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I wish i'd picked up some of these a few years back!!

If only my X1 was worth this much...

i'd wait until the cheque clears!

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

my dad bpought me one of these when i was Eleven Years old, so that was in 1975, the one i had was bought as a non runner f rom a Leeds dealer for me to go scrambling on , dad paid £50.00 for it and it was M reg , so not that old either at the time although it had already started to rod on the rear chrome mudguard,

it was sold after a couple of years for about £150.00.

carl

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My first ever form of motorised transport, I sold it and bought my first Mini as soon as I passed my proper driving test.

A loophole in the law (then) allowed them to be called mopeds so I could ride at 16 and it was really a 50cc motorbike and you could make them go much faster than was ever intended for a 16 year old on a moped..... (and I did!).

Mine was orange (although I soon changed that) and I bought it new with a loan from my parents (I had to get a Saturday job to pay it back) when they had only been out about a year....

Must be careful, showing my age....

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

I turned 16 just as they raised the age limit on proper motorbikes.

The rich kids had the FS1E or the Honda SS50 ????.

I had a Raleigh Mobiletta that had variable ratio belt drive. The engine used to swing backwards and forwards as you rode it. You could get 45mph out of it downhill with you chin on the handlebars.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

when did they raise the age limit?

Me and my mates were all riding 50cc motorbikes to school 9 years ago!?

I must have missed the change!!!

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

1973 ???

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

really?

How the hell were there 9 of us, 1 with an fs1e, riding them to school when we were 16??

most had motorcross style bikes, dt50s, ts50s, etc

im confused!

or did it change again when they brought in the CBT?

Edited by steve w on 9th Feb, 2009.

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

i had a yamaha ss , gold with white stripes ,but otherwize the same as a fs1e , i got it up to 55 on the flat ,but my home made attempt at an expansion chamber made out of half the original exhaust ,a cone made of copper sheet ,and a stinger made of a brass covered curtain rod ,was not a success , the floor was covered in silver solder rods ,but it just wouldnt stick with a butane blow torch ! ah the joys of being 16 and not having a clue lol

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I think he means limited bikes at 16 to 50cc

We had a bit of a tuning war aswell!

big bore kits and aftermarket exhausts etc

i managed to get a dt50 to 61mph! and was winning

then one of the rich lads go brought a brand new derbi cenda, that did 73!

so a friend on mine bought an ar125, put ar50 badges on it, and rang the dvla and changed the log book, he won!

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

In 1973 the law was that it had to be limited to 50cc and be fitted with pedals.

My mate had the Honda SS50. You had to flick levers and all sorts to get the pedals working. Then your legs went at ten to the dozen to do about 3mph.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

From memory, the "change" was in the legal definition of a moped....

It used to be something like "maximum of 50cc and equiped with pedals as a means of propulsion" - hence all the belt drives and proper pedals to get them moving.

The loophole was to build a 50cc bike and put pretend pedals on it, real pedals but both facing forwards to make footrests and not connected in any way to the rear wheel..... But, pull a few levers, engage a few cogs, and suddenly the engine was disconnected and you could pedal it.

Well, only if you could pedal really fast as pedalling as fast as you could would achieve about 2mph and a serious risk of falling off - but it satisfied the law at the time.

The change was all to do with speed limits and governors as I remember so a moped now doesn't need pedals but is speed restricted.

Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ???

oh ok. :$

didnt know that!

This is FORD country, on a quiet day you can hear Vauxhalls rusting.

i bought one New in 1975 paid £295 for it such fun and great memories

Hi,
They've changed the motorbike licensing laws that many times I'm surprised anyone knows what's what!
Cheers,
Gavin :)

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