Motobecane mobylette 1959

[lydanial]

a friend of mine has been given one of these little mopeds.

it needs quite a lot of work as its basically covered in rust, everywhere.

the thing is he wants to restore but doesnt know if it will be cost effective.

does anyone know how much it could be worth?

[ms51ves3]

£200-250, not much really, but they're good fun.

[NiteMare]

a mate of mine had a Mobylette Motobecane when we first left school (1974), it was brand new, 2 stroke with centrifugal clutch, horrible thing to ride (wobbled more than elastic band) but strangely enough it was the fastest thing around back then (faster than fizzies, honda ss50's or my Puch VZ50)...

it just took a little time to get rolling but would do about 55-60mph with the wind behind it, once it had "eventually" caught us with gears up it would just keep creeping away from us (loads of skinny 16 year olds laying prone over the tank with our feet on the rear pegs or racks )...

he was a complete nutter as he would every now and then catch up with a coach on the A45 as it passed and then sit in the still air tight against the back of the coach and go screaming off with it into the distance
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[ms51ves3]

That is one good thing about them. You can gear them for decent top speed as you can pedal to help get it moving. I need to buy another one