MOPED ARMY

You are a buffoon

I expected more out of you dirty Dillion, I’m sorry. I’m usually 10mph slower, Im just trying to figure out how fast I can go on my moped. Be nice man come on

S and d are right next to each other on a keyboard. Woops I made a mistake, but you know what the I’m trying to say, don’t try act smart.

this pooch

I don't think you very often take time to comprehend anything before professing to be knowledgeable about said thing.

when i first got into mopeds, i was all about puchs. now i hate them. they're still like, "good mopeds," but variators man. i'm just too big for e50. if an e50 has good taeoff, something inside it is breaking. my za50 was great, but i'm scared to rebuild it. i've rebuilt several a35s, but that za just has too many parts. once you know the true story about magnums they're lame as fuck. after a dozen or more years of mopeds, i'm all about tomos and vespa. i had french bikes, and derbis too. give me a 40mph ciao over all that crap.

Right.

Back in the day (around 2010ish iirc) my buddy had a Polini'd E50 Maxi with a Simonini pipe that hit at least high 50's. Even with nice forks and tires it was totally sketch at those speeds.

Im really confused. I built a treat’s reed kit, , treats cdi party (with Yamaha jog cdi box), 4 petal maloiss reeds, 19mm phbg, uncased matched with a restricted sidebleed hitting a lil over 50mph and the tune is super soft and will go all day. And I’m not even trying and I’m using some junk parts

You guys are messing with us. 60mph sounds more like it.

Mine has done over 60mph set up was done by tomahawk mopeds in Cali.

It works becuase if everyone has the same answer then it’s the “correct one”.

It’s not like everything they taught you at school was correct. they just thought it was correct at that time and gave you a passing grade for knowing their bullshit.

To understand something and to know something is two different things. (edited)

after removing the intake restrictor, and doing intake porting. biggest front sprocket that fit. 50cc's got me 45mph downhill. much happier with my current air cooled antique 360cc 4t beater. but at 15 a 45mph puch maxi was a game changer. If I only had game at 15. I did have metal shop at 15. milled the shit out of the head. needed 93 octane. was an amazing hill climber. I also bought the smallest front sprocket.

I don't have the fastest puch

i have this maxi and i put snowflakes on for better braking 90MM pads

i think we are all silly i do not feel safe on the maxi it is kind of wobbly

i am rebuilding the rear swing arm with a newer one with a lock in it

new bolts and rubber bushing

it had 380 miles on it when i got it

i have a 70cc kit on it Arisal/bing clone15 82 jet/boss pipe/ factory air filter

and i cut it up to let more air in ,i chokes at 45mph,18/45 gears.

still tuning it . no filter it is better it need air

i have a 5 star with a polini kit 47mm(80cc) and that does 55/60+

but it feels solid to the ground with 2.75 rear tire,Hutchinson,and 2.25 front GP1 tires

if you guys do 80 that is cool,i disagree get a motorcycle ,ilive down the shore in New Jersey and there is nothing cooler when someone laughs at you and you just pull away and dust their ass.

enjoy everyone

Scottie out :)

Guys,

I thought I'd sign in for the first time and see if I could revive this 8-month-dormant thread, which I stumbled across while trying to find a reliable 50 MPH mechanical speedometer for my 70cc 1978 Sears Free Spirit, Puch E50, one of my three mopeds. I've had to reject a succession of Treatland speedos that did not work or last, although the folks there make a special effort to be helpful, and usually are.

I also wanted to add my thoughts on who has the fastest Puch. For me, the real question would be, "Who has the most healthy brain?" My last and best airplane cruised at about 200 MPH, and in the air, 100 MPH, 200, or 350 are all about the same. So it was not unsafe. I've also had a bunch of fast motorcycles, but I've never been so foolish as to operate one above 100 MPH, even if it can. At that speed, it feels like you have almost no contact with the road; you are a projectile, with few options except easing off the throttle. I've loved my 1100 cc Yamaha Virago road bike for 27 years, but hold it to 75 or well below. It's about fun, not suicide.

Which gets us to mopeds. My strong opinion is that anybody who even wants to run a 100-pound two-wheeler above 50 MPH is a rather foolish and possibly inexperienced person, and is perhaps not long for this world. I've converted two of my three mopeds to 70cc and am finishing up the third engine. The first two are fast, and I have put a lot of miles on them. Both do about an honest 50, but it does not feel safe. The feeling reminds me of riding a much heavier motorcycle at 100 MPH. Stability is zilch.

Again in my opinion, the best reason for hopping up a moped above 50cc is that it actually enhances safety, it doesn't detract from it. Having a little more power, not a lot, makes it easier to blend in with auto traffic, in rural smaller towns, like the one in which I live. Being able to keep up with traffic, and not impede it, is a wonderful thing. Auto drivers don't become angry and try to run you off the road, or tail gate you, because they can't, without breaking a speed limit. I've survived for a long time, and sometimes in a risky occupation, so it made me appreciate the attractiveness of continuing to be around. Running an almost weightless moped at 60 MPH is not the way to do it. Please guys, don't even try. But if you do, and succeed, please don't advertise your bad judgement by bragging about it. You're bound to encourage somebody with even worse judgement to try to top you, and get killed.

But again, top speed is not a good reason for boosting moped power. It's safety, and just a little bit more horsepower really does make your light ped safer, if you just hold it down responsibly, speedwise. I like 35 - 40 MPH in the Ohio countryside, just enjoying the sights and smells. It feels right. I don't feel like the tiny engine is about to blow up, or that if I hit an unseen bump, I and the 95-pound bicycle will be bounced into the ditch and extinguished.

Be careful, while enjoying the endless fun these toys can give you, way into your second childhood. I'll bet I'm way ahead of all of you on that. I tell people that I don't plan on dying anytime soon, but if I do, it will probably be falling off a motorcycle at age 95.

You read all that and think that's a dare ? Amazing .