Custom/Classic Shopping Bike

[KungFooBob]

After a C90 thread and Def Trap mentioning small capacity (mobylette 103) bikes for bimbling to the beach/shops...

I started looking at stuff on ebay, mainly Puch Maxis (wow some of the sellers want proper money).

If you had the room and a couple of grand (and lived somewhere warm where mopeds make sense) what are you buying, budget up to a couple of grand, customisation and/or classics preferred?

Extra points if it's got pedals.

No "I'd spend £2k on a proper bike" either, 250cc max limit.

There's no price on this (it's one of those wanky multi-bike adverts), but I reckon you'd get it with enough budget for for handle bar tassels...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225584582707

[ChrisW]

Honda Zoomer / Ruckus, been trying to find a reason for ages.

[KungFooBob]

Honda Zoomer / Ruckus, been trying to find a reason for ages.

They customise the feck out of zoomer/ruckus', you need a stretched one!

[DefTrap]

I have a mobylette in the shed, free if you want it, and want to come pick it up from sw France. No papers. Not a 103 unfortunately. Probably needs a new belt as it squeals like a bastard. Someone has whipped the pedals off and made up some rebar footpegs, so you have to bump it like one of the kool kidsz. Bro-chacho.

I last started it in one of the lockdowns when I was really fecking bored but it hadn't been started for at least 4 years before that, just needed a bit of a tickle in the carbs.

[DefTrap]

Oh I'd have something like this by the way

[A_morti]

Does it have to be old?
I'd have another Grom immediately.

[KungFooBob]

Does it have to be old?
I'd have another Grom immediately.

Doesn't have to be, but if it's not old it's got to be tricked up!

[A_morti]

if it's not old it's got to be tricked up!

I can make that deal

[ChrisW]

Honda Zoomer / Ruckus, been trying to find a reason for ages.

They customise the feck out of zoomer/ruckus', you need a stretched one!

I'm dull! I just want a standard yellow one...

[MrLongbeard]

[Bigjawa]

That Innova Olly had with full hard luggage. Or an RXS100 wirh throwovers.

[KungFooBob]

That Innova Olly had with full hard luggage. Or an RXS100 wirh throwovers.

A pimped up RXS (with Energy Induction) might fit the bill, the Innova might be capable, but it's a bit boring.

[KungFooBob]

That one has no battery, so you'd have to pedal, a lot!

[MrLongbeard]

That one has no battery, so you'd have to pedal, a lot!

It's been a while but I reckon a 12v battery ain't gonna cost me the earth once I whip out the old halfords trade card

[Rockburner]

I've been wondering what hoops I'd have to jump through to get the Magnum X road legal.

Easy enough to stick some bicycle lights on it, and easy to rig up brake lights.

[KungFooBob]

I saw a video the other day where they made a child's ride on battery powered Ferrari road legal in the UK, so it can't be that hard (unless they used some electric car loop hole).

[KungFooBob]

Actually I think it's a Porker rather than a Ferrari...

[KungFooBob]

Oh man, this is aces!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225617782588

[Mr. Dazzle]

I feel like you'd probably need both those seats.

[KungFooBob]

That spare wheel just needs a bit of patina.