MOPED ARMY

Love survivor bikes like this!

Man you find some primo stuff.

Treats actually has some jlo parts

https://www.treatland.tv/SearchResults.asp?Search=Jlo (edited)

That's good to know. Might need a gasket kit or some clutch discs. The rest of the internet looks pretty bone dry for parts (except for all that broken and smashed shit Jeremy pointed out.)

Here's something else kinda funny. This is the same exact bike, found on Google images, from a post on Sheldon's EMU vintage motorcycle website, from 2017.

It even has the crappy black handled screwdriver sticking out of the tool kit.

That whip be sick af

The short story of how I found this. I drove 40 miles to get this little italjet 50 for $100 from offer up.

I wanted it for the engine, a Minarelli G1, kickstart 50cc. You can swap the top end on these with P4s and P6s, and make a screaming 70 or 80cc little monster out of it.

We start talking mopeds, and the guy pulls back a tarp and says, "I got this for sale, too."

After crapping my pants, he told me the price, I said that's too much, he said, I said, he said "what about both for x amount of a dollars and I'll deliver it?"

And I said, "sold. See ya at my house."

Then I stopped at the Hat and got a pastrami sandwich and waited for it to show up.

I'm not gonna disclose what I paid, but it was less than I sold the scorpion for, so it was a bargain. And unlike the Ducati Piuma or my custom Testi Grand Prix, I don't have to spend a ton on parts, and months on labor.

And that's the end of my tale of hunting unicorns.

Is the speedo in kmh om mph? It might be a model for British export, this one wasn't made for the Dutch market.

Those exhausts are quite rare, but i've seen them pop up for sale at local moped swap meets.

If i'm not mistaken these engines have the "pianosnaar" belt in it (on the right side) , you might want to check if that's still okay before starting it.

There's no belt under the covers. Is it inside the case?

Clutch looks great. Magneto looks good.

Oh, and I already started it and rode it around the block.

I don't think I've ever seen a kickstart version like that, but it's good you don't have the one with the belt, those things are costly to replace.

I just checked Marktplaats to see if they had a correct cover and taillight but didn't see the correct ones. The 63 supersport model isn't the most common because the Whippet was also being sold at that time.

Great to see one being brought back to life!

Here's some glamour shots after wiping it down with WD-40.

"Batavus" logo on buddy pegs:

Vent hole with screen in mag cover:

Engine scoop:

Engine hidey-hole:

Kickstand

More scoops

Right side

Saddle

Wow that's awesome, what a find!

The jlo engines are pretty common on the older snowmobiles but I haven't seen a motorcycle/moped one before, I wonder what else they made