My first bike was a moped and I loved it. It was an old two stroke puch maxi. Much of what I know about now came from working on those simple engines. A helpful resource that i used and still use today was Moped Army (https://www.mopedarmy.com/wiki/popular/ (https://www.mopedarmy.com/wiki/popular/)). Their forum has so much information and wiki pages to help those who need to understand timing, ring gap, chambers, and etc. I highly suggest checking out the site, information is not limited to mopeds.
I had RD's (yes multiple,haha) before I had a moped. Now, I have 2 Puch magnums (1 built), 2 Vespa Ciao's, 1 2018 Tomos sprint, 1 Italjet Packaway, and just got a PA1 Honda Hobbit.
I love Mopedarmy!
I second Mopedarmy as a resource for mopeds and some nopeds!
Thanks for the heads up of Mopedarmy, I too had a Puch back in the day had a lot of fun on it.
Cheers, 50gary
Quote from: PIOUGHD_RD350 on September 07, 2020, 01:06:11 PM
.... and just got a PA1 Honda Hobbit.
We have a huge moped scene here in Portland.
I had a yellow PA2 Hobbit when I was in highschool. It was waay faster than my friends' Puchs, when it was running.
I would love to have another one now that I know what I'm doing.
(http://garage.1977mopeds.com/assets/images/builds/880/ec48525ba6a2804b4fa3213d364aab8c.jpg)
Now THAT is a cool PA50! My brother had a PA50-II in high school
The PA50II was a beast of it's own. It was variate, could run a stock carb with BBK and a pipe and could pull 50~55mph. I was a puch guy with my maxi and magnum. I love the TOMOS as well but it was just a better Puch. Gotta love these little things.
Very cool, someday I've got todo one of these. Great job.
Cheers, 50gary