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This is where you get to decide.

Puch Newport is less finicky, lots of choices available for different tuning options. The puch will be cheaper. Solid engines. If this is your first bike I would recommend putting an E50 one speed puch engine on the bike so you would have a very simple transmission. Much easier learning timing. Much easier to "throw" parts on. This is a really good bike to learn with.

Peugeot 103 will have more moving parts, you will spend more time "aligning" things rather than just putting it in the designated spots. well designed. It's more of a bitch to work on the engine. Peugeot= fun transmission setup, which will be rewarding if you tune it, but will also make you pull out your hair. Peugeot has many tuning options, but they will be more expensive than puch, and availability is slightly less consistent. Unleashing the power will be more work and more $$. If you learn to tune a peugeot, tuning a puch will be simple as pie.

There you go.

Thanks. So that is a Newport and it is a 2 speed?

Yeah, budget tuning as this is purely hobby for me. I got other stuff to waste $ on.

Puch can't be variated, swapping to other puch engines is easy as pie.

It really comes down to how much effort you want to put in, If you want you can do very mild tuning and throw some fun faster parts on the puch in an afternoon... and then call it a day and ride. If this is the case then keep the two speed, and deal with it when you have problems as you go.

If you are trying to actively learn, as in not just wait for problems to arise, get an E50 for now, learn it, crack it open and see all the parts inside, and mess with the two speed later.

i'd go for the peugeot, but u should stick to the puch.

I'd pick the Peugeot, variators rock!

roundish, rectangular?

Thanks for all the great info guys. I don't have them yet. Waiting to hear from the seller who initially responded that my offer was "excellent", but wanted to reiterate that niether bike has been run in 10 or more years and may be missing parts, specifically the pedal on the puoegoet(damn my French).

yeah i must reiterate the peugeot being a bit of a challenge to get tuned and everything right. i am still having a few things creep up on me. but once you get into it you really know the bike which i really like. if you don't have a little bit of money and a lot of time go for the puch.

Keep the Puch, sell me the that crap peugeot.

oh shit, you are in SLO?

serious.

we'll see you memorial day too if you keep your ears open. get one of them blasting

Both bikes are fun to ride and have their own joyous attributes. You could sell the two speed Puch engine, buy a single speed engine and have enough cash leftover for a cheaper kit.