VINTAGE DERBI MOPEDS -ANYONE?

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VINTAGE DERBI MOPEDS -ANYONE?

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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.

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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.



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Anything would beat a ss50, Derbi's were nice mopeds, but I was in love with the yellow fsie-dx.
Im not a gynecologist, but I dont mind taking a look.

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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.

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Velosolex, didnt Solex used to make engine parts for French cars?

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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.

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FS1essssss, I know one bloke who used to keep his in his bedroom 😂😂🤓
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Always had a undesirable urge to own a Velosolex or a NSU Quickly.
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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? :lol:

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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....


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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....


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That looks similar to the paratrooper bikes from WW2 Jim

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