>>That's no moped. If it was "coming up fast" and you were doing 40+, it wasn't even an old moped (old ones are both faster *and*quicker than new ones).
Well, I was actually there so I know what I saw! It was one of those plastic CVT buzzy things and it had a trimmed down L plate on the front. We tend to call them mopeds, scooters, whatever. There has been a big problem locally with young hooligan moped/scooter riders and even the police refer to them as mopeds, even if they don't actually have pedals.
When I got out of the 30 mph I floored it to get away from the mopedist and I did leave him behind at about 50 mph.
Edited by Sofa Spud on 23/11/2007 at 22:45
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OK, if it wasn't a MOtor-PEDaller, then it was a PLAStic SCOOTer - a PLASCOOT.
That's what we should call these things from now on.....plascoots!!!
Edited by Sofa Spud on 23/11/2007 at 22:52
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we call them
ring ting tins oop here
actually they seem to have mostly hibernated recently
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We call them crunchies down here.
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Call them what you will (I have a name for them that would break HJ's swearing policy) but kids seem to think they are invincible on these little hairdryers.
I was walking home a couple of years ago when a kid hit a pothole on one of these. The result was quite spectacular with the moped cartwheeling several times after he fell off it. Luckily he was ok and I wheels the remains of the bike home to keep it safe.
When his Dad turned up a few days later to collect it he was slating the state of the road surface. I did point out that it was raining and his son was clearly going as fast as the 49cc would take him so had little sympathy really. He got the pink fluffy dice and left without so much as a thank you for looking after the bike or calling and waiting for an ambulance for his son.
You just cant please some people!
It should be noted however that its not just mopeds that are shrouded in plastic these days, there are bikes upto 250cc that look very similar to a moped and have similar wheelbarrow sized wheels.
Edited by Dynamic Dave on 25/11/2007 at 04:08
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What is funny with the hooligans on 'plascoots' around here is that, although they have continuously variable transmissions, they play with the throttle to make it sound like they are accelerating up through gears, putting in a sequence of fake gearchanges!
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>>That's no moped. If it was "coming up fast" and you were doing 40+ it wasn't even an old moped (old ones are both faster *and*quicker than new ones). Well I was actually there so I know what I saw! It was one of those plastic CVT buzzy things and it had a trimmed down L plate on the front.
It was derestricted. 50mph no problem with engine at 'full power' (Heat setting 4, high blow)
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All mopeds were 'Hairdryers' in the seventies, but so were 'Mods' and theirs Lambrettas and Vespas, although we thought that they were Ok to hack about on in the fields....Double standards eh?
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I can remember as a 16 year old 'Fizzy' rider doing some back breaking school holiday work picking potatoes...... the rotten ones would be bunged in a separate pile
one day i was the instigator of a childish moment which consisted of throwing some of these manky spuds at a passing Lambretta/Vespa rider who had an unusually loud exhaust... and soon everyone was throwing them
the sudden increase in the exhaust note at the rider's panic stricken view of raining potatoes had the whole field in stitches
only trouble was, about a week later in the pub (yes i know 16yrs old, but every one did it) i got introduced to a friend's friend who came out with this story of......" i was riding past M******* Farm the other day when..............."
and i'd already told all my mates, so had an awkward moment......fortunately he saw the funny side
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