The Yugo Bullet

This recently turned up in my garage, because you just can't have enough underpowered pit bikes!

It's a 1979 Tomos Bullet moped, 49cc two stroke, with a two speed transmission, made in Yugoslavia.

We had a party a few weeks ago, and an old friend spotted my 71 Honda CT70 Mini Trail in the garage. He immediately stuck his wife with the two kids and spent he next hour turning hot laps around my house on it. Then last weekend, he called to tell me that his father wanted to get rid of this moped that he has had forever and asked if I might be interested. I wasn't really looking for one, but the GRM-friendly price of "free" immediately got my attention.

I picked it up yesterday. His father is a seventy-something year old engineer and has had it for about 25 years. He got it from HIS father! It has 2200 miles on it. It has a couple of small scratches on it, but no dents and is in remarkably good condition. The paint and chrome are as nice as anything that came out of Eastern Europe in the 70's and it even has traces of wax on it. He told me that he hadn't ridden it in a couple of years as it seemed to be down on power. Now, I have 2009 49cc Honda Ruckus scooter that is rated at 4 horsepower. That bike is brand new and it struggles in traffic. I can't imagine what it feels like to ride a thirty year old Yugoslavian moped that's "down on power".

I removed a chrome rack from the back for cleaning and the tires held air, but that's as far as I got. It still has old gas in it that needs to be drained out. As soon as I can find a shop manual, or at least an owner's manual, I'll try to get it cleaned up and running.

That's really cool! Nice score.

I guess you're officially a collector, now.

Sweet, i love old mopeds.

And the Ruckus has 4hp? I'm rocking out with 1 on my Vespa (it goes about as fast as a bike except I don't have to pedal.).

PubBurgers wrote: Sweet, i love old mopeds. And the Ruckus has 4hp? I'm rocking out with 1 on my Vespa (it goes about as fast as a bike except I don't have to pedal.).

The only place that I've ever the horsepower rating for the Honda was on the Manufacturer's Certificate of Origin.

Cute, and manufacturer recommends only 1 rider yet it has a long seat.

Seriously?! This thread is over three years old!

Not only have I sold the moped, I no longer own the three cars in the background either.

Epic thread resurrection.

That said, I have a giant hard on for a CT70 in orange.

As you were, gents.

Taiden wrote: Epic thread resurrection. That said, I have a giant hard on for a CT70 in orange. As you were, gents.

Like this?

And since my last post here I've sold my Vespa and bought a Ruckus myself.

Okay, now there's two things you have that I want - Your 911 and your Honda 70.

Woody did you end up doing anything to the moped or just sell it on as pictured?

I got the moped running and it was faster than the Ruckus, but the front end was scary-flexible. I messed around with it for a few months and then sold it to a guy on TotalRuckus.

The CT70 Mini Trail was sold to someone from the Museum of The American Motorcyclists Association, after they found my thread on the bike here on the forum. I shipped it to Indy where it was a retirement gift for the boss.

Here's one for you Bravenrace, on the Mini Trail's last day:

Where's the teary eyed emoticon...