MOPED ARMY

If its just about the cost of parts I'd say fill up your electronic "shopping cart" and let us know.

It all depends, I just built an av10 euro that can probably reach 60mph pretty dam easy for about $700 w/the bike. I already made $300 back off parts and still have two rolling maxis I got with the purchase and an entire box full of motobecane , and puch parts.

I’ll probably almost make all my money back and still have the bike to keep enjoy and sell later in life for good profit :)

I got a complete puch sport maxi with snowflakes that I’m being payed to ride around. I got two maxis for $200 and a bunch of parts and a spare za50. I sold the za and some parts & made $300 lol.

Mopeds the only motor sport I’ll ever make money @

Look at the raw components for what they are, consider the production volumes, and compare it to the automotive industry, and it’s a miracle this shit is even in existence. Much less at the price it is.

You think Polini is getting rich off Puch 64cc kits, no way

That said, this question is kinda vague, you can spend $150 and rebuild an E50 or $1000, depending on what path you take

I did a Puch E50 for under 200 didnt buy a new crank, had to buy a new case though

Kind of makes the 2g zundapp w 75 mi on ebay look like a deal even with the 1400 dollar shipping from Spain...

Most oems about a c note. Gaskets bearings needle bearing clutch disk material ECT. Kits add about 150. This is just parts you'll never get billable man hours back or even storage.

Storage... I mean even at 10% floor space just a 10th of the rent since 1977...

If you are in it for the money. Triple stacked uninsured/underinsured. Comprehensive and collision. Then just go about your moped life knowing you got better than house odds that you will be able to buy ten more once you recover... Not if but when some soccer mom in a green Honda oddessy yelling at her life partner on the cell phone takes a unsignalled left turn at a yellow light or a teen anger rips out of a side street then skids to a stop halfway into traffic with his styling Mitsubishi...

My name is ________.

I have a problem that effects almost all my life's activities....

It started with wind up balsa wood planes and worked it's insideos web of addiction into my life.

Mopeds are not a victimless crime...

Unless it's a Jawa. They run almost forever...

Yes, well, there's that too...

^ This, right here! I don't even like to work on them, if you can find an un-molested bike, it usually does not take much to get it going, but these are getting more rare by the year, get a good one, STORE it right, and it will lat longer than you will want to ride it. No matter the cost of a rebuild, you will not rebuild much for less that will provide as much transpo/fun quotient.

it doesn't matter i have rebuilt over the years the shipping is what always killed me.

because i'm dumb. and would get a lot of shit .... but forget something... or start the build and want something little tomorrow..... or jetting and blah blah blah

thank god i love treats because i threw stupid xtra costs at them because i became impatient

paint it black

list it as ONYX ANALOG

IF you are LUCKY enough to get Richard Eberline to work on any motor consider yourself blessed!

Just like Trent Anderson commented on the above remarks I concur.

Richard re-built my Minarelli V1. I live in Connecticut and mailed the engine to his home. He mailed it back. And yes, I over engineered the packaging=no breakage!

I kidded Richard the engine was running inside the box...it was so easy to get started!

Blueprinted case matched ported custom matched carb/ pipe combo cdi upgrade from 3 point stator mount to hpi w/ programmable curve. Hybrid lighted bell and modded clutch 49cc to 80cc.

Just buy a car...

As far as cost, it's bout the same (brand-to-brand) to do basic bearings/seals/gaskets/rings. The sky's the limit from there, no mater what brand you're trying to take to that 60mph level.

Are you kidding?? Richard's a friggin' anal-retentive pain in the ass.....(couldn't resist buddy)

SERIOUSLY, Richard is exactly the guy you want to rebuild your motor (he's also a lot of fun to hang out and party with), he does it like it's going to have a life of 100k miles. He did my Sabre motor and it's as smooth as (I'm sure) it was brand new.

I have now spent a couple vacation stints with Richard as a guest/moped-building partner, and my own skills/knowledge have elevated to another level.

I agree with Mr Roff, He's a real treasure to the vintage moped/bike "cult". If the know-it-all brats that can't use a torque wrench would stop frustrating him, maybe he'll continue to share his skills for years to come.

We usually bill 3-6 hours depending on what all we are doing. 80/hr is our rate. Parts are usually around the same price unless they’re going full cheapo then it’s like 75% labor 25% parts.

Pretty good prices for a shop when most motorcycle shops charge more and then know nothing about Mopeds, most times your moped comes back worse than it was to begin with!

Like many people who went to a motorcycle shop to get a aftermarket exhaust pipe put on their Moped or small 2t motorcycle and the motorcycle mechanic would say where is the “jet kit” for it? I worked on many a seized moped (mostly tomos) that had a pipe put on by a motorcycle shop,