2006-06-07 15:26:09 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
when i was a kid i got to ride on my friend's moped. it was like a bicycle with a motor on it. you set it up on a centerstand, got on it and started pedaling the damn thing to get it started. once it was started you nudged it off the centerstand and took off. if you were going up a big hill that was too steep for the motor to pull you could always start pedaling to help the motor along. it was a lot of fun---that is, until i got banned from it.
me and my friend were playing cowboys and indians. he was the indian and i was the cowboy. the moped was the horse. he came riding the moped down this big hill right for me. in true John Wayne fashion i stood my ground and didn't fire till i saw the whites of his eyes. oh, did i mention that i had a bb gun? a shot to the chest and he tumbled off that moped and went rolling down this big hill and landed in a bunch of prickly pears! it was great--just like something out of the movies!
neither one of our moms were too thrilled with our version of cowboys and indians so the bb gun and the moped were locked up till we "got some sense into our heads".
lol
2006-06-07 17:39:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a Honda Express back in 1977. POS really, with a governor limiting top speed to 35 mph. It was okay for putting around the neighborhood, but even secondary city streets had traffic that moved too fast for me to keep up with the flow. I sold it after a year and got my first bike. Much much safer.
Mopeds are only really suitable on roads with very modest speed limits ... 30 mph or slower. Faster than that and the cars will treat you like a bicycle, even though as a motorized vehicle, you can't use the bike lanes.
Sort of the worst of both worlds.
Go scooter or motorcycle, and leave the mopeds alone.
2006-06-08 08:24:34 · answer #2 · answered by Grendle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That relies on your standpoint on Roman Catholic dogma and doctrine. Those who don't consider the dogma and doctrine commonly assert that the Pope is a fallible human without a detailed "vigour" past what every other human own. Those who do consider the dogma and doctrine assert that the Pope is infallible with reference to his devout declarations and different issuances. This is founded on statements from the New Testament in which Jesus made a promise to Peter (the primary Pope, and the "stone upon which" the church is developed) that Peter, and Peter by myself, was once given the keys that type a basis of the church. Specifically Mathew sixteen:19, "I will provide you the keys of the dominion of heaven, and something you bind in the world will likely be sure in heaven, and something you free in the world will likely be loosed in heaven.”. The New Testament additionally broadcasts that Jesus additionally told Peter in what he was once to do to construct and maintain the church. Thus, whilst the Pope makes a choice related to Roman Catholic doctrine (exceptionally, "solemn papal definitions"), his "superb apostolic authority" and the supernatural impacts of God and Jesus restrict him from creating a mistake. As popes by way of the a long time have made alterations to beforehand infallible solemn papal definitions, there could also be an expiration date on such matters or God might with no trouble be exchanging his brain over the direction of time.
2016-09-08 22:04:03 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honda Express.
Do you mean the type you can also pedal like a bicycle?
Beta - rode 'em and worked on them in the '70s
2006-06-08 14:14:49 · answer #4 · answered by guardrailjim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I owned a Colt, Yamaha Chappy and a Pusch (SP?).
2006-06-07 18:41:18 · answer #5 · answered by DS2 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it was one of those sold by sears a long time ago.
2006-06-07 15:31:07 · answer #6 · answered by Iron Rider 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋