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Bubba

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Joined the Moped Army
05/09/12 at 09:21:01

I've been gone from the forum a few weeks...bought a '78 peugeot moped and have been working on getting running...well it runs...but now I'm getting it running more better...haha

joined a forum called moped army...these things are fun and addictive...unfortunately here in Colorado the government has taken the fun out of anything fun so you have to:

1) have a license
2) get it registered
3) to get it registered you have to have insurance on it
4) ride it like a real motor vehicle...

back in the old days we could just do anything stupid and it was our own darn fault but I guess things change...oh well

My daughter is using it to cruise around the neighborhood so we're officially riding "dirty"...
I told her to cry if a cop stops her and then pedal it home...

here is a vid I found on youtube showing what folks are doing with these old things...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyzv6VS_XEc

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Joined the Moped Army Reply #1 - 05/09/12 at 10:11:53 I told her to cry if a cop stops her and then pedal it home... You are such a good Daddy! Thats what I woulda done,,
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28674 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Joined the Moped Army Reply #2 - 05/09/12 at 10:31:03 Bubba wrote on 05/09/12 at 09:21:01: I told her to cry if a cop stops her and then pedal it home... It hasn't worked for me,... yet... ...
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ALfromN.H. FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Dragon Slayer Posts: 1421 Rochester, New Hampshire Gender:	Re: Joined the Moped Army Reply #3 - 05/09/12 at 10:39:06 I was expecting a video about a group of armed, marauding, evil doers riding around on mopeds terrorizing small midwestern towns.
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Bubba Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 956 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: Joined the Moped Army Reply #4 - 05/09/12 at 10:42:47 If you go on youtube you will actually find just such videos...hilarious!
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Joined the Moped Army Reply #5 - 05/09/12 at 10:46:31 I thot it was gonna be a bunch of unhappy people.,
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Bubba Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 956 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: Joined the Moped Army Reply #6 - 05/09/12 at 10:58:32 some of them are pretty fast! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RlJ4gmyS-M&feature=relmfu
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Starlifter Serious Thumper Offline It only snows seven months of the year here. Posts: 3746 Eastern Michigan Gender:	Re: Joined the Moped Army Reply #7 - 05/09/12 at 14:19:05 I love mopeds and have wanted one since I was a kid...hmm, maybe this year. I have been looking at the Honda Rebel 50cc model.
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cowboy Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 173	Re: Joined the Moped Army Reply #8 - 05/09/12 at 16:24:38 in colo you don,t have to have a license to drive a scooter if it,s under so many CC,s i think it,s 99cc i know they rent them here in steamboat to tourists. you might check with dmv
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thumperclone

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Re: Joined the Moped Army
Reply #9 - 05/09/12 at 18:00:33

cowboy wrote on 05/09/12 at 16:24:38:

in colo you don,t have to have a license to drive a scooter if it,s under so many CC,s i think it,s 99cc i know they rent them here in steamboat to tourists. you might check with dmv

i think its 50cc and cant go over 30mph
but must have a dirvers license
thumperclone is 86cc.licensed and insured cant remember, bout $30 year for both

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Re: Joined the Moped Army
Reply #10 - 05/10/12 at 06:33:20

yeah, I checked with DMV...you don't have to have a plate but you do need a drovers license. Then ya have to register the darn thing...then to get a registration you have to prove you have insurance on it.

Progressive has always been good to me but it's odd to me that my savage cost 109.00 a year and the tiny little moped costs 98 bucks/yr...heck the thing only costs me 250.00

I'd hate to get pulled over running to the store and have a 500 dollar ticket...then it wouldn't seem like so much fun...

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Re: Joined the Moped Army
Reply #11 - 05/10/12 at 11:04:42

just got my plate renewal on thumperclone
tax value $1345.00 is lil less than what i paid in 04 brand new
tag fee $49.90 ouch.. Angry

dont understand their rates my 01 pop up camper has a tax value of $7880.00 with a tag fee of $75.74
few cents more than $25 dollar difference in tag fees but a tax value difference of over $6500.00
maybe estimated yearly road usage estimate is the difference..

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Re: Joined the Moped Army
Reply #12 - 05/10/12 at 11:44:48

Bubba wrote on 05/10/12 at 06:33:20:

Progressive has always been good to me but it's odd to me that my savage cost 109.00 a year and the tiny little moped costs 98 bucks/yr...heck the thing only costs me 250.00

A lot of your insurance costs are due to state fees. I just got insurance on my Savage from Progressive and I paid $220 for the year. My agent told me the sad thing was that $125 of that was Michigan state fees.

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Bubba Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 956 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: Joined the Moped Army Reply #13 - 05/10/12 at 11:59:26 just registered the PUG...$5.85 for three year registration...76.00/yr for insurance...and ya know what? CO doesn't even have a helmet law??? go figure...plus I'll bet ya dollars to donuts I never even get looked at when I'm riding the moped...
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SuperSavage Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 341	Re: Joined the Moped Army Reply #14 - 05/10/12 at 12:56:30 Some of those puppies haul! How fast are willing to go on a moped. seems a little light and squirrelly to me.
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