Originally Posted by
HSean
Thats a CCM motocross, thats Motocross #2 I own two now. this ones gold under that red paint, and the gold seems to be really good in many places. just gotta remove the red somehow. us bike folk here help eachother out.
If that is red spray paint, you can try spray carburetor cleaner. It usually dissolves spray paint, but it's not harsh enough to eat into baked on finishes. Acetone might work too (but take longer).
Originally Posted by Glennfordx4
I saw a lot of these when we were walking around Paris when I was there in Oct of 08. They had a bunch of old motorcycles and mopeds that are still being used every day. Looks like yours is a 46cc model and is missing the head light.
It's a 49cc model I believe. I do have the headlight, but not the mounting bolt. I just placed an order for the missing parts this morning, so hopefully I'll have it all together this coming week. The cool thing is that since they never went out of production you can get just about any part you need for the post '66 models. Production ended in France in 1988, and the tooling went to Hungary. When production ended there in 2002, they start making them in France again! I understand it is the second most popular motorbike of all time, running behind the Honda Cub.