I have missed a few Moped Mondays.  This was too perfect to pass up though, so here ya go.  Via Fast50.  It is a Puch E50 with a Metrakit put into a Bicycle.  I am sure this thing is really fast.  Modern Dernys are made in the Netherlands by a master builder named Arie Simon.

The first Custom bike from Indigan.  Notice the pedals!  I am stoked to say that this is my bike!

• Derbi Flat Reed engine (Off of a Derbi DS50 Scooter that came with pedals)
• Derbi 75cc Metrakit Cylinder Kit
• 24mm Mikuni Flatslide with K&N Air filter
• Moto Tassinari VForce Reed Block
• HPI Internal Rotor race CDI Unit
• TJT Race Clutch and Variator
• One off Handmade Motion Left Mopeds Expansion Chamber
• NOS Derbi C5 Tank refinished and with new Indigan Decals.
• OPP Racing Footpegs.
• Indigan Seat
• Indigan CrossBar Handlebar
• NOS Costa front forks with weirdo oil reservoirs
• NOS Oil Dampened Derbi rear shocks
• Pro Wheel 19in Front wheel with Braking Disc and Shinko Tire
• NOS Alu Derbi 18in rear wheel with Shinko Tire
• Josh Sticker Plastic Pedals

Indigan Winter. from Indigan on Vimeo.

Indigan is a newish parts company. This is their teaser video. Enjoy.

In honor of the return of East Bound and Down:

South Bound and Drowned.

All this talk by Anchor Racing Mopeds about building a Bonneville Salt Flat racer has me looking for mopeds who competed on the Salt.

Here is their soon to be racer:

Blackball Made it to 60+mph on 90.3cc

These Frenchman hit 60+mph on 50cc.

This week I figured I should highlight a moped company called Rogue Creations.   A new moped custom shop out of Philadelphia, Rogue is putting out some really innovative builds.

Here is a favorite of mine:

Puch Magnum:

• Puch Polini Kit
• Water Cooled Head
• Pull Start Conversion
• 24mm Mikuni Flatslide
• HPI Internal Rotor CDI
• MLM Exhaust

Peddy Cash FTW Trailer from Thunder Horse Video on Vimeo.

The Midwest is the birthplace of modern mopedding. It makes sense that such rad things come from it. This is from Peddy Cash, a Chicago moped gang.

Looks like I will be adding this rare Puch Cobra to my bike family this weekend. I will update you with photos and such as I make some minor changes that I see fit. 2 Stroked.

Mopeds no doubt evolved from bicycles, but evolution never stays put.  In this case, mopeds started to evolve back into BMX bikes.  In the 80′s Motobecane aka MBK put out a few hundred of these mopeds.  It has inspired a whole sub sub culture called Crazybike.

As in many two wheel cultures, it seems some talented folks are wrenching on bikes, and doing it all with an artistic direction. In LA, the two mix in Mopeds and Movies. Here are three that caught my eye.

I am not sure what is going on with this video.  It does capture group riding pretty well.

Moped Scene – Hollywood Sex Wars from Bemor Boxcutta on Vimeo.

A nice video about Choke Moped shop in LA.  One of the raddest shops in the country.:

CHOKE from failedathlete on Vimeo.

And one of my very favorite moped videos of all time is this promo for a Moped rally that the Latebirds put on a few years ago.

The Los Angeles Latebirds – 1st Annual Latebirds Invitational from Brian Sowell on Vimeo.