The Coddenham moped run

[Barry]

A faster moped has been purchased today in order to make a quicker get-away (and climb hills).  Watch this space.

[Bob Purton]

Come on, what you got??

[Barry]

Don't get too excited.  It's only a small step-up from a Runabout.
Been in a shed for 17 years so looks pretty rough but it is all original.

1974 vintage..............Pen has just run out

[Rob Dobie]

1974 vintage..............Pen has just run out

Mmmmm!  There's not many mopeds that start with a P, It's usually half way around the run, in some trees! 

[Barry]

And now.... The video is available.

Can you spot me and Bob?   Watch-out for red helmets.

http://www.icenicam.ukfsn.org/eventsi/131117v.html

[Rusty Chrome (Malcolm Parker)]

Spotted the Fantic Chopper! My younger brother had one of those. 

[Bob Purton]

And now.... The video is available.

Can you spot me and Bob?   Watch-out for red helmets.

http://www.icenicam.ukfsn.org/eventsi/131117v.html

Barry is the one with the stolen hand bags under his arm!

[Barry]

Here is the new machine..........................Hmmm (Starts with a P).

Also picked-up a power pack (and a newer Moped but more about that when it arrives home - home rapidly becoming a junk yard)

[Rusty Chrome (Malcolm Parker)]

Ah, I had a friend with one of these. He always had trouble starting it - I told him the advertising for it should say - Why walk when you can Puch?

[Rob Dobie]

Oh a Power Pak. The very first vehicle I bought for four pounds ten shillings (£4.10s.00d or £4.50p) in 1961, fitted to a 28 inch wheeled ex-police bicycle.
Here's a tank for one on ebay, number 370949675333
Also see  http://www.britishpathe.com/video/power-pak-cycle

[Bob Purton]

Here is the new machine..........................Hmmm (Starts with a P).

Also picked-up a power pack (and a newer Moped but more about that when it arrives home - home rapidly becoming a junk yard)

Copy cat!

[Barry]

Here is the new machine..........................Hmmm (Starts with a P).

Also picked-up a power pack (and a newer Moped but more about that when it arrives home - home rapidly becoming a junk yard)

Copy cat!

3 gears?

[Bob Purton]

A three gear and a two gear. The two gear one is all in pieces, the three gear is the famous blue and yellow cabbage field bike.

[Barry]

I wanted an MS50D like my second moped in 1975 - green.
My friend Tony had a VS50 like my new one - his was two gear.
Our first ever holiday away from parents at the age of 16 was to Clacton from Rochford Essex.
Getting up Maldon hill with a tent and a full weeks kit bag on the back was quite a challenge on the way back - the three gears was so much better than two.
Ran out of money and then ran out of juice just as we got home.

Should I settle for the VS and do it up or wait for a green MS?
The new one seems to have waxoil all over it but it is still pretty knackered underneath.

[Bob Purton]

Funny enough my cabbage crusher is green and cream under the dulux! Why was the three speed so much better, on my three speed the first gear is so low I pull away in second, I could only ever see me using first if I was carrying a passenger and going up a steep hill!