Thanks!
Thanks for the welcome.
The fellow who asked about the difference in bikes, especially the old stuff -
Check out the home site for the National Autocycle and Cyclemotor Club in the UK. The address is Buzzing-dot-org.
Briefly - and I am quoting or paraphrasing here:
Cyclemotors - What we in the states often call Motorized Bikes - The cyclemotor, or motorised bicycle, dates back to the dawn of motor cycling in the last years of the 19th century, but the boom period for these machines was undoubtedly the 1950s. The cyclemotors of this period usually consisted of a small engine (under 50cc) that could be attached to a normal bicycle. The positions used by different manufacturers were many and various: above the front wheel; above, alongside or inside the rear wheel; or between the pedals are typical examples. The final drive was often a roller rubbing on the bicycle tyre but other, more positive, transmissions were used.
Autocycles - The autocycle is a lightweight motor cycle with pedals, very similar to what many would call mopeds of more recent years. The autocycle was developed between the wars and, by the mid-1930s, had adopted a design which changed very little until the end of production in the mid-1950s. Autocycles are usually powered by 98cc engines; most examples used the Villiers Junior, Junior Deluxe or 2F engines. The most notable exceptions to this were the Cyc-Auto and the Excelsior Autobyk, which used their own make of engine, and the HEC, which was powered by a Levis engine. Because of the universal design it can often be difficult to differentiate between different manufacturers' machines.
Cheers!
Larry