No not me my trusty Rabeneick Binetta 50 cc Moped
Bought by me in 2011 it took me 3 weeks to get it running with help from XT Rider (on here).
The previous owner had run it once down a lane prior to that it had not run for 10 years.
Sachs 50/2 two speed motor so Ebay.de is your friend for parts.
Looks like a NSU Quickly so lots of " I used to have one of those" when you stop to catch your breath following an adrenaline fueld back road blast.
Highlights riding it to Liverpool then putting it on the Mersey Ferry to the Wirral to meet my cousins. A round trip of 100 miles 6 arse pounding hours and under 1/2 gallon of premix used. Quite funning getting on the ferry , seems to have changed from the wooden tunnels I remember in the 60's & 70's , had to push it through a carpetted lounge!!!
Lowlights putting a three legged puller through the coil, resulting in parts from Germany & USA.
Love the aluminium finials covering the plunger (remember 1957) rear suspension.
Lastly passed its last 3 MOT's no issue, now excempt due to age.
I found an advert from the importers Stuart and Payne in London £70:19:6 , bearing in mind a bantam was £110 and a BSA Goldstar was £230. So a very expensive bike in its day, no wonder they are so rare!
Bought by me in 2011 it took me 3 weeks to get it running with help from XT Rider (on here).
The previous owner had run it once down a lane prior to that it had not run for 10 years.
Sachs 50/2 two speed motor so Ebay.de is your friend for parts.
Looks like a NSU Quickly so lots of " I used to have one of those" when you stop to catch your breath following an adrenaline fueld back road blast.
Highlights riding it to Liverpool then putting it on the Mersey Ferry to the Wirral to meet my cousins. A round trip of 100 miles 6 arse pounding hours and under 1/2 gallon of premix used. Quite funning getting on the ferry , seems to have changed from the wooden tunnels I remember in the 60's & 70's , had to push it through a carpetted lounge!!!
Lowlights putting a three legged puller through the coil, resulting in parts from Germany & USA.
Love the aluminium finials covering the plunger (remember 1957) rear suspension.
Lastly passed its last 3 MOT's no issue, now excempt due to age.
I found an advert from the importers Stuart and Payne in London £70:19:6 , bearing in mind a bantam was £110 and a BSA Goldstar was £230. So a very expensive bike in its day, no wonder they are so rare!