I was out at my Mom's house on W. Broadway in Maumee Saturday, and around 4:00 a pack of mopeds (nearly 20!) went buzzing by.
Looks like great fun; anyone know the lowdown on this gang of mopeders?
Moped Gang in Maumee Saturday
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there are a lot of them around town. just across the street from us in the Old West End, there is an apartment building that has 10+ mopeds in the garage. Any weekend with warm weather will bring scores of these guys out, zipping around (very loudly) around the neighborhood.
i've heard there is an abandoned race track just north in michigan that they meet up at for races.
saw them at Hill and Detroit just prior to that. A JCPenney Pinto was bringing up the rear.
I think that's the Ottawa Hills biker gang, Heck's Angels. Were they wearing a winged frowny face on the back of their jacket?
posted by madjack on May 20, 2012 at 06:33:23 pm # 1 person liked this
Perhaps they are mods from 1963 who traveled through a wormhole or something like it. This was the coolest thing to do in London back in the day.
Are you sure it wasn't Lair Scott's group protesting the withdrawal of naming the street after Joe Wick?
posted by hockeyfan on May 21, 2012 at 12:58:47 am # 3 people liked this
upso posted at 03:21:32 PM on May 20, 2012:
there are a lot of them around town. just across the street from us in the Old West End, there is an apartment building that has 10+ mopeds in the garage. Any weekend with warm weather will bring scores of these guys out, zipping around (very loudly) around the neighborhood.
i've heard there is an abandoned race track just north in michigan that they meet up at for races.
Possibly the Dorais Velodrome in Detroit?
posted by researcher on May 21, 2012 at 04:25:11 pm #
Just looking at some of the comments in this thread, all I can say is man, you guys are mean. Don't pick on/stereotype the people who prefer two wheels over four, you stupid cagers.
posted by anonymouscoward on May 21, 2012 at 04:34:32 pm #
None of the comments here seem mean. (At least not in comparison to the old joke about mopeds and fat chicks..."fun to ride, but you don't want anyone to see you on one.")
posted by mom2 on May 21, 2012 at 04:41:51 pm # 7 people liked this
When I lived in a better climate, I owned a little (49cc) moped that got me to and from work (about 3 miles each way) for about 2 years. Fun times
1/2 gallon gas tank. Fill up once per week. Gas then--about $2 a gallon in the area (making my fuel budget about $1-$1.25 per week). No vehicle insurance necessary on the moped...and my car (because I wasn't using it to commute) was on a "pleasure driving" policy (i.e. cheaper policy). I could take small roads and not get smashed by cars or struggle to keep up with a 35 mph speed limit. Parked up front at the building bike rack instead of endlessly circling for a parking space. Good times. I miss the $1 fill ups for the week!
And I didn't die on the thing. That's important too...
posted by oldhometown on May 21, 2012 at 05:17:47 pm #
@justread: Ah yes, the JC Penney Pinto Moped. A beast I am proud to say I have intimate knowledge of. Endoed the damn thing more than once.
posted by SavageFred on May 21, 2012 at 05:30:32 pm #
posted by SavageFred on May 21, 2012 at 05:35:40 pm #
As I've posted before. Many comments are for humor. I'm the first to laugh at myself so if anyone else makes fun, let's laugh together. There isn't enough laughter these days. If a moped rider reads one of these comments and gets their feelings hurt, go to library under kid's section and read, "Sticks and Stones".
posted by hockeyfan on May 21, 2012 at 09:54:09 pm # 2 people liked this
Mopeds were popular in the late 70s/early 80s, and now that age group is turning 40/45 years old, so it is not surprising that the nostalgia for their youth is reappearing in the form of a "moped gang."
When I lived in a better climate, I owned a little (49cc) moped...
Top speed 43 MPH, but that's headed downhill with a 15 MPH tailwind.
...that got me to and from work...
You mean to say that you actually rode it? You know, those things have a weight limit. How many years ago was this?
Man, the sarcasm detectors must really be broken around here. Probably too much time spent running around in those stuffy cages full of toxic fumes from all the plastic.
posted by anonymouscoward on May 22, 2012 at 08:01:21 am #
jr - Any chance of banning AC? I'm sure I'm not the only one who is sick of him hijacking threads with his trollish behavior and insults.
Mopeds are like .........fun to ride but you don't want your friends to see you.
Top speed 43 MPH, but that's headed downhill with a 15 MPH tailwind.
...and don't even talk about going _up_hill...
You mean to say that you actually rode it? You know, those things have a weight limit. How many years ago was this?
What can I say? I was a lean, mean, moped gangsta in those days...
posted by oldhometown on May 22, 2012 at 10:38:07 am #
dell_diva posted at 08:12:52 AM on May 22, 2012:
jr - Any chance of banning AC? I'm sure I'm not the only one who is sick of him hijacking threads with his trollish behavior and insults.
No! Don't ban AC. I like his commentary. He keeps the threads from becoming boring and tedious, what with rehashing the same, tired arguments over and over again.
Besides, what about freedom of speech?
posted by madjack on May 22, 2012 at 12:44:27 pm # 1 person liked this
What can I say? I was a lean, mean, moped gangsta in those days...
Yeah, the good old days... A kid down the street from me had a Honda 50, the one with the elephant ears on it. I think it would do about 30 MPH on a good day, but it was lots of fun to ride. And hey, when you weigh about 80 pounds it'll take you right up a shallow grade without straining too much.
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