Not anymore, but I did for a while. Had a ‘66 Sporty chop, zx12r, and before that a handful of mopeds. These days it’s too sketchy around where I live. Saw too many friends laid out on the pavement to want to keep doing it personally. But man it is fun when the rubber side stays down.
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I love those old mopeds. My first motorized two wheeler was an old Puch Maxi. It couldn’t really hold anything more than 20mph so I mostly used it to go to the neighborhood coffee shop, but it was great fun. I know that there are many manufacturers making Vespa style scooters nowadays, but it would be fun to see someone make a true moped style vehicle with more modern specs.
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Tomos continued making mopeds in Slovenia until 2019! They got pretty modern in their later years. I had a Targa LX for a while that was really fun. Two speed auto transmission and a 75cc top end kit. Would do 50mph on a good day. There is a whole community of people who ride, fix, and modify old 2 stroke mopeds. There is an aftermarket parts site called Treats that sells pretty much everything you need to make one stupid and dangerous.
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That’s pretty cool