Fuel pump + woman = danger

[PITMIX]

Hello ZAC glad to see you are back on the forum. And I hope you are doing well.

Yes you are right I went a little hard by saying totally wrong. Since there is 12 times less chance of setting things on fire while refueling than of getting caught in a plane, it means that there is still a risk even if it is minimal. And even if it is almost negligible.
And then on a motorcycle there is a risk of spilling gasoline on the mill and catching fire.
In F1 it's common but their essence is very volatile I think.

[Christophe]

It reminds me that during my many tinkering on moped I set one of my mobs on fire (fortunately at a red light) I
managed to extinguish fairly quickly by smothering the flame (and closing the fuel valve)

After "expertise" I concluded as follows:
Earth fault + "optimized" air filter cloth + grid.
The rag ends up soaking up gasoline and the spark does the rest ...

I was still ashamed that day (especially with respect to the motorist behind me ) but hey I was young ...

[PITMIX]

Yeah well I have a friend who had jumped his scooter and set fire to the pipes by swinging the "star pilot" in the carburetor while the engine was hot. When he got home, his parents felt a little uneasy

[Christophe]

LOL the scooter!
Anyway I have always said that was not more reliable than a good old 103 sp or Mbk 51 with CDI ignition (because the switches were average anyway with the 75 kit )

[PITMIX]

My 103 SPX I gave it to my little cousin 2 years ago and with the Kit 75 it put more than one scooter to sleep. I bought it in a car junkyard for 700 francs.
Now a 103 is out of date
And to find parts it is not the foot.

[Christophe]

Well it's completely HS but between enthusiasts let's be crazy here is my "mobar CV".

I started my mob period at 16 (so rather late compared to the average). It all started with the recovery of my father's 98 MBK SP1968. Obviously it had to be restored (engine + bodywork). This refurbishment was also the subject of a "report" in Mob Chop which I was quite proud of at the time (at 17)!



Then, I bought the mobs in the sales of the domains for a handful of a hundred francs (sometimes a lot less), I re-typed them and resold them with + or - of benf. So I had almost all the 50 (103 sp, spx, 51, ciao ... even a Malaguti at speed on the handle) the most widespread and these few years have allowed me to discover all the 2 tps engine technologies .



I also made some prototypes (the one of which I am the most proud: a 103 Spx hybrid (not at engine level but frame) whose swingarm, fork and therefore obviously the wheels were from a Suzuki 125 RG gamma )

Then I was robbed of most of my powerful mobs (and flashy) ... including the last hybrid proto ... This accelerated my passage to the motorcycle ...

Otherwise I was just at the transition period where classic mobs still "existed" ... To be honest, the road was a bit (as you would say ) the competition track against the "booster" of spoiled kids and we were far from behind ! Then the mobs arrived at speed and it was even worse ... 20 francs in a bike for his kid ... I never understood this behavior (parents ...) ... but hey .. .

Good all that to say that it is this period which gave me the "passion" of the engines and determined the choice of my study of mechanical engineer ... the continuation you know it

[PITMIX]

Wow, I don't have time to read in detail I'll come back to it tomorrow.
It is a pure wonder.
Moped reviews

[Christophe]

Uh, be careful, the images were not my personal mobs but it was just to illustrate the 2 models that I had in "hand".

I found the photos on this excellent site: http://sitalogo.ifrance.com/galeries/g-cyclo.html

http://sitalogo.ifrance.com/

Too bad on this site the Kreidlers are missing! (in my opinion the best 50 at speed of the 70s with admission by rotary valve!)

For personal photos, I would have to get my hands on the MobChop in question ... I don't think I have a photo of this period on my hard ...

[nlc]

I also made some prototypes (the one of which I am the most proud: a 103 Spx hybrid (not at engine level but frame) whose swingarm, fork and therefore obviously the wheels were from a Suzuki 125 RG gamma )

My father also had a suzuki RG gamma, but in 500cc. It was a jewel! But he sold it

[bolt]

Hello

Well it's completely HS but between enthusiasts let's be crazy here is my "mobar CV".

on my motobecane of the same type as this one:
non-floating motor: the variator actuated by the centrifugal force of four balls (3 on "floating" motors), by tightening the motor pulley, proportional to the speed of rotation, causes the spacing of the pulley which receives the belt (a spring maintains belt tension)
this pulley is much smaller compared to the floating motor system, and the speed of rotation being too fast, the movement goes through a gear relay box, to actuate the chain
therefore the motor rotates in the opposite direction to the floating motor

I had removed 2 balls out of the four
and when starting, by pulling a dry neck on the handlebars, I managed to make it pitch up
the variator began its function much later
the engine was revving from the start, and could therefore give its power faster

(for enthusiasts)

I also remember, there was a problem on the magneto (probably the winding half-short-circuited, the one used for lighting, not for ignition)
I burned out the bulbs (6v), so I put a car bulb (12v 21w)
it lit up thunder, at night the people I passed were not happy

bolt