ive been busy lately - gas prices have driven me insane. my truck gets about 13miles per gallon average on my 8 mile drive to work - and my piece of crap car has been getting about 16 miles per gallon in the same route to work -

so

ive been hunting down a 50cc 2stroke engine moped / the kind that has bicycle pedals to get it started - or to finish the ride if it cuts out for whatever reason. why ? becuse they can be made to look pretty cool i guess - and they get around 80 to 100 miles per gallon of gas - ill be it at 30mph is all the faster they go when stock. but there are performence parts avalable for them if so chosen.

so yeah - ive been spending all my spare time learning how to re build up my ped. i ended up getting 3 rusty hulks of crap for free from a friend - and am turning them in to one sweet ride.

i figured id post it here - as alot of the uk members of this site might enjoy the small size engine moped scooter type thing as gas price over there is probably near 8 to 10 dollars per gallon... is so insane id freek out if gas was that expensive over here in the states...





so above is where im at currently - wating on my gas tank to get back - and to make a seat

below is what i hope my moped ends up turning out to look like. its rad







lol i just photoshoped in a tank and seat.. my photoshop skills are terible

looks sick!

[insert clap smiley here]

this seems like a fun project! Once I get my license I plan on customizing my car with different brakes and so on cant wait to see the finished moped

16mpg?!?! Wow...Good on ya man. Best of luck

That's nice though.

Sick looking

That would be sick if it turned out that good!

thats pretty cool!

looks like it should be a beast though....like 800+ cc

be sure to show us pictures once its finished!

speaking of fixing up things me and my dad went and picked up a new kit car project for him today...a gentry. its pretty cool. if you google 'gentry kit car' you can see what its like.

picked up this orange tank today from a friend. its from a 1969 ducati



my origonal gas tank is just rusted so badly that i dont think i can use it.

this is how i thought it would turn out like in rough mock up





so i guess the orange tank is growing on me. i hafta figure out a new seat with this tank as its much bigger than my origonal seat is.

This is sick dude! Did you paint the tank?

That looks really awesome, aha!
Also, what sort of licence would you need to ride one? Haha

Danny Hynam wrote:

That looks really awesome, aha!
Also, what sort of licence would you need to ride one? Haha

regular car driving liscense is all that is required for "moped" = a 2 or 3 wheel viechle capable of not exeeding 30 mph or over 3 brake horsepower and or exeeding 50cc size engine.

and no the tank came stock in that orange - i do however plan to paint it all nice when i get it all put together. right now is "mock up" stage - and i have to get the thing to run first too

its a shame my stock gas tank is so leaky and rusty. i did enjoy how it was looking with the stock seat and tank in mock up

Ahhh, I see
Also, get your brother to work his magic on the paintwork that'd be pretty awesome

Take the tank to a restoration place or ask them if they can make you one like your rusted one.