2006-08-25 22:40:22 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Motorcycles
Because originally they could be driven by the motor, or by pedals, hence mo-ped. These days the pedals have gon, but the name remains.
When I was 16 I had a moped with pedals, the good old Yamaha FS1E DX. Where are you now NWY923P I, miss you even though 26 years have gone by.
2006-08-25 22:49:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The word moped is a Swedish short form of the word motorvelociped. Velociped is an older Swedish word for bicycle, imported from the French word vélocipède formed from the Latin velocispedis meaning "fast foot".
2006-08-26 05:48:50 · answer #2 · answered by atlantisflicka 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Simply put : mo for motor and ped for pedal moped = motor petal
2006-08-26 06:24:27 · answer #3 · answered by riverdave 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it was the fact that if it was 50cc had pedals and later when in 1977 there were ristricted to 30mph i think that is the reason why the name stuck also most mopeds spend there life in towns
2006-08-26 05:43:38 · answer #4 · answered by martin r 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not only do the have pedals, it often is a legal requirement that you should be able to actually use them, like on a bicycle.
2006-08-26 05:46:41 · answer #5 · answered by Gungnir 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because it is moped
2006-08-26 05:48:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because years ago the used to have pedals that you could lock to make footrests
2006-08-26 06:15:44 · answer #7 · answered by PARADOX 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The same reason they call Yahoo! Yahoo!
2006-08-26 05:42:22 · answer #8 · answered by Wai 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
motor , mo ,pedal, ped,MOPED
2006-08-26 11:26:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
motorized pedals?
2006-08-26 05:42:52 · answer #10 · answered by opossum 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋