Two 1970 motobecane mobylettes

[redeyerat]

Scored the peds on local listings, not complete but one is in pretty good shape. If i sold just the fenders i could make my $ back!
The best part is the guy has lots more and i'm the first guy he'll call.

 

[Unchained]

Nice score. Mopeds seem to be pretty hot right now... could be a good flip if you go that route, or they are certainly awesome units if you keep them instead.

 

[weekend-fun]

Twins! Cool finds!

 

[redeyerat]

Nice score. Mopeds seem to be pretty hot right now... could be a good flip if you go that route, or they are certainly awesome units if you keep them instead.

For now i'd like to fix one up and use the other for parts for my trike. I have a gx honda 140 i'd like to mount on the nicer one.Both peds need new wiring and controls, the motors are in rough shape too.

Twins! Cool finds!

Yeah! they are twins born the same day :lol:

 

[dkimaging]

Very cool finds. looks like they might be early 70's?
I found one a 77 with title a few weeks back. There are pretty rare in my area, people stop me all the time asking about it.

as found with a little cleaning

after 2 bottles of simple green

here is some info I found online that can help in fixing them up.
http://mabecanemobylette.freeforums.org/index.php
http://dolio.lh.net/~apw/doc/Moped/moby ... anual.html

David in north east PA

 

[redeyerat]

Very cool finds. looks like they might be early 70's?
I found one a 77 with title a few weeks back. There are pretty rare in my area, people stop me all the time asking about it.

as found with a little cleaning

after 2 bottles of simple green

here is some info I found online that can help in fixing them up.
http://mabecanemobylette.freeforums.org/index.php
http://dolio.lh.net/~apw/doc/Moped/moby ... anual.html

David in north east PA

Sweet now that's a nice find. Hoping i can get a third one that's in better shape and with papers as well. But not the mobylette model.
As the title says both are 1970 on the same month and day. Notice the hardtails...
Thanks for the links!

edit: second link is dead for me but might be my comp?

 

[redeyerat]

nice finds !! if you need tires for them let me know , i have brand new tires with the stickers still on them .

pm sent,thx

 

[SailorMac]

Nice peds!

 

[dkimaging]

edit: second link is dead for me but might be my comp?

Here is a new link for the repair manual.

http://www.mopedriders.org/article_cat.php?fldAuto=2

I like the hardtail look and the light. The fenders might be stainless steel. my front one is.

David

 

[redeyerat]

edit: second link is dead for me but might be my comp?

Here is a new link for the repair manual.

http://www.mopedriders.org/article_cat.php?fldAuto=2

I like the hardtail look and the light. The fenders might be stainless steel. my front one is.

David

hey what size tires do your rims take? Those fenders on fleabay go for 25$-35$ ea. 8)

 

[dkimaging]

hey what size tires do your rims take? Those fenders on fleabay go for 25$-35$ ea. 8)

2 1/4 x 17

 

[redeyerat]

Looking at your ped pics the rims look to be the same size but my tires are (21x2.00)Can anyone clarify if the earlier peds had bigger rims? :?

thx

 

[mattyfu]

They could be the same, some ped tires measure the OD and others the ID. So if you measure the inner diameter of your tires and it's 17" than they should work. If you measure them and the inner diameter is 19" you should sell them to me

 

[redeyerat]

They could be the same, some ped tires measure the OD and others the ID. So if you measure the inner diameter of your tires and it's 17" than they should work. If you measure them and the inner diameter is 19" you should sell them to me

Thanks for the reply, so if the diameter is 17" 3/4 is that considered to be 18" rim?

 

[mattyfu]

I'm pretty sure that would be a 17" tire http://www.themopedjunkyard.com/tirestubes.html says "17 x 2 1/4 tire (this tire size also appears as 21 x 2 1/4 on many older mopeds)"