Wah!! this is too bad....the thread has gone silent for a fortnight & more, I can understand Frank & me were busy with Auto Expo & stuff
Girish is busy arranging for " Vintage auto show" at Mangy ( Guys , GPV is available at India till this month end I guess, so at least his garage will have some new additions)
As Girish have allowed me to post any pics in this thread....I shall do it, but with some Demo vedios also ( Demo--how to start & ride a moped!!)
First some pics>>













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Muthu sir........

You can post any pics of your bikes and mine too.....

regards

You may include me in that SOMEONE list
here is my Lambretta 48 (1957)--MSX 280

If you are intersted how she came to me>>

Few pics, not fully visible though from previous auto expo>>



Though I have restored my Innocenti 48, but there is no harm in having a parts catalog from you
ps: I don't think 'am putting my nose in our great GPV's thread, with my pics, before his Innocenti 48 had find its place here

awesome.....
Waiting for more......

FINALLY someone who has the Innocenti 48cc...

I have a parts catalog for it ....

Will scan and upload if u need it ...

Alok

Ask this guy ..how??
A American has covered a 4000+ miles in this puny bike..
Just go through this blog:-
Vive le Solex!

In a country that is famous for unusual motor vehicles (ask me about my '71 Renault 10 one day) the Solex is, I suppose, unexceptional. That doesn't stop it from being an object of wonder to those of us in the rest of the world. I saw my first Solex moped at a high school football game, where a friend arrived in this curious Gallic bicycle with a noisy, smoky motor perched on the handlebars. I've been fascinated by them ever since.

The Solex is one of the slowest mopeds out there in stock form, yet that doesn't stop people from trying to make them do more than what they were designed for- in fact, it probably makes the challenge all that more attractive. For instance, there was the curious Solex-riding fellow who lived in the apartment next door to mine back in my grad school days. He disappeared one summer- I thought he'd moved- only to reappear in the fall, with the story of how he'd ridden his Solex from Detroit to California, and back! That's a round trip distance of 4300 miles. His secret? A roll of duct tape. He used the tape to increase the diameter of the drive roller, increasing his cruising speed from a sedate 20 mph or so up to closer to 30mph. The tape wore out periodically, so he'd rewrap the drive roller every few evenings. He was but one of the adventurers who set out on epic journeys on this little bicycle-moped. For instance, how about these intrepid voyagers:

Paris Bagdad en Solex - Un voyage humanitaire

Hi Siddharth.....

I do have Lambretta Innocenti 48 moped ......photo's will be uploaded in January 2012.

As you said....I also do have my wish list of bikes which includes Indian Chief, Harley, BMW etc.....but the problem is the current FANCY PRICE....cannot afford

Thanks for your concern....

Looking at this I am reminded of something my mother used to ride much before I was born. It was called a 48, I believe, at least that is what I remember of it. Had huge wheels and not good handling if my mother is to be believed, she took a couple of tumbles on it. It was rusting in our backyard for a few years before being finally sold off. Looked very moped-like and had large spoke sheels (I was just a tiny tot then and can hardly remember it). Anyone know it??

On another note: Looking at your collection Girish sir, even I am having some thoughts about getting inolved with a mature lady, if you know what I mean..... I really love the older BMW R series. The R 55 to 75 and 1940's harley's, war-time BSA's, not to forget the legendary Borough Superior and 1930's Indian fours (my personal favourites being the BMW and Indian)

Don't get soo amazed Siddharth, it came to India in 1976. and the world is riding it before that. i remember seeing it in the Atlas cycle stores when i was a kid may be in 1979 and the funniest part is i doubted what happens if this thing goes over the most common material on Indian roads "cow/buffalo DUNG", as the front wheel is driven by a friction wheel pressing against the front tyre . so if the moped be ridden over Dung, imagine what happens.

and the engine is no as heavy as the other mopeds, so i don't think its against the laws of physics, but definitely not easy to ride like a normal moped

Sir, I request, no I demand that you post some pics here of someone riding that THING!! ABsolutely amazing how against the laws of physics it is....

Ill ride it!! Provided it moves with my weight.. LOL

My jaw just dropped looking at these beauties and I am trying to roll my tounge back in. Hats off my friend thats a wonderful collection. I have no words.......

"Mere paas sab ka baap hai" ...hahaha classic like the collection.

Siddharth.....I haven't tried yet
Muthu sir will be the one to ride it before me and teach me how....

What the hell, front wheel mounted motor??? How the hell can anyone ride that thing???

AtlaSolex

Here is my AtlaSolex moped

Some information on this .....

Solex Millenium: Le velosolex en Inde