MOPED ARMY

Shame you got a bad one, probably neglected/fluid not changed when it was suppose to before you got it,

I’ve had several and none gave me problems even modified with performance exhaust and filters, only bought clean low mileage bikes to begin with but yeah some have factory defects,

Don’t give up, Do your best to rebuild it or post for a good engine on buy+sell

They’re not that complicated, in fact they’re pretty damn simple. I bet you didn’t clean the surfaces of the cases off well enough to get a good seal. If it won’t pedal you may have jammed the claw collar instead if putting it in it’s home.

That's common when you reassemble it that little? Spring that is attached to the main counter shaft is so it smoothly downshifts if it's not there it won't smoothly downshift and the what you explain to me when you decelerate it sounds as though the roller bearings inside of your clutch Bell need to be replaced if you replace everything and get new shoes you'll be golden for probably like 20 years the trick is not letting it go to shit if you do proper maintenance there's no reason it will ever go bad you just replace the shoes the other part that's called a sprag clip goes on your penile shaft and it makes your kick start work and your pedals work so if you have a problem with either of those it's the sprag clip and it sits inside a little hourglass shaped hole in the center of the engine it has to be in that hole in the center of the engine or the bike will not function properly you also have to have the two washers on the pedal shaft or it won't work properly and that little? Spring yes solder it in place so that way if it does break it doesn't fall into the gears it's amazing if you think about it before you do it. ...

I am psycho. Mental. I mean psychic...

Actually the longer you let it go the more it's going to cost you at first it might just be a $2 spring you let it go. It's a $10 bearing you let it go again it's a $20 needle bearing you let it go again it's another $20 needle bearing mean while your Kickstarter cage is all crap. Then then you're main Drive bearing we'll go bad first your sprockets while wear out pop your chain when it downshifts. Eat gears when it shifts

Tomos Rules... And they outlived pretty much every other 2 stroke moped brand for its day. If you assemble it correctly and do preventative maintenance they’re probably the most reliable moped out there along with Puch, atleast in my experience. Shimming is everything with Tomos

I would say Honda whips Tomos all day long, they too have their quirks, but a much simpler driveline. Honda carbs are bitchy, but get it clean, run sea-foam in your pre-mix, maintain a clean tank and you are golden, stock belts are not easy to come by. Never had a Puch, but form what I have read over the years an e50 is much simpler as well.