Originally Posted by
cycleheimer
I've seen these on Craig's List for as much as $1,100. Don't know if they sell at that price. I think Puch and Vespa used to make the better mopeds back in the 1970s. Puch mopeds were apparently taken over by Piaggio (Vespa), which put them under one roof. What's the MPG on that? 90? You probably have to mix the oil and gas on that one.
From what I've read online up to 218mpg can be had from one of these. Though apparently around 120 is more realistic.
My friend used to have a Puch that he paid $60 for, it was definitely a finer machine than this. I used to have a Columbia moped with a Sachs engine and that was also a pretty smooth ride, I paid $75 for that. A few years ago you could pick up mopeds right and left for $50 or so, but it seems that prices for mopeds have gone up as much as those for old bicycles recently (or at least what people are asking for them).