MOPED ARMY

Upside down E50 with a Peugeot crank. Peugeot frame too I think

didn't they cut the transmission part of the e50 off? essentially making it just the crankcase portion of the e50 just like how a pug engine is? it's been a while, I'm also curious how they did it.

That orange 77 bike in this video is geared way too tall. I actually think I own that bike now without any of the cool fairings. It had like a 38t rear sprocket on it when I got it. Probably went 65 eventually but man it was so slow. Fucking 1977 goons can’t do shit right it was a total bummer of a bike, but it was only $500 so I can’t complain.

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Daniel came in with the heat. Lulz.

Daniel does the white bike have an upside down E50 on a Peugeot frame with a Peugeot crankshaft? I thought my statement was correct and I think your post backs up my comment but I wanna make sure. Even though the builds before my time I can’t stand Max’s know it all attitude. If he built the bike then cool but what’s with his smart ass crap?

Yea upside down e50, with a Peugeot cdi crank on a 103 frame. This one didn’t even see the more than a couple laps though, the var side crank bearing, even with the seal on the outside, didn’t get enough oil and seized up. IIRC they used some revival cases with the larger transfers for version 2, but it blew up in one race and is probably long gone at this point. (edited)

Good ol’ E-5.

http://garage.1977mopeds.com/build/E-5+-VARIATED+E50

Let me set you guys straight I was there and talked to Elliot, Lee and Joey about the set up plenty of times. It did NOT have a Peugeot crankshaft it had a new style e50 crank (the one without the larger seal diameter). They were using a mbk variator jammed on there, The tapers didn't match. The way they held it on was by threading the inside of the crank where the pin from the start clutch plate goes. It was just held on with a 6mm Allen screw. There was one race where that thing was actually working and it was pretty fast. Good times... (edited)

Oh man this is a blast from the past!

At the time I was so impressed. Cool to know it was a fully janky pile of garbage ha

Maitland you should share that

I don't remember why this was seen as such a big advantage over using an engine made for CVT

YES

that is the true spirit

Could someone today make this work in a semi-long term way? Maybe some part to keep oil at the seal/ bearing?

Bruh I ain't scanning 500+ pages with a phone

This is a Bible not a pizza menu