Do you reckon that particular one must have been one of the first restricted versions, as it has pedals that were designed to fold back in a non-moped style both pointing the same way? I seem to recall the earlier ones didn't do that. But I do get muddled at times. A guy near us had a Garelli Tiger, that speedo errors accepted, would get up to silly speeds for such a little bike.
I thought a fizzy was a moped made by those clever Japanese somehow to go much faster than something of 49cc usually went.
If we're moving the thread onto motor bikes you don't see any more. Had one of these, and an earlier air cooled ex police model, and now got the later and last model. please log in to view this image
Clever Japanese indeed, the law said a moped was upto 50cc and with pedals. The fizzy had pedals which folded back to make them like footpegs, which enabled them to style the moped like a real motorbike. My older brother had one.
It was a Fizzy that Dutch posted a picture of, they did about 60, downhill, woth a favoutrable wind. I always liked the 1970's Bulcato's... please log in to view this image
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The only point of a FS1E to give it it's posh name was that it was legally a moped so you could ride it at 16. On your 17th birthday they automatically became the uncoolest thing on the planet. Honda did a 50cc 4 stroke moped which you could ride at 16 and the C50 step thru which looked like some kind of deformed scooter, performed worse than the moped, but couldn't be ridden until 17. You could also drive a Reliant Robin at 16. Which was ****ing mental. A tuned Fizzy could top 50 mph, usually seconds before it seized or blew a gasket. But you could strip the engine in a morning. Get a rebore and be back on the road the next day.
Worst food poisoning I've ever had. Bun in the Oven chips n beans after watching midnight showing of The Song Remains The Same at the ABC. I was a grumpy old Hector the next day and no mistake.
Doesn't surprise me at all. The Honda C50 70 and 90 are kinda the equivalent of the Citroen 2cv. Does exactly what you need of it, when you need it. Great design that wouldn't really benefit from any significant modifications.
When I was a kid we used to race stripped down Honda C50's on the old embankments in Anlaby, they were brilliant, they just kept going however much you trashed them.
The legendary Little Weighton FC forward line 1969 - Terry Townend, Barry Tripp, Keith Stannard and me. Ripped Sunday league Div 15 Part (except for Garden City)
