MOPED ARMY

My advice as a moped shop worker and moped owner of 10+ years, avoid "buyer's remorse"!! Buy new or you'll be working on it every time you ride. No joke. We have a guy who comes in every day about something broken on his vintage ped. He just wants to get around, you know? He's not trying to be in a gang, etc....

If you can afford it, buy a new Tomos. They're awesome and designed for urban riding. You'll go 35 stock without any peformance upgrades. They have a few different styles but every model is 50cc has a pedal or kick start option and comes with a factory warranty. 1977mopeds sells the base model, Sprint, for $999 and we will ship it. It comes 90% assembled. All you need to do is bolt on the handle bars and pedals.

Heaven forbid something should brake, or you want to go faster. Tomos still makes a full line of parts for every bike they make or made. Not even Honda can claim that.

if you buy used, the minarelli engines are very stout tough little things that can do 35-40mph with very minimal work and will still be very reliable. minarelli made engines up till the late 70's or earliest years of the 80's as best i can remember. on a minarelli powered ped, its usually the other stuff that breaks and not the engine, assuming its running properly.

The first thing on the minarelli v1 powered peds are them wheels with cup/cone/bearing. Switch out first get tomos or sachs mag wheels to fit on the frames.

sophia there are plenty of moped owners in boston that can help you. if you ever get your hands on a puch i can actually walk you through what can be done. my bike isnt running right now. but you can get a puch and kit the bike. i have a magnum which is significantly heavier than a maxi. with the 75cc kit on the lighter maxi im sure you would fly. this kit requires alot of work to put in though and you can get away with something smaller and not have to take a grinder to your case.