You may have read in the 'teaser trailer' at the end of our Norman Lido feature that the Iceni CAM Research Team had travelled to the far side of the Earth in search of a moped that doesn't officially exist. Here are some photos of some of the machines they saw on that trip ... though none of the "moped that doesn't officially exist" of course, we'll reveal that when World's End is published.
We'll start with a tour around Kelven
Martin's shed. Kelven has quite a collection of bikes ...
this one is a 28cc Morini cyclemotor.
There are
quite a lot of bicycles hanging on the wall. And you begin
to realise that, on the shed scale, this one is at the larger
end.
Here
are two pictures of a Honda People, another modern cyclemotor
that's unknown in the UK.
This is a Victoria Vicky with a fan-cooled
engine.
We find this Zündapp
Combinette trying to hide behind an Allen Scythe.
We're back on more familiar territory now with this
pair of Ariel Three mopeds.
Next to the Ariels is a Honda Motocompo - a
folding moped that fits into a car boot.
And, in a
similar vein, though somewhat older than the Motocompo, here's a
Brockhouse Corgi.
A BSA
Dandy sits on the 'mezzanine'.
A little further along, there's another Victoria -
though this one doesn't have its engine fitted.
Back down
to ground level and a little awkward to get to - this is a DKW
Hobby, a 74cc automatic scooter with a pull-cord starter.
This 98cc motor cycle has a
Villiers 1F engine but no other identification. The forks
are unusual: at first sight they look like girder forks but look
closer and the links are rigid and the legs are telescopic.
The rear hub has its brake drum on the opposite side to the
sprocket. Note also the expansion chamber exhaust
pipe. What is it? All these features point clearly to
it being a Norman Model D ... except, being an export model, it
was probably brandes as a Rambler or a Roamer.
The bike behind it, with the lighter blue tank, is a Mule.
We can see a Puch frame in there,
but most of the stuff on this shelf is VéloSoleX.
A Cyclaid
on a Raleigh cycle. There's a surprisingly large number of
Cyclaids in New Zealand ... and several of them are in this
shed.
Another cyclemotor - a Cyclemaster this time.
Here's another
difficult-to-get-at moped, but it's worth trying as it's another
unusual machine: a Dutch-made Empo Toerist.
Engines. That's a Zündapp motor under the
crash helmet ... and there's another of those Morini cyclemotors
...
...
and this engine is from a Her-Cu-Motor.
A
Göricke Diva Luxus
In
front of the Göricke we find a collection of cyclemotors: a
Mini-Motor, a Cyclemaster, the barrel from a Power Pak, a
Mosquito ... and essential equipment for the cyclemotorist: a
pair of trouser clips.
Further to the left: more Mini-Motors and another
Cyclemaster
Now, what's that over there?
January 2010
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