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After 27 years, The Moped Archive is closing down.  The Globalnet webspace is hosted by Plusnet, who are backing out of web hosting.  In its e-mails to us, Plusnet says we have two more years hosting, yet they’ve put a banner on the site saying it’ll go by October 2026. Who knowa what might happen.  Anyway, we’ll be moving everything to the IceniCAM website.  You’ll notice the list of articles slowly dwindling as the articles are moved to their new home.

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The Moped Archive is a collection of articles about small-capacity machines and does not supply parts for them.  When we get enquiries about spare parts, we usually end up directing people towards Mopedland.

The Moped Archive was started by Andrew Pattle [ ] in 1999 and now contains more than a thousand articles about cyclemotors, autocycles, mopeds and similar feeble machinery.  Please remember, this is an archive, so the articles in it can be quite old and can, therefore, be out-of-date.  Some articles are updated when new information comes along; usually this will be as a addendum to the unchanged original.

There was a companion set of pages containing photographs of these types of machines; this is now available on the IceniCAM website (this archive was running out of space).

Looking for Manuals?

If you want to download a manual for a Mobylette, the best place is Hardgravity’s Website.

If you want to download a manual for anything apart from a Mobylette, try the IceniCAM On-Line Library.

Andrew was one of the four founder members of the East Anglian Cyclemotor Club (later to become the National Autocycle and Cyclemotor Club) in 1981 and served as Editor of its magazine Buzzing for twenty years.  Along with Mark Daniels, Andrew started up the Iceni CAM Magazine in April 2007; he also helped to revive the East Anglian Cyclemotor Club in November 2007.  Articles from the EACC newsletter, The MAC, were added into this archive, but the EACC now has its own archive of back numbers.  The Iceni CAM Website has its own archive of articles.  Links to Iceni CAM are included in the list below and are marked ‘[IceniCAM]’.

All the articles are listed below but, if you’re looking for information about something in particular, using the search will be the best way to find it.  The search finds articles on both this Moped Archive site and the Iceni CAM Magazine site

Articles

  1. Action in the Antipodes
  2. ACU/BTSC London Cyclemotor Trials
  3. ACU/BTSC Motor Assisted Cycle Trial 1953
  4. Amal 308 carb settings
  5. American cyclemotors: From the New World
  6. Ariel Three: Christmas Cracker
  7. Ariel Three: Moped Miscellany
  8. Ariel Three: Three Wheeled Moped
  9. Ariel Three: That other Ariel two-stroke!
  10. Australian Cyclemotoring
  11. Australian Experiment
  12. Benelli 49 Export: Moped Miscellany
  13. Benelli at Odiham
  14. Berini M21: Berini M21 story
  15. Bermuda
  16. Bernardi Buzz—Letter to the Editor (Feb 2000)
  17. Blue Peter Blues
  18. Blue Peter Blues—Mark 2
  19. Bown moped
  20. British Salmson Cyclaid: spares
  21. Brush with the Law
  22. BSA Winged Wheel: Barrels
  23. Cazenave–VAP
  24. Che Guevara: cyclemotorist
  25. Chinese Takeaway from Ecuador
  26. Chrysalis
  27. Clark Scamp
  28. Clark Scamp: Moped Miscellany
  29. Coil Ignition Conversion
  30. Colibri
  31. Corgi in Retrospect
  32. Corgis and Panhards
  33. Cyc-Auto: Not What I Call Trouble
  34. Cyc-Auto Superior: Something Strange
  35. Cyclemaster
  36. Cyclemaster: Across the Pennines
  37. Cyclemaster and sidecar: Little Shrew
  38. Cyclemaster and VéloSoleX
  39. Cyclemaster: bearings and seals
  40. Cyclemaster: Flywheel Repair
  41. Cyclemaster: in model train
  42. Cyclemaster: Kenya Railways trolley
  43. Cyclemaster: Minimal Motoring
  44. Cyclemaster: Spot the difference
  45. Cyclemaster: The Story of PLL 236
  46. Cyclemotor and Autocycle books
  47. Cyclemotor bicycles
  48. Cyclemotor brakes
  49. Cyclemotor Car Stoppers
  50. Cyclemotor Charades
  51. Cyclemotor Log
  52. Cyclemotor Memories
  53. Cyclemotor Spares
  54. Cyclemotor Statistics
  55. Cyclemotors in the Netherlands
  56. Cyclemotors, Cervelles, and Chiens in France
  57. Cymota
  58. Cymota: How an ex-RAF Technician Learned Front Wheel Drive
  59. Cymota: Solex in drag?
  60. Daihatsu–Wallis: Moped Miscellany
  61. De Dion–Bouton
  62. De Dion–Bouton: Moped Miscellany
  63. Derbi Memories
  64. Dimension Edge
  65. Duromatic Sportsman Aero Scooter
  66. Earls Court Show, 1955: A French view
  67. East Anglian Cyclemotor Club, 1981—1986
  68. East Anglian Cyclemotor Club: EACC & NACC logos
  69. East African VSXs
  70. Eef and Nanda’s Great Adventure
  71. Electric bikes: Electroglide in Black
  72. Electric bikes: EROS, PET and others
  73. Electric Motor Cycles
  74. Electrify your bike
  75. End To End: 22cc Friction Drive
  76. End To End: Purgatory in Motion
  77. Excelsior Autobyk(?): RAF Scampton, The Dam Busters, a dog, autocycles, and me!
  78. Fascinating details from period documents
  79. Fitting a Sidecar
  80. Francis–Barnett Powerbike: Buried Treasure
  81. German mopeds of the mid-1950s
  82. German motor cycle industry, 1946: For Your Eyes Only
  83. Going Dutch
  84. Golden Eagle cyclemotor
  85. Grass Roots
  86. Gurtner carburettors, Jul 1960
  87. GYS Motamite: Cyril Diamond & the Motamite
  88. Heart of Skidding
  89. HEC/Levis
  90. Hedgetrimmer Special
  91. Hercules Grey Wolf: Moped Miscellany
  92. Hercules Panda Puzzle
  93. Hilfsmotor in Deutschland
  94. Honda P50
  95. Honda P50 notes
  96. How to motorize your bicycle
  97. Ignition: Hints & Tips
  98. Ignition: Simple Tool
  99. In the Beginning
  100. Ital–Motor–Jawa
  101. James Gang
  102. James: Winter autocycle riding in Australia (added 19/2/10)
  103. Jawa Robot
  104. Joybike: Moped Miscellany
  105. Justice Triumphs!
  106. Just what I always wanted
  107. La Ronde
  108. Leaping Evaals
  109. Leaping Evaals—again
  110. Letter from Australia
  111. Letters to the Editor (Jun 2000)—Pli-Solex
  112. Letters to the Editor (Jun 2000)—VSX 330
  113. Letters to the Editor (Aug 2001)
  114. Letters to the Editor (Oct 2001)
  115. Letters to the Editor (Feb 2002)
  116. Letters to the Editor (Apr 2002)
  117. Letters to the Editor (Jun 2002)
  118. Letters to the Editor (Aug 2002)
  119. Letters to the Editor (Oct 2002)
  120. Letters to the Editor (Dec 2002)
  121. Letters to the Editor (Apr 2004)
  122. Letters to the Editor (Jun 2004)
  123. Lincolnshire Police mopeds
  124. Lohmann: Ich Glaube an Auto-allumage!<
  125. Lohmann Fuel
  126. Lohmann: Marine Attachment
  127. Lohmann: Travels with a Lohmann
  128. Lucas/Miller/VEC lighting
  129. Luzern—Euro Solex City
  130. Magneet: Moped Miscellany
  131. Malaguti–Express (1958)
  132. Manet Korado: Korado
  133. Marxell—an interesting find
  134. McKenzie
  135. Mechanica Sinamec
  136. Mini-Motor: A First Cyclemotor
  137. Mini-Motor: bearings and seals
  138. Mini-Motor: Cartoon
  139. Mini-Motor: front mounting
  140. Mini-Motor: Mini Memories
  141. Mini-Motor: Missing Hoops
  142. Mini-Motor Notes—Oct 2003
  143. Mini-Motor Notes—Jan 2010
  144. Mini-Motor: Peak District Mini-Motor
  145. Mini-Motor: Percy goes sprinting
  146. Mini-Motor: Starting a Mini-Motor
  147. Mini-Motor: Trojan Experiences
  148. Mini-Motor: Trojan Mini-Motor Marathon
  149. Mini-Motor: weaknesses
  150. Mobylettes in 1955
  151. Mobylettes of the 1960s
  152. Mocyc/Motamite Notes—Apr 1993
  153. Mocyc/Motamite Notes—Jun 1993
  154. Mocyc/Motamite Notes—Apr 2003
  155. Modern Motors
  156. Moped Racing in Montmartre
  157. Mopedist’s Lament
  158. More Cyclemotor Statistics
  159. Mosquito
  160. Mosquito 38–A: It lives after 40 years of hibernation
  161. Mosquito cyclemotor
  162. Mosquitoes in Oz
  163. Moto Guzzi Dingo: Old Dog, New Tricks (as published in Gambalunga)
  164. Moto Guzzi Motoleggera: The Autocycle Alternative (as published in Gambalunga)
  165. Motor Cycle Show, 1993
  166. Motorised tandems
  167. Motosacoche: History of Motosacoche
  168. Museum: Across the border (Glasgw)
  169. Museum: Cykel And Knallert Museum At Glumsø
  170. Museum: Lunéville
  171. Museum: Museums in Germany
  172. Museum: Museums in Switzerland
  173. My First Time
  174. My Involvement with Cyclemotors
  175. New Hudson: Letter to the Editor (Feb 2000)
  176. New Hudson Restoration
  177. Nifty Fifty cc Riders Club, Aug 1998
  178. Nifty Fifty cc Riders Club, Apr 2000
  179. Nifty Fifty cc Riders Club, Jun 2000
  180. Nifty Fifty News
  181. No-ped for a fiver
  182. Norman autocycle: the Yakmobile
  183. Norman Nippy Mark 5: Journey’s End
  184. Norman Nippy rides again
  185. NSU Quickly TT
  186. NSU Quickly: The Story of UOO 342
  187. NVT Easy Rider
  188. Paloma Monza-Miglia
  189. Paloma Stresa
  190. Paloma, 1970
  191. Period Accessories
  192. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 1
  193. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 2
  194. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 3
  195. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 4
  196. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 5
  197. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 6
  198. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 7
  199. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 8
  200. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 9
  201. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 10
  202. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 11
  203. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 12
  204. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 13
  205. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 14
  206. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 15
  207. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 16
  208. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 17
  209. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 18
  210. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 19
  211. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 20
  212. Periodicals: Buzzing—Volume 21
  213. Periodicals: Gambalunga
  214. Perspective
  215. Petrol cans, Lumiweld, and lunatics
  216. Peugeot: Rescuing a Peugeot 102
  217. Peugeot 103
  218. Phillips Gadabout in the Rossendale Enduro: The Fox and the Lion
  219. Phillips Panda restored
  220. Piaggio Vespa
  221. Piatti scooter
  222. Power Pak
  223. Power Pak Mo-ped: Fact or Fiction?
  224. Power Pak Mo-ped: Moped Miscellany
  225. Prior autocycle
  226. Project X
  227. Puch Away
  228. Puch Maxi: 1,000 suburban miles
  229. Puch Maxi Tale
  230. Puch: Post Office Puch mopeds
  231. Raleigh Around
  232. Raleigh RM1: Moped Miscellany
  233. Raleigh Wisp: The Flash and the Wisp…
  234. Rally Weather
  235. Rebuilding carborundum rollers
  236. Regulations: Beware the SORN
  237. Regulations: Cyclemotoring in Holland
  238. Regulations: Helmets
  239. Regulations: Legal Niceties
  240. Regulations: Legal Questions
  241. Regulations: Letter from the DVLA
  242. Regulations: More SORN traps…
  243. Regulations: Registration marks—1904 to August 2001
  244. Regulations: Registration marks—September 2001 to February 2050
  245. Regulations: SORN—the DVLA replies
  246. Restoration on a limited income
  247. Rocket Bike
  248. Rocket Bike 2
  249. Rocket Bike 3
  250. Rocket Bike: A Cyclemotor of Note
  251. Sachs/Hercules/Sparta
  252. Sachs Saxonette
  253. Sachs Spartamet
  254. Sales technique
  255. Salon de Londres, 1955
  256. Scotsman On The Dordogne
  257. Sheppee Cykelaid
  258. Sheppee Cykelaid: An Engine Comes Home
  259. Sheppee Cykelaid: Born to be mine?
  260. SIM50: Speedway in Miniature
  261. Simplist
  262. Sinclair Zeta 2: a very brief encounter
  263. Sinclair Zeta 2: Good buy or goodbye?
  264. Smith Motor Wheel
  265. Some Reflections on Motorised Personal Transport
  266. Something lurking in the woodshed
  267. Spares for Phillips
  268. Sports mopeds: Twist ’n’ go
  269. Spring forks: Spring is Sprung
  270. Steam Cyclemotor—is it feasible?
  271. Steamy Danish Saga
  272. Sun autocycle in Ohio—part 1
  273. Sun autocycle in Ohio—part 2
  274. Sun Motorette
  275. Superbike MX5
  276. Suzuki FS50: Suzuki scooter
  277. Swedish Mopeds
  278. Swedish Mopeds of the 1950s—Apollo
  279. Swedish Mopeds of the 1950s—Husqvarna
  280. Swedish Mopeds of the 1950s—Monark
  281. Tale of two magnetos
  282. Tanaka Tales
  283. Teagle engine
  284. Technical tips—1
  285. Technical tips—2
  286. Technical tips—3
  287. Technical tips—4
  288. Technical tips—5
  289. Technical tips—6
  290. Technical tips—7
  291. Tech Tips: New Hudson rims
  292. Tech Tips: RM6 for a tall rider
  293. Testi Grand Prix & Weekend
  294. The Best Cyclemotor
  295. There’s Nowt as Queer as Folk
  296. Thoughts from a Cold Shed
  297. Train + Vélo (III)
  298. Treasure in Haute-Provence
  299. Tyres: A guide to tyre sizes [D&DGCS]
  300. Vehikle—February 1990
  301. Vehikle—February 1992
  302. VéloSoleX: 50th Anniversary (I)
  303. VéloSoleX: 50th Anniversary (II)
  304. VéloSoleX: And then there were five
  305. VéloSoleX: Battling with Betty
  306. VéloSoleX: British VéloSoleX
  307. VéloSoleX: Built by robots
  308. VéloSoleX: Continental Touring by Vélo…
  309. VéloSoleX: Docteur Solex
  310. VéloSoleX: How they brought the VéloSoleX from Romorantin–Lanthenay to Golden Valley
  311. VéloSoleX: In Search of the Solex
  312. VéloSoleX: Le Solex est mort; vive le Hong Du!
  313. VéloSoleX: Marriage of Convenience
  314. VéloSoleX: On Waking the Solex from Slumber
  315. VéloSoleX: Putting a VéloSoleX back on the road
  316. VéloSoleX: Rebuilding rollers
  317. VéloSoleX: Slowly by Solex
  318. VéloSoleX: Solex on Film
  319. VéloSoleX: Solex on Stage
  320. VéloSoleX: Solex Saga
  321. VéloSoleX: Solex, Solex & VéloSoleX
  322. VéloSoleX: Strange Solex Encounter
  323. VéloSoleX: Travels with a VéloSoleX
  324. VéloSoleX: wheels and spokes (Roues et Rayons)
  325. VéloSoleX: Wheelspin from a VéloSoleX
  326. VéloSoleX 6000: The Flash and the Wisp…
  327. Victoria FM38
  328. Vincent Firefly
  329. Vincent Firefly notes, Aug 1999
  330. Vincent Firefly notes, Jun 1993
  331. Vincent Firefly piston
  332. VMCC: the founding of the Cyclemotor Section
  333. Wall Auto Wheel hints, Aug 1915
  334. Wall of Death
  335. Wallis, George—This Inventing Business
  336. Wanderer autocycles, 1937
  337. Weekend in Belgium
  338. Weekend in France
  339. Welling-Tonboot
  340. Werner: Auto Cycling, 1890’s Style
  341. Wettest Ride Ever
  342. Wico-Pacy Bantamag
  343. Wico-Pacy Bantamag update
  344. With Fashion in Mind
  345. Woodbridge Collection
  346. XYZ
  347. ZAP!
  348. Zündapp Combinette: Moped Miscellany
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