Motoring Discussion > I have been given a Tomos moped. Miscellaneous
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 16:29 
 I have been given a Tomos moped. - FotheringtonTomas
Can I adapt it to take a (small) pillion passenger? I can weld or bolt bits on, e.g. a seat extension, pillion footpegs...
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 16:33 
 I have been given a Tomos moped. - Pat
Can you fit pedals too?

You will need them if you're going two up!

Pat

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New Mon 22 Feb 10 16:37 
 I have been given a Tomos moped. - Old Navy
You would have to consult the construction and use regs, I don't know the answer but a bored plod on a quiet shift might.:)
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 17:17 
 I have been given a Tomos moped. - FotheringtonTomas
It seems the requirements are that the passenger sits on a seat "securely fitted behind the rider", "astride the seat" (note - it doesn't seem to matter which way they face!), and with "their feet on the footrests". That's all!
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 17:21 
 I have been given a Tomos moped. - R.P.
I would suggest you do that and get it MOT'd straight after - might be little underpowered though !
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 17:27 
 I have been given a Tomos moped. - FotheringtonTomas
>> I would suggest you do that and get it MOT'd straight after - might be
>> little underpowered though !

What!! About 2BHP (on a good day...)!
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 17:29 
 I have been given a Tomos moped. - R.P.
A mite underpowered then ? Who are you going to carry, adult or child ?
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 17:48 
 I have been given a Tomos moped. - Fenlander
I remember back in the mid 1970s the first guy at school (6th form) with a moped that looked like a small motorbike but actually went OK ... and you could lock the pedals.

How cool we thought he looked with tiger tail tassles at each handlebar end.

Can't remember what it was though.
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 17:56 
 I have been given a Tomos moped. - FotheringtonTomas
Possibly a big-ish small boy. I suppose I could tune the moped up a bit, but that would considerably narrow the "power band", and I'm not sure what the "automatic" transmission would make of it. The rest of it I'm sure would be able to handle the increased power - I'd aim for (say) a 50% increase.
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 18:09 
 I have been given a Tomos moped. - R.P.
They used to sell these I think in Woolworths or was it Derby ? We tend to look down our noses a tad at them as we tinkered with our four stroke Hondas !
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 18:15 
 I have been given a Tomos moped. - FotheringtonTomas
I think they were sold mail-order, from what I've looked up on the 'Net.

Still, 1500W or so compares favourably to 200W for an electric bicycle (which also has a 15MPH "assisted" limit). Quite frankly, if I hadn't been given this machine, I would never have thought about such a thing.
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 18:20 
 I have been given a Tomos moped. - R.P.
It's still a bike !
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 18:29 
 I have been given a Tomos moped. - Fenlander
FT is it one of these?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qmfium_z7Y&feature=related

Give you some tricks to aim for :-)
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 19:17 
 I have been given a Tomos moped. - FotheringtonTomas
Gosh, what a brute of a machine!! No, no, it's not one of *those*, it's one of *these*:

www.motorbase.com/uploads/candc/2009/06/19/fs_759020.jpg


I think.

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New Mon 22 Feb 10 19:21 
 I have been given a Tomos moped. - R.P.
That was my mental image - down to the colour...
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New Mon 22 Feb 10 23:06 
 I have been given a Tomos moped. - Ted

I had two these given to me by a pal who emigrated to India. A blue one and a black one.
They were in bits and there were lots of spares.
I eventually gave the lot to the 15 yr old grandson of a friend who was good with bikes and they made a good one out of the two.
We have a shop a few miles away that does Tomos spares. I think they may still be made in one of the former Eastern Bloc countries...like the Velosolex.
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