Cougar, my hunt for a moped was in fact because of gas costs (my DD is an AWD Astro Van, 12mpg!), but since then I’ve grown to like them for other reasons. There’s actually a lot of cool stuff you can do to them, and they are super easy to learn how to fix things with such a simple engine. With some tips from my bro, I’ve done all the work myself, included an engine swap on this one. There’s 70cc and 80cc race cylinders you can get for these that with a swapped larger carb will get you up to 60mph. Now, I wouldn’t want to do that on this bike because I would DIE, but there are crazies that do.
This one in particular I bought for it’s looks and because it’s German. haha (see my BMW e30 posts! I have a slight fascination for German things…)