Apparently this is like a "thing": supercharging mopeds.
Here is a fine looking specimen in Switzerland with what appears to be a homemade centrifugal blower.
I'm not sure if this is real - a guy doing 90mph on a moped:
and a plehora of images and info: Supercharging small motors at Elsberg Tuning.
Mike Shayne in men’s adventure magazines – Part 3: Shayne stories from 1962
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It’s been a while since I posted on this blog, but I haven’t been slacking.
During the past two months I’ve been working on several different book
projects...
1 month ago
the moped archive.
ReplyDeleteNow, in any case where you need to come to a quick and sudden stop -- USE BOTH BRAKES!! It's been proven that using both brakes in an 'emergency stop' can cut the stopping distance by more than half.motorcycle shipping
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