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VINTAGE DERBI MOPEDS -ANYONE?
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 4:24 am
by Pandrop
Hi All, I have a couple of vintage Derbi mopeds (1970s) in bits that I will be re-building and wondered if there were any other Vintage Derbi fans out there who would like talk vintage Derbi?
I currently have:
A 1970s Derbi GT4V (it will look like this once re-built) Is a 4 speed 50cc Spanish Moped (my first road bike in 1979) and unrestricted so would beat Fizzies, SS50s and keep up with AP50s all day long.
and a blue Derbi Coyote 4V (again it will look like this once re-built) Same frame and engine as the GT4V, but with a fibreglass all-in-one seat and tank unit, raised exhaust pipe, taller wheels with knobblies, different rear light and aluminium mudguards as opposed to the chrome ones on the GT4V.
Cheers
Re: VINTAGE DERBI MOPEDS -ANYONE?
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:39 pm
by horobags
Anything would beat a ss50, Derbi's were nice mopeds, but I was in love with the yellow fsie-dx.
Re: VINTAGE DERBI MOPEDS -ANYONE?
Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2020 2:42 pm
by Deleted User 4154
Excellent! I love old mopeds of all kinds and have had a few of my own over the years; at the moment I have a 1963 Velosolex 2200 I'm working on getting registered.
Re: VINTAGE DERBI MOPEDS -ANYONE?
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:25 pm
by Pandrop
Velosolex, didnt Solex used to make engine parts for French cars?
Re: VINTAGE DERBI MOPEDS -ANYONE?
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 5:58 am
by Pandrop
horobags wrote: ↑Fri Aug 21, 2020 1:39 pm
Anything would beat a ss50, Derbi's were nice mopeds, but I was in love with the yellow fsie-dx.
It was a toss-up at the time between a sparkly purple Fizzy and the Derbi. The Fizzy was used and the Derbi was new but both the same price. I went with the Derbi, but I know what you mean about the Yamaha , everyone wanted one.
Re: VINTAGE DERBI MOPEDS -ANYONE?
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 5:23 am
by brennain1
Re: VINTAGE DERBI MOPEDS -ANYONE?
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 7:45 am
by Ralph
Always had a undesirable urge to own a Velosolex or a NSU Quickly.
Re: VINTAGE DERBI MOPEDS -ANYONE?
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2020 10:58 am
by Pandrop
Ralph wrote: ↑Sun Sep 06, 2020 7:45 am
Always had a undesirable urge to own a Velosolex or a NSU Quickly.
Are you coming out of the closet Ralph?
Re: VINTAGE DERBI MOPEDS -ANYONE?
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 6:17 am
by Jimo
I always admired the Quickly - but at the time couldn’t afford one! So I bought a £5 basket case Brockhouse Corgi instead....
Used it for 18 miles daily for 9 months - piston seizure daily at 7 mile point on very steep hill nr Crystal Palace - pushed rest of journey! Wipac coil failure nightly on homeward journey - swop coils, aaah the joys of impecunious biking in the ‘50’s....
Jim
Re: VINTAGE DERBI MOPEDS -ANYONE?
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 7:34 am
by Pandrop
Jimo wrote: ↑Wed Oct 28, 2020 6:17 am
I always admired the Quickly - but at the time couldn’t afford one! So I bought a £5 basket case Brockhouse Corgi instead....
Used it for 18 miles daily for 9 months - piston seizure daily at 7 mile point on very steep hill nr Crystal Palace - pushed rest of journey! Wipac coil failure nightly on homeward journey - swop coils, aaah the joys of impecunious biking in the ‘50’s....
Jim
That looks similar to the paratrooper bikes from WW2 Jim