batavus trike

[rawly old]

I just spotted this rare '77 Batavus 3 whl moped on craigslist,(skagit/island, Washington state).
It sez everything works + new shocks,brakes & tires for $700. Wish I had the dough. So for any
well heeled collector out there, this thing is classic.

 

[Racie35]

That's sharp..... Looks like it may have a performance exhaust on it too

 

[rawly old]

yeah, wish I'd had the money. This as a project had some
pretty cool potential. I would have loved to put one of
Dax's 9 hp. GP50R performance 48cc engines on this thing.
That would a made for a nasty 'lil tricycle.


"Thow a kit on the b!tch an' rida moped!"

 

[Racie35]

I had a batavus moped back then ,looked a lot like the front half of that trike. Eventually sold it and bought a cb100 but missed that thing. What's cool about that one listed is it doesn't look overly narrow like most...still scary in turns though I'm sure. Its cool

 

[Gary Player]

I never seen anything like that,didnt know they made 3 wheeled moped.

 

[rawly old]

Neither had I, looks like just the unit for touring if you rigged up some kind
of box on the back.

 

[JunkyardDog]

I'm 54, I got hooked on mopeds when I was 16, and bought a new Peugeot. Since then I have had over a dozen of them of various brands. I still have a '77 Puch Maxi 2 speed ZA50, and a Solex 3800. But it is just to dangerous to ride them where I live. Unlike motorized bicycles, they cannot be ridden in the bike lanes. That Batavus, properly geared for the extra weight and rolling resistance of a trike probably has a top speed of about 20 mph. Which is still way faster than a pedal bike, for most people.

 

[Racie35]

Bring em by jjunkyard! I've always liked the trikes....is it tippy?

 

[rawly old]

junkyard,
20 is plenty fast enuff for for me, but I guess the width could be
a downside if you were out on the highway. Although, there is
some fellow around here I see all the time zipping about with his
girlfriend in a sidecar moped. It even has a canvas canopy and
a jitney paint job.(too cool)