Circa 1980, the ultimate motorized oxymoron. A Race moped. Yup, had convinced my mother that mopeds were legal at age 14 and not satisfied with the performance began chopping. Let's see, Motor mods only go so far, time to reduce weight. Laced in aluminum bicycle rims, eliminated most of the bodywork, aluminum conduit for handlebars and the best mod of all, a one liter Dr. Pepper bottle for a gas tank. When it ran, it'd beat the piss out of the rest of the Moped Mafia, but I suspect I pushed it home more than once. It eventually died a tragic when the internal part of the combustion became somewhat external.
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