to start a Moby - open the petrol tap, give a little choke, counter rotate the throttle, one thrust of the pedal and rotate throttle forward and release choke.

if u haven't pulled the pulley off yet, remove and grease the probably grease-less needle bearings in there. and screw the engagement switch into the pulley so it doesn't slip and strip. remove the speedo cable, there's no way it's still accurate :-)