In order for us to offer a warranty on all our rebuilt engines, we need to keep things mostly stock. We don’t think you will find that same offer anywhere else in the country.įor the most part, yes. Also, every moped that has either been reconditioned or restored also includes a warranty. With an inflationary measure calculated in that means that a Maxi would have cost around $1600.00 at today’s dollar value. The cost of the new moped was around $400.00 in 1978. If you restored it yourself, you could easily pay half of that just in paint and graphics. It may sound like a lot but when you take in consideration the amount labor and new parts that go into each bike, it truly is a bargain. To purchase a basic but fully restored Puch Maxi, you’re going to pay around $1600.00 delivered. We buy used Puch mopeds and parts from all over the Midwest region including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, South and North Dakota, Illinois, Nebraska and Michiganīy focusing mainly on one make of moped, it allows us to stock most of the parts that are needed to complete high quality restorations quickly for our customers and even more importantly, keep the cost affordable. The Midwest for whatever reason seems to have a very high availability of old Puchs still tucked away in old barns and sheds. It seems that certain regions of the country had higher ratios of certain mopeds. When mopeds were in their heyday back in the late 70’s, there were many, many different makes available and dealers all over the US were selling them. We rely on a large stock of old Puch mopeds and parts to draw from when completing each and every restoration project that we do. There are other reasons as well why we have chosen Puch as our preferred moped to bring back to life but the number one reason is simply the availability of the mopeds themselves within proximity of us. Without the reliability of the engines and the parts availability for them, we wouldn’t be able to offer warranties on all our engines. Parts are also readily available to rebuild and maintain the engines along with an almost endless possibility of performance enhancement parts. The engines are reliable, very simple by design and available in either a single or two-speed version. Without good clean chrome, a restoration is not possible and re-chroming is cost prohibitive on most bikes. The chrome plating was also of fairly good quality which has allowed a good percentage of it to withstand the test of time. Puch mopeds were simple, well-built with quality parts and they also had a good variety of nice looking models to choose from when they were originally being sold new.
We refurbish many different makes and models of pedal mopeds, however, when it comes to full restorations, we try to keep our focus on the Puch moped line of the late 70’s through early 80’s. Our focus has always been on high-end and hard to find bikes with a strong emphasis on Puch mopeds. Almost all of them are from European manufacturers that are no longer in existence but you may also find on occasion a Japanese made Honda Hobbit or two. We sell good quality used, reconditioned and beautifully restored vintage pedal mopeds.