MOPED ARMY

At least you didn’t overpay! I’m sorry, but I’ll be of no help to you. But I thought I’d chime in anyway. It’s a good looking worthless bike, tho! The geometry of those rear shocks and swing arm seems off; maybe it’s just me. Good luck! Cool bike.

PS, ignition switch is pretty simple. Just grounds out the ignition usually to stop the bike. Pretty universal thing, sure it will be an easy fix.

I can't help at all, but i won't love to see underneath a kamasura flywheel. Even if it's just for the novelty

Worth a LOT more than u think!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Pair-1985-Kamasura-mopeds-Emei500-VRX250/293037968562?hash=item443a6c8cb2:g:pw0AAOSwUl5bH~Bg

Both run, need a little love. asking for the inflation price thats all to get my money back.

LOL^

So , he wants to have ridden them for 34 years for free . (edited)

What else do you want for nothing ? ;)

They are different , but , have the same effect as forward positioned shocks .

Ever look under a pickup truck ? Some have one shock forward and one backward

No sense of adventure^ . ;)

Yea but a pickup truck the suspension goes up and down, o a moto the suspension pivots at the swingarm, and so it moves essentially in an arc. Having the shocks backwards like that doesnt really work. I mean it kinda works but not as well and with no advantage, only disadvantages.

As far as why, I'm sure they designed parts separately and that's where they had to go to clear the 2nd underseat tank. I think theres some mini wheel peugeot with backwards shocks too but yea, dumb

I personally love the kamakura because the name is hilarious, the history is super interesting, it's a sachs clone and I like Sachs, and they're faster than a sachs A, however they eliminated the coasterbrake which is lame. Dual tanks and reverse shocks cuz huh?

All the lights and stuff you can use generic bits. I think the wirings pretty simple, one out to coil, ground and lights. If you want a kill switch, as mentioned before just wire a parallel off the wire to the coil that grounds out to kill it. Lighting just pull parallel wires off the lighting wire to the front and back, good to go. Use any moped lights

clinton was just a rebadged general, or at least the one i had was. it had a real sachs 505 on it.

the suspension is wonky, but it works fine for the purpose. it does more pivoting at the top mount than a traditional setup does, so those bushes may get worn out quicker, but otherwise it's fine.

i'd pay $200 for one as clean as the op picture, easy.

that actually makes some sense, at least as to why the kamasura cloned the sachs- i hadn't really considered the jui li connection. it's also later than the active moped craze, might make sense they were picking up old castings and remanufacturing them.

another thing i remember from the wiring is the little connector plastics and even the wire housing gets brittle and cracks and then things arent connected that should be, sometimes even when they look connected. a multimeter check for connectivity is a good call.

Yeah I mean i'm sure it was just collecting whatever man8ufacturers stillm ade stuff or still had castings etc to just start up the old presses and pump out a running bike as cheaply as possible.

its super cool, I really want one. keep us updated as you fix it up!!!