Mopeds are defined by the engine and weight, the weight I do not remember straight off but the engine had to be under 50 cc. I Sweden they had an additional restriction and that was that they would not go faster than 30 kmph, which was achieved by reducing the carburetor intake and I do no know many youngsters that did not learned how to handle a drill. LOL
In Sweden the moped do not require license, but you have to be 15. I bought my first when I was 12, for money that I earned by putting scrapped radios together to working ones. I was hanging out with two workshops, one was the radio & TV and the other was a very nice gunsmith. I was competing in target shooting and still have a number of silver plates and pieces from that time 12 to 16. An other interest I had, was horseback riding, which I started with when I was 9 years old. The Stockholm racing track was nearby and I worked with horses on the school leaves, did trainee races when I was 14, but then I became too large and heavy. Light motorbike, 75 kg and max 200 cc, license you can take at 16 and I bought my first, when I was 14, a 125 cc old Husqvarna. Got caught for illegal driving, but was too young and they lost the record, so I could take the license when I was 16 anyway. Heavy motorbike and car, the age in Sweden is 18 years. Hakan At 02:26 AM 7/1/2005, you wrote:
I had a 1968 VW Beetle that got 28 mpg US not quit as good as you but it had a larger engine than yours and my foot was heavier back then. I loved the simplicity of it all although I grew tried of scraping the windows in winter with the window down. I eventually learned how to replace the heater cores in my US vehicles as time passed on and beyond cheap gasoline. Was the Combidrive Mouse considered a covered moped of sorts using a 265cc diesal engine? Up to 255.9 mpg imperial doesn't sound bad . . . nor does "Lucky" Todd and his diesel Lombardini Greaves 325 cc 1965 Royal Enfield with the fuel economy he anticipates. ------------- > Hi, > > When I did a part of the military service early 1960th 1,100 km north of > Stockholm, I did this stretch in my 1955 VW on 80-90 liter. The 500cc one > cylinder BSA I had, took about half of it and could do around 160-170 kmh. > I also had a Plymouth V8 and it took 4-5 times more than the VW, but did > 180 kmh with ease. That was the days when gas was really cheap. The first > 50 cc moped I had, in Sweden they were modified to a speed limit of 30 kmh, > took around the same or a bit more as the VW L1 and a bit less than L3. > Fuel efficiency came a long way since then, but the relative difference > between US and European vehicles seams to be the same. The same can be said > for the higher fuel cost in Europe, were more than the financial gains has > gone to the governments in taxes. Fuel costs per liter in Europe is around > the same as per gallon in US. No wonder that Detroit/oil industry does not > want fuel efficient cars. LOL > > Hakan
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