Kinetic uses a Vespa knock-off clutch and a half-knocked offĮngine. One of the major moped/scooter makers in India and they use Vespa engine The cheapest moped on the American market today. I own a 77 103 and I also own a Velosolex (an original, not aīut like you I'm in need of information as to their presence in the US, They are speed limited in their North American form (tuned they Import quite a lot of mopeds to the State and Canada, mostly of the 102 Hello, I see that Peugeot is not in your Moped Makers page. This is the brand that most dealers carry, and I've mostly heard good thing Penney "Pinto" sold rather poorly, hence their rarity today.īased in Slovenia (former part of Yugoslavia). Wards models sold somewhat less than the Allstates, and the J.C. Sales of the Sears Allstate models were quite good until mopeds began to drop in popularity and Sears stopped carrying them. Wards) proudly emblazoned on the side of the gastank. Montgomery Wards sold Motobecane mopeds with their own name (Mont. Penney imported Austrian mopeds made by Kromag, and they were sold under the name "Pinto". Penney and Montgomery Wards would not be outdone, and so both also made similar trade agreements with European moped manufacturers. Of course, since Sears was in on it, J.C. These mopeds were manufactured by the old PUCH factory in Austria, before it was bought out by Piaggio. The Allstate insurance of today is distantly related to PUCH mopeds, then!).
I'm sure many people already know this, but maybe some don't.ĭuring the 1950's-70's Sears sold mopeds (and small displacement motorcycles) under the Allstate name (which they also used to sell insurance, and a number of other things. I just thought it might be of interest to include this info about PUCH and other mopeds.
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