Where the F'k are all the decent peds

[MikeH]

Now I may be showing my age here but as my lad is coming up 16 I've been looking at peds and to say I'm dissappointed in the lack of choice is an understatement !

What is it with all the twist and go gaypeds today ? where have the good old trialies and roadies gone that had proper gears, big bores and microns ? Anyone else here old enough to remember the FS1E or the SS50 ? what about the DT50, RD50 and the good old Suzuki TS50, where are the modern replacements ?

Is there really no other choice out there now other than uninspiring plastic covered twist and go coffee grinders and cheap chinese crap ?

It's no wonder you don't see kids buzzing around on peds anymore if this is what we've come to !

Mike

PS hello all, it's been a while
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[Ariel Badger]

You missed the KTM Comet from your list. did 65 and almost took my nuts off when i crashed it
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[MikeH]

[G]

Derbi do various 50s in sports and supermoto/off road guise. There was the TZR50. Think there's various other Italian 50s, never mind the tarty looking corrosion buckets of chinese bikes.
Plenty of road legal pit bikes that offer the chance of sticking in a 110cc .

[N cee thirty]

aprilia rs50 is the thing at 16 now
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[Biker Alex]

the only people who want gears on a 50 are 16 year olds.

Everyone else wants a 50 because they have a lack of confidence and want a twist a go moped where they dont have to learn how to use gears.

if your target audience is as specific as 16 year old males, then you will go bust.

[WannaBeDude]

I had one of these at 16 for a few months, legally 50 mph 55 ? .. anyway great bike, crashed it down a country lane drunk with no gloves

Nowadats in a teflon stly, get a reliable ped and get a ' proper ' bike 125 at 17 ?

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[Biker Alex]

[andyscooter]

sold a suzuki ap last year after me and my mate rebuild it

used to love riding it up the roads round here and overtaking the 16 year olds who had just been laughing at it as it had pedals
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[Marmalade]

[Nai]

Rieju have a few 50's as well. Spanish brand, not bad.