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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