Sport moped
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A sport moped is a moped that resembles a sport bike and often performs better than standard mopeds. They were created to circumvent UK legislation, called the "Sixteeners Laws", aimed at taking young motorcycle riders off the road. The new laws, introduced in 1971 by Conservative Party Minister for Transport John Peyton, forbade 16-year-olds from riding motorcycles of 250 cc (15 cu in) capacity, thus limiting them to 50 cc machines until they turned 17.[clarification needed]
Description
The law resulted in motorcycle manufacturers developing a new class of high-performance mopeds in the 1970s, termed "sports mopeds" or, colloquially, "sixteener specials," due to their marketing being aimed at 16-year-olds, a move which was widely criticized at the time.[1][unreliable source?][2][3]
If the
Some sport bikes use the
Few sport bikes, for example: Gilera DNA and Kingway Fennari were produced with an automatic gearbox.
Bicycle-style pedals were installed when new legislation was passed requiring them.[
Sport mopeds, currently and formerly produced
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On Chinese components
- Zipp Pro 50, Zipp Pro 50 GT, Zipp XRace 50
- Romet RR 50, Romet Arrow Fly
- Junak 901 RS, Junak 901 Sport, Junak 903 Race
- Keeway Leone RK50
- Kinroad Sprinter (also known as Kinroad XT50-18) / Ventus Sprinter
- Kingway Fennari
- Barton FR 50
- Pulse Rage 50 (also known as LK50GY-2)
- Yamasaki YM50
On Spanish, Italian, French and Japanese components
- Gilera DNA 50
- Aprilia RS 50 (four generations)
- Aprilia Tuono 50
- Aprilia AF1 50
- Derbi GPR 50
- Rieju RS1 Evolution 50, Rieju RS2 Matrix 50
- Peugeot XR6, Peugeot XR7
- Yamaha TZR 50
- Cagiva Mito 50
- Suzuki RG Gamma 50
- Malaguti Drakon 50
There are also Minibike sport mopeds; for example: Honda NSR50 and Yamaha YSR50.
References
- ^ Letters; Saving Fuel, New Scientist, 4 November 1976. P.299
- ^ Retail business, Issues 197202. Economist Intelligence Unit (Great Britain). Economist Intelligence Unit Ltd., 1974
- ^ How to Restore Yamaha FS1-E, John Watts. Veloce Publishing Ltd, 14 June 2006
- ^ James May's Magnificent Machines, James May, Phil Dolling. Hachette UK, 1 March 2012
- ^ The Motorcycle Book, Alan Seeley, MotorBooks International, 2 May 2004
- ^ ISBN 1904788114