What peds were imported to the US with handshifters. I know casal used them on the K196 and boss and old allstates have them but what else. I'm talking about mopeds mostly from the common era 1975 to 1985
Shifter peds
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There are shifter peds (sachs and puch) but, they would be imported as small motorcycles (if at all). Mopeds by definition aren't manual.
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I wonder how some companies got away with it. I think casals were sold by dirtbike dealers so they probably were imported as offroad vehicles its just a thought here is a pic she is a 1980
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You won't find many from the "golden era". Before the early 70's mopeds were treated the same as motorcycles so there were a few 50cc models with manual transmissions. At the same time pedals were not required either. When the legal definition of moped was created almost all states required automatic transmissions. Because of this very few were imported. The sears allstate is probably the most common in the US. The others are so uncommon its tough to come up with a list. There are a handfull of shifter sachs engine bikes around, motobecane d52's, honda ss50's, yamaha fs1e's and puch monzas.
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safari with pedals and a 4 speed I have one usa bike
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morini made a 3 speed shifter in both kickstart and pedal versions.
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Peugeot had a lot, for example the SX5 and GL10, Motobecane made the D55 tt among others. They were a lot made in and around the mid 70's.
here's another one which is pretty similar to the 1974 D55 which is probably the sexiest shifter moped ever made (even though it was only designed to have a top speed of 28mph).
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Damn.
How fast are the safari 4 speed manual shifters?
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My 1970 Benelli Sprint 4V (4 spd).
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a f*cking masterpiece!! that bike is sooooo sweet!
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i want to fuck that motobecane
its so sexy
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imo, zundapp is king of the shifter ped. btw, cs50 boltys up that casal.
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The rare and elusive Negrini Harvard Deluxe Super...there has to be one still out there somewhere.
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are you 100% sure cause I found a 70cc athena kit for a cs50 and really want to make my casal rip
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The Casal, any Casal I would say do not molest it and leave it stock. They are not the most plentiful mopeds out there! If you want a bike to blast get a Puch or Tomos and do it up instead.
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If it doesn't blast it won't get ridden it has all the right ingredients to be a real blaster.
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Tate, There was a guy in Hollywood, Fl. Who worked in a bicycle shop, named Kevin. He has one still today, and that bike in the early 80's left all of us in the dust! When your ped does 60+, and you add gears to the equation... you can't touch it. One of the most awesome peds ever made!
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Sounds like it.
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these were also shifter peds :)
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morini 3 speeder :)
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That first Motobecane is pure sex. The Benelli too.. mmm
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well, I found this.. its unreall to own something this cool.. pedals with 4 gears, gosh, so rad to drive!
class of there own, that's for sure!
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I like this thread. Anybody have a multi-speed Ped titled/tagged as a moped? I have seen Honda MB5's with moped titles from time to time, I guess chalk that up to some state employees ignorance?
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holy cow give me that moby!
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BAT MK2 - pedals and hand shift
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