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Joe Swaine 75 cc opened out Minimotor trans Moby frame Raleigh.jpg
This is a recent English construction which has had an accident that injured the rider. Make sure your fixtures and fittings are man enough for the job.

[[‎David Watson‎ to Moped Autocycle & Cyclemotor Collector.
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Heard some bad news today! the sort that thankfully we don't hear that often. Joe was riding with us Saturday on the BLDR event and was out with the Wirral Wobblers Sunday when something occurred with the bike and Joe had a nasty off. (lifted this from another group) " Hi all, Joe is in Arrowe Park Hospital, ward 20. He has a broken right shoulder and 5 broken ribs. He's in good spirits although wearing a neck brace. He's due another scan shortly" Get well soon Joseph Thomas Swaine]]

The bicycle is Raleigh, the transmission is modified Mobylette, and the engine was a 50cc Trojan Minimotor, but it's been opened out to 75cc.
 
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Rhonsonette with an ABG engine



There were no details with this, but the motor unit is the BSA Winged Wheel. It's possible the whole bike was a BSA construction, although the forks could equally be aftermarket parts.
 
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1950s Italy, with a 38 or 48cc Garelli Mosquito engine

 
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1903 Kerry, UK.



1930 100cc Dollar, France


Early 1930s 74cc Phanomen, Germany


1923 125 DFR, France


Phantom, 1920s Germany

 

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WOW! Had the same motor, clutch, and tank on a Monark bike when i was a kid, it was awesome fun. My tank was chrome with tool box on other side, clutch had several disks in it.............Curt
 

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1995, 35cc limited run prototype CZ bike engine



1934 98cc 1 speed CZ



Ladies version



1923 Persch 118, Austria



Stadtrad by Junior of Austria. The engine is a licenced compression ignition Lohmann



East European



Iresa, Spain



 

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1909 Dufaux Ecclesiastique/Dames with Motosacoche engine



1913 version



1923 Labinal Micromoteur 75cc Bol D'Or 24hr racer



Early 1920s French Diamant



1923 Poinsard-Sivigny Mascot


 

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The Trojan Mini Motor was made in Croydon, UK. It drove the back tyre direct. The owner, seated on the bike, tired of replacing tired tyres so he adapted it, as seen, to chain drive.
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Alpha from Spain in 1947, a 75cc 2 stroke


Italian Mini Zeta





1919 onwards, Lumen motor wheel, France, 118cc, later 149cc



1901 FN 1.25hp



1898 Bourgery, France