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I swear my “ported” Fizzy with expansion pipe was good for way over 60 mph - LOLWe used to think our de restricted 50's could do it in the 70's we certainly tried enough
I swear my “ported” Fizzy with expansion pipe was good for way over 60 mph - LOLWe used to think our de restricted 50's could do it in the 70's we certainly tried enough
My first moped was a Gitane Champion with a six-speed moto minarelli engine, dad treated me, brand new registered UNM96R so it didn't fall foul of the de-restricted law which came in late 77(?) It had a Huret speedo that went up to 80mph, one day my mate clocked me on his Yam RD350B, my speedo was showing 80, he clocked me at 63, unfortunately I wrote it off after a few months and then bought a Fantic Chopper which too had a six-speed Moto Minarelli engine but was nowhere as quick as the Gitane, great fun mine you. YRT192N was the reg of the Fantic.I swear my “ported” Fizzy with expansion pipe was good for way over 60 mph - LOL
I saw a lady riding a 125 in the fast group at a track day at Rockingham. She was the fastest thing round the track. Had a chap on an R1 desperately trying to stay with her and on the long banked straight he could catch her but come the first corner she'd just sail away. Every lap she'd put an extra half a second on him, it was very impressive.125s are lethal. Not enough power to stop every sod on the road cutting you up
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Exactly Phil, for a while there were about 30 of us, all school mates zapping around the villages at night something you couldn't do on your push bike,lol.Nibby the 70'S and a de restricted Moped was our first chance of Freedom.
Me my twin brother and mates clocked up some miles in our 12 months before driving.
What was bizarre was at 17 we could have a 250 two stroke that would do well over a 100 mph on L plates.
They were at the top of a lot of list especially the Malaguti Olympique which had twin exhaust. I've still got one of their brochure sheets upstairs circa 76 with the Olympique on it.My brother had one of these - cool as **** and was genuinely the fastest moped around - sadly sold before I was old enough ......
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Have you seen that thing they do on Facebook called 'Where's my FS1E now?' People put out their reg of the Fizzy they owned back in the day hoping someone might say it's still alive and well, I can't help thinking that most of the sports mopeds registered here in the 70s ended up in that great scrapyard in the sky, it's only in the recent 20 years(recent=20 years lol) that there has been a big interest in them again I think, a lot of the Italian mopeds you see advertised on ebay have got a kick start meaning they've been imported from Italy/France/Holland.I swear my “ported” Fizzy with expansion pipe was good for way over 60 mph - LOL
Saw this rarity today at Brands Hatch.
The Bimota V-due. A fuel injected two-stroke 500cc. A great idea but too little to save 500cc motorcycle racing and now we have 1000cc four-stroke MotoGP.
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Fuelling was a major issue on these bikes when new. Have 2 pals who own or owned one. I understand they now have a fix for the fuelling that lets them run as they should. Bonkers road bike!Wow, 2/ with fuel injection; I’ll try and get my head around that notion, I’m thinking autolube on steroids!