Off road moped?

[Amateurish]

Does such a thing exist? I'm thinking of a 50cc bike which you can ride at 16 and is capable of proper off road riding (steep mountain trails). Cheers

[MadCaptainJack]

Why not use a moped? Could be a new trendy sport, like extreme ironing.

[KTMsm]

Many have found themselves on around the world adventures having mastered a challenging trail, come face to face with a local on a C90 or similar

There's a few nutters use them in the UK - a quick google will find them

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MadCaptainJack said:

Why not use a moped? Could be a new trendy sport, like extreme ironing.

This^^
I did this as a teenager in the early 70s. Paid a tenner for a well battered PC50, modified a random big sprocket from the junk box to fit the rear wheel and wrung its neck up farm tracks, forestry fire breaks and attempted a couple of trials courses. (Fail, mostly)!
The low CoG of the step thru made it a total hoot once I'd binned the plastics.

[mak]

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MadCaptainJack said:

Why not use a moped? Could be a new trendy sport, like extreme ironing.

This^^
I did this as a teenager in the early 70s. Paid a tenner for a well battered iron , modified a random big sprocket from the junk box to fit the rear wheel and wrung its neck up farm tracks, forestry fire breaks and attempted a couple of trials courses with the iron (Fail, mostly)!
The low CoG plastic iron board didn't work

[robsa]

Well, you used to have the Yamaha DT50MX and Suzuki TS50X, Kawasaki AE50 and Honda MTX50. All are about as useful as a 50cc bike is ever going to be off road, I'd have thought.

[OutInTheShed]

Amateurish said:

Does such a thing exist? I'm thinking of a 50cc bike which you can ride at 16 and is capable of proper off road riding (steep mountain trails). Cheers

to be pedantic, 'offroad' means you can use anything at 16 because you're riding on private land with the land owner's permission etc.

More usefully, for 'green lanes' i.e. rough public highways where you can legally ride a moped, there were plenty of 'trail' mopeds in the 70s, like Gilera, Garelli Tiger Cross, Fantic, DT50, Honda did one (might be MT50?) Some available in 'up to R reg' with pedals and >30mph, and post R reg, with no pedals but limited to about 30mph.

Good ones are silly money on ebay.

[spareparts]

Yep. 3 of us were on over £60ks worth of Germany’s finest somewhere in the Transylvanian forests, having spent half a day navigating, climbing, and wading through mud and rocky trails. And then came along a local on his step-through bounding along like it was tarmac.

[smifffymoto]

Beta and Sherco make 50cc off roaders.

[mersontheperson]

How about this?

[Amateurish]

Cheers for all the advice guys.

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mak said:

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MadCaptainJack said:

Why not use a moped? Could be a new trendy sport, like extreme ironing.

This^^
I did this as a teenager in the early 70s. Paid a tenner for a well battered iron , modified a random big sprocket from the junk box to fit the rear wheel and wrung its neck up farm tracks, forestry fire breaks and attempted a couple of trials courses with the iron (Fail, mostly)!
The low CoG plastic iron board didn't work

Made me grin!
Cheers. 404

[carinaman]

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[Turkish91]

Peugeot Trekker

Good luck finding one though!

[Alex@POD]

robsa said:

Well, you used to have the Yamaha DT50MX and Suzuki TS50X, Kawasaki AE50 and Honda MTX50. All are about as useful as a 50cc bike is ever going to be off road, I'd have thought.

Yep, this. I used to ride a TS50 and later a DT50, both were very capable offroad ( at least as capable as I was anyway! ). As is usually the case with this, jf the power is sufficient, the tyres are the biggest limitation.

[S2r]

robsa said:

Well, you used to have the Yamaha DT50MX and Suzuki TS50X, Kawasaki AE50 and Honda MTX50. All are about as useful as a 50cc bike is ever going to be off road, I'd have thought.

Or go a bit more modern, Aprilia RX50, Rieju MRT, Derbi Sender with the added bonus that you can get parts for them

[catso]

My Son had a Gilera RCR50 which had decent off-road ability (until fitted with road tyres) but lack of power is always going to limit a 50cc.

But, simply fitting a decent exhaust and rejetting the carb made 60mph achievable.

[anonymous-user]

https://www.facebook.com/1599274416/videos/pcb.102...

https://www.facebook.com/100067364394365/videos/pc...

Just get a moped!

[KTMsm]

Killboy said:

https://www.facebook.com/1599274416/videos/pcb.102...

https://www.facebook.com/100067364394365/videos/pc...

Just get a moped!

Watching those clips it becomes obvious why most don't use a moped

[Pica-Pica]

Since when did mopeds cease to have pedals? By definition they are a MOtor assisted PEDal cycles. Without pedals they are simply a motorcycle, whatever the engine size.