VINTAGE DERBI MOPEDS -ANYONE?

[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

[horobags]

Anything would beat a ss50, Derbi's were nice mopeds, but I was in love with the yellow fsie-dx.

[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.

[Pandrop]

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

[Pandrop]

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.

[brennain1]

FS1essssss, I know one bloke who used to keep his in his bedroom

[Ralph]

Always had a undesirable urge to own a Velosolex or a NSU Quickly.

[Pandrop]

Always had a undesirable urge to own a Velosolex or a NSU Quickly.

Are you coming out of the closet Ralph?

[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

[Pandrop]

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