![]() ![]() A great site it is with very knowledgeable folks on here. I am new to the Motobecane and have found your site. Motobecane models and dates are well known and organized in Ets Mauger.īut on some, the bike is made a year or more after the engine was made.Hello, My name is Joel. The goal here is to admire and understand the bikes and learn what parts are the same. US models were called Riverside, UK models were branded as Raleigh, India models were called Suvega. The year the bike was made would be soon after all the components are made. Look on the bottom of the speedometer, under the seat, or elsewhere for dates. On Motobecanes look at the date on the Gurtner carburetor for when that was made. To make matters worse, most of the Wards advertisements and manual covers or pages do not say any year. The purpose of listing as many model codes as possible, is to learn what the all models are, for each year, and what the codes mean.Īs a result many riders guess their bikes year or incorrectly use the approval year. Sears, once again, also started selling Puch (Kromag) powered mopeds but under their Free Spirit moniker.īy 1981 the moped craze was over and all three department stores discontinued selling mopeds, this time for good. Later they sold USA-made EZ RiderMinarelli mopeds, and in California stores, the French-made 1980 Peugeot 102 (on sale for 279). This time around, Wards sold the USA-made Columbia moped with German-made Solo engine, rebranded as Open Road, and two USA-made AMF models. In 1978 Montgomery Ward (and Sears) began selling 2 stroke mopeds again. Smokey two stroke motorcycles and other high emission vehicles would be the first targets. ![]() The Benelli line plus a Lambretta scooter allowed Wards to compete in the marketplace with the Austrian Puch mopeds and motorcycles that Sears was selling under their Allstate brand.Īlso, in 1970 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created to oversee and combat increasing pollution and air quality issues. Those pre-1965 France-made Wards Riverside mopeds are completely different from the post-1965 Italy-made Wards Riverside mopeds.īenelli offered mopeds and a line of single cylinder motorcycles 50-360cc. The earliest Wards Riverside models were scooters made by Japans Mitsubishi and Italys Bianchi companies, and mopeds made by Frances Motobecane. Ward sold everything and had a mail-order catalog. Ward had conceived of the idea of a dry goods mail-order business in Chicago, Illinois, after several years of working as a traveling salesman among rural customers. Wards Riverside mopeds 1965-1967 (Benelli). ![]()
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