How to start and shut down a Mobylette moped
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2013
- A 1970 vintage Motobecane Mobylette AV89 moped was used for this video, and the starting and engine shut down principles are essentially the same across all the Mobylette moped models.
The three starting methods are:
The preferred method. With the choke lever selected if necessary if it's a cold day, and a hard kick down on the pedal, whilst moving the decompressor action at the twist grip forward. Then move the twist grip backwards for engine throttle control.
This can be done when the engine is not too cold, and has been started fairly recently.
"Pedal and Pop" method. When the engine is cold and hasn't been used for some time, again with the choke and the decompressor selected. Then use engine throttle.
"Running Start" or "Bump Start" Used when the Mobylette is difficult to start, or the engine is very cold. As before, the choke and decompressor is used.
When you want to shut down the Moby engine, just move the decompressor action on the twist grip forward, and the engine shuts down.
If you're not going to use the moby for some time, it's a good idea to shut off the fuel using the petcock/fuel tap first, and let the engine use up the remaining fuel left in the carburettor. It will take about a minute or two to use up the remaining fuel. This prevents carburettor leaking, and fuel going off with time inside the carburettor, if the Moby is stored up for a while. The Gurtner carburettors can have a bit of a reputation for leaking sometimes! and this action prevents this.
Hope you have fun starting and riding your Mobylette! - Авто та транспорт
Was my first ever bike in 1996. I bought it for something like 80 quid. It wouldn't start and I couldn't work out how to fix it, sold to a bike shop for 20 quid, as I was really skint. Wish I hadn't now. Fun little bike! :)
Wow, thanks for this. It brings so many memories for me.
The first ever vehicle I owned was an M Reg Moby. SRT 87M.
She was orange, single saddle with no rear suspension.
I done 1000s of miles on that old thing. There was a small independent garage on the Bramford Lane back in my old home town of Ipswich that sold ready mixed 2 stroke. The old boy who ran it sat outside there in his flat cap and filled up your bike for you.
I remember towards the end mine was a bit of a dog, after about 8 miles she would get so hot she would die and refuse to restart till she had cooled off, even piddling on the pot would not cool her!!
Thanks for the memories, great vid/
Good old Abbots garage, very neat to where I lived at the time
In 1974 I paid £35 for the same model K reg, it was my first road bike and it was great.
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That takes me back. I had a Super-Moby, except the only difference was a tank between my knees. In every other way it was identical to yours. I wanted a Gilera, a Malaguti or an FS1E, but the budget only ran to a Mobylette. Think I'd sob if I ever saw one again, I'd certainly have to make an offer.
Its no wonder the FS1E & similar proved so popular in the 70s with us teenagers me being one of them who had a Mobylette to start with but we wouldn’t want to go through that nonsense just to start the thing so soon bought an Suzuki AP50 & never looked back! Nice nostalgia though!
I've never seen anyone run along side the bike to start it. I've always seen them pedal it along. Makes more sense to pedal it along.
My mother found one of these in her family farm like 30 odd years ago, For mother's day, i wanted to get this bike for her up and running, I thought it'd be a nice present. So i brought her orginal mobylette to my garage and it turns over, only problem, it doesn't stay on for more than a couple secones after accelerating. Gas is brand new, carborator is is fine condition and cleaned.
Thanks, your video was helpful. Espacially the advice with the leaking carburettor. I drive an AV59. Big fun!
Fantastic little machine
Your hopes were realized@I found this video useful.
Bonjour , vous avez un trés joli modéle , j'ai la méme en moins bonne etat , bonne route à vous
sweet
i'v never noticed that decompression shaft ...not in 15 years. Then I think mine is missing :D
how did you wire the key to shut off the engine?
Perhaps a 4th method is to pedal it like a bicycle, release the decompression and off you go...that's how I start my Peugeot 102, and it's listed as one of the starting methods in its user's manual, so I would have thought it would work for Motobecane to ?
That will work on smaller lighter mobys, such as 40 and 50V's, and AV30/AV40 series mopeds. But at the 'heavier metal' end of the mobylette range! Such as the AV89, SP50 and SP92/93, the pedals are only really there, to meet old moped regulations in the past, and to allow 'pedal and pop' starting on the centre stand.
I found that on my AV89, the only way I could pedal it along the road without trying to get a hernia, or getting a bad back! was to pedal it down a quite steep downhill bit of road!! Just you try it sometime on a heavy metal moby!
+tok707 OK, thanks for explaining that, nice to know some of history. My 102 is just a 49cc, relatively easy to crank. Mine also has a 'switch' on the pedal-side chain-wheel which disconnects it from the engine (I guess you could call it a clutch). Once selected, I can actually ride this like a bicycle, and in fact the users manual suggests this as a means of getting home if you run out of petrol. Maybe I should do a video and put it on UA-cam.
Is it really so much harder to start compared to the lighter mobs? I just bought an all Original SP50 second generation (for the moment not running). And although the engine is loose it's impossible to move the moped without pressing the decompression, rear wheel is completly blocked. Never seen this on any other moped before, is this normal or could there be something wrong? Thanks !
An my av85 it works great. One of the most fun ways in my opinion.
Can you not just pedal it down the road to start it?
Do, you know where i can find any info on them? i just bough one today
This is a good place to start : www.mopedarmy.com/wiki/Category:Motobecane
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where,s the engine number please
colin gentle, on the cilinder head on the right side.
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