@@yogiguitar1 me to😁, 60 yo, going on 16 yo. Had a suzuki AP50 reg no TPU860R.... Got a suzuki gsxs1000f & a Yamaha FJR1300 now😆😆. The wife says that, I'm just a big kid🤣🤣🤣🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Wow, taken me back in time, I had a 1975, in purple . Got it from Jack nice auto's in Leyton East London, was £12 a month on HP. Saved up and bought the , rear rack, front crash bars, mirrors, and sidewinder backrest. My mates had fizzies, Honda ss, gilira, mz, and a puch. We all had to have full face helmets, which we paid weekly off our mums caterlog. The days weren't long enough, and the summers we thought we were the biz. Everyone has their own story of growing up and having so much fun while owning a fizzy, in my opinion, one of the most iconic moped in British history, and watching this video has made me 16yr old again. A big big thank you chaps for keeping the fizzies where they belong, on the road for everyone to see. All the best 👍
Brilliant I had a brown fizzy in 1977 … our thing was scraping the pedals till they fell to bits and then buysome more and do it all over again 😂 that thing got me into motorcycles. I got into British bikes then Harleys always chopped though and that all started when we all went to see Easyrider at a late night show on our fizzers thinking we was peter fonda when we all rode home after the film on our mopeds 😂, if it wasn’t for that fizzy I wouldn’t of lived the life I have … but I also think it was alot cheaper for us as 16 to get a moped unlike today I feel sorry for alot of youngsters will miss out on the fun we had because it’s so expensive for them today
Had my brand new FS1-E delivered on my 16th birthday-the 16th of December 1976. And now roughly 50 odd bikes later it is the only one who’s registration number I can remember- PVO673R. That little bike changed my life and I never looked back.
My first moped in 1975 was a Puch MS50D, the sense of freedom was fantastic, not having to take the bus or the tube or my cycle to get anywhere was fabulous. I sold the Puch and bought an FSIE, mates of mine had them and it was always seen as the ‘King of the Mopeds’. I progressed to bigger bikes throughout the years and now in my 60’s still ride and tour around Europe with mates. Nothing beats that sense of freedom that two wheels gives you, thanks for the nostalgic trip down memory lane
Thanks so much for your lovely comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the film. I don't ride very often but it really is a pleasure, and the people involved are excellent
What a great time the seventies were for 50s fs1e Honda ss50s Suzuki aps kid today have no idea and would be so jealous if ever they new what great times and adventures we had back then
Thanks for the trip down memory lane, I had two of these when I was 16 in 77, first one was purple GMU 31N, then a yellow DX can't remember the reg on that one, great times running down to Southend ... My mate had a fantic GT just loved the sound that made, then at 17 on to a RD250E still with Japanese now only it's a car.....96 skyline r33...☺️..
THANKS Chris for the vlog . l had a FS1E in1977 and I'm 68 now l got pulled over by a motorbike cop while riding with no L plates and you guessed it I got nicked. Friendly bloke though !!!
I said to my children. . . "when we were 16-17 (1976-77) we didn't say . . . If it's nice weather this weekend are off for a spin?" Because it 99% good weather end of April to start of October. . . . Oh for a time machine . . . . Took my test on C50 Honda and jumped on my T120V 650 Bonneville
Seven lads I knew roared past me, obeying the 30 limit, on my GT250. Stopped at the end of a one way some going left, some right... You remember those long chrome rear racks? How easy a bolt could drop out? How the arm attached under the seat would spring outwards. Yup you got it. One hooked another, they went different directions and all seven went down. I won't say I laughed. ... I did and almost wet myself.
That's when I got my SS. It sadly came to an end in Dec 76 when I flew over the bonnet of a drunk driver at 40mph and spent 6 weeks in hospital with a fractured femur and the concertinaed fizzy was a write-off. Ive still got the scar but it was bloody good fun while it lasted!
I love this way of cultivating a legacy! Here in Germany there is something similar, it's called an 'interest group' (Interessengemeinschaft), and in the 50cc area it's mostly about Kreidler, Zündapp, Hercules or Simson. The Fizzy was available in Germany at the time, but never very popular. The motor unit was perceived as very ugly. At that time, all Japanese manufacturers had a hard time in the German 50cc market, both with the so-called mokicks (limited at 40 kph or 24.85 mph), as well as with the 'open' 50cc (limited at that time at 6.25 hp, whereby the German so-called 'Kleinkrafträder' (small motorcycles) of this class were often more powerful than that, and the Japanese ones were mostly weaker). Fizzy's sad highlight was the design of the Yamaha FS80SE in the short-lived 80cc class. A short time later all West German producers had disappeared from the market and the 125cc class (A1 license from the age of 16) - now called 'Leichtkraftrad' (light motorcycle) - moved in, but that's another story. Simson from the GDR by the way still plays a special role today. In the GDR they were allowed to drive up to 60 kph. The German-German unification treaty stipulated that all Simsons brought into circulation up to February 28, 1992 could also be driven by holders of the M or AM driver's license (normally limited to 45 kph) and with a car driver's license. That's why to this day old Simson bikes and even pre 1992 Simson frames are weighed in gold and all the spare parts are available to drive a legal 60kph bike in the 45kph class.
@@chrisbullock613 You're welcome! Mokick was a neologism: A moped has pedals, a mokick has a kick start (and footpegs). The word moped came from Sweden, mokick is possibly common only in Germany. I don't know...
Totally appreciate this documentary. 1985 ...1986 was the year I was zooming around on my Pedal Working R reg Fizzer.(never called Fizzy s round my way ). ORY 610R .Baja brown. Flat bars ....Micron.... Yamaha fork stickers .. Engine bars (to fill the gap.) Rear light moved nearer to seat . (For a more sporty ..Beefier look..). Thanks folks for keeping the spirit alive. (By the way mine went 56mph. ) Feet on rear indicators...Head on tank .Downhill. In 1985 .This mattered. Cheers to each and everyone of you in this video. 🍻
As a scooter boy who started off my lifelong riding life on an AP50 in 1976 I just love the lure of the blue smoke. Ive always had scooters, as well as a GP750 and a Bandit 1200 amongst others, but that 2 stroke smell and sound just takes me back to being 16 every time I smell it.
Great video. Nice to get a inside view, before i get mine up and running. My dad had a 76 dx in his days, so we are building it up from scratch. It really bonds people together.
And then a Garelli Tiger came along and spoiled the party!, Great little bike the Fizzie, quick, strong & reliable, I do know this as fact as I worked in a Yamaha Dealer mid 70’s through, and , in fact I am still at it today, great video.
Great days back in the 70s, I had a TY50.. little thing was indestructible, the abuse it got.. Good to see these old machines and the community thriving..
My old DT Yammie was my best cornering machine until the SR 500. I can still remember special corners I took on both those bikes after decades. From shear terror to absolute elation in mere seconds... places, moments burned into my memory like beacons armed with lasers. Yeah, unbelievably Great times... How the fuck am I still here? God must love bikers.
1981 when I got my FS1E .....Great Days and great Social Scene. The anticipation as your 16th Birthday approached is still unforgettable, the envy if your Mates Birthday was a couple of weeks earlier than yours..... Then out on the road ! it really was a rite of passage, out on the road with your mates. Sadly the Fizzy has gone, but I have still got my Z1 outside in the Garage that came a couple of years later ! Still makes me feel like a young lad again every time I take a ride.
FS1E were the bike's to have back in 1976, my first bike was a Honda ss50, slow or what but fun, just got my 16th bike, Ducati v2 panigale and won't be getting another bike after this one, great times back then, fun hot days.
Brilliant - im 52 and never knew where ''fizzy'' came from - didnt get my first bike until i was 18 - suzuki 80 , so missed the fizzy part of my bike journey
Fantastic video that brought back great memories from my youth I dinny have a fs1e but knew lots who had Inc the wee Suzi ap50. Then the resticted 50s came out, I remember a pal who bought a wee ty50 that imo was the sexiest wee 50 on the road.. When everyone were buying the 250lc n putting L plates on em with many seriously injuring themself + worst..rip all they boys & girls Thanks for the great video All the best 🏴🇬🇧
Oh the memories, my choice of transport back in the day with 2 of my best mates were Suzuki ER 50’s which we thought were the coolest thing on 2 wheels. Oh how we laughed when another pal turned out on a fizzy……the smiles on our faces didn’t last very long mind when he left us all for dead at the first set of traffic lights 😩
This was the first bike I ever rode . It was 50CC bike that acted like 250. It blew my mind. The speed the power and sheer thrilling factor. I could not afford on so I got a second hand Honda PF50 for £70.
I had an R reg DX in red with a Beeline spanny, was a fantastic bike until some woman pulled out in front of me which caved the front end in,, GUTTED Got an X7 with the insurance money and sold the fizzy to a mate for spares. Am restoring an S reg X7 and got a V reg donor. Brings back so many great memories! Thank you for sharing 👌🏻
Had a 74 m reg back in 1980 WKT something or other M I think the reg was. Really loved the freedom of having my first bike.Thinking back I reckon we had more fun trying to go fast then than we do actually going fast on bikes now!
I bought a brand new fs1e,,in 1981 from a local dealer called road & trial in rhyl North wales,,,£474,,,I still remember the reg plate xfm 112w,,,,,happy days in blue & white.
I had a 1976 R reg fizzy in 1987 when I was 16 purple lovely condition sold it for 3hundred quid 😥 if only u can see the future these days I have a 1980 honda c70 fully restored these bikes have shot up in value to mines worth about three grand still rising.
Overbore to 80CC, flow the ports and drop a DT80 piston kit in, big needle and jet kit, knock the restrictor ring and bafflers out of the exhaust, put an ER50 front end on it with drop handlebars, swap the rear wheel and drive sprocket for one off a CB200 and it's a beast. I had great fun with that bike when I was 12.
The only new bike I ever owned,Garelli record 50cc,cost 137 pounds in 1972,loved that bike,now at the age of 67, I'm riding a 1995 Suzuki Intruder 1400, love this bike as much as I loved that little Garelli all those years ago.
My mates all rode fizzies or AP50s, I had a honda SS50 which was the source of much hilarity amongst our group, right up until I flew past them! The day after I bought it i swapped the top end and carb for a C70 increasing the horsepower to a face melting 6hp, none of my mates knew about my secret upgrade and I actually got stopped by the police for doing 56 mph in a 40 zone, all my mates reckoned their bikes would do 60 but their real top speed was more like 45. However there was one lad lad, Dominic I think, who could just about keep up with my 72cc beast, his bike was inherited from his older brother, a garelli rekord!
I had a pre-restriction 1976 "R" registration Fizzy, four years old when I got it. It was slow until I de-coked it (the exhaust port was two thirds blocked!). With a set of drop bars and my chin on the tank, I once saw 57 mph! On the clock. Those were the days...
@@chrisbullock613 It was probably not even 50mph in reality, given the speedo's optimism. Mine had drum brakes both ends, and yes, they were pretty poor. I graduated to a Honda CD175 and having passed my test, took a passenger out one day. With this extra weight, the brakes faded alarmingly, something I never forgot!
As an Aussie the equivalent experience for me is the CB, CD, CL, GL and SL 175 Honda twins. I'm 60, going on 16... never even bothered to get a car license until my mid 40's. My first bike was an SL 175 which I purchased based on exhaust note alone... and then proceeded to mod into a micro-cruiser before manufactured metric cruisers like the CM 250 Honda were even a thing. That bike set me free to "cross state lines". And I've been crossing lines set by the state ever since. I've got about 14 bikes in my shed ATM, including CB, CD, CL, and GL 175's... well, except the GL, which is actually in my lounge room... I have never found another SL, let alone my original "cruiser". I deeply empathise with these Pohmmy blokes who have gone searching for their long lost first love...
I started in 1975 on a Puch VZ50 Sport, I then progressed to a Honda SS50 and very soon after bought an FS1-E, as soon as I was 17 I bought a Suzuki T250 Hustler, now in my 60's I ride a Kawasaki Z900RS, a Triumph Thruxton 900 and an old Suzuki T500, I have to admit that I'm now a "fair weather" rider, the Thruxton is going to have to go because of the riding position hurting my back and legs. I'm never happier than when I'm riding.
Keeping with the 1970s theme, the guitar alongside the Marshall amp at 18:13 is an original Shergold Masquerader. Shergold was born out of the failed "Hayman" brand, and I once owned a Hayman Modular guitar. It turns out they only made a handful of these, and, like the FS1-E, they're now worth a fortune. Needless to say, I let mine go for buttons!
Had my FS1-E for my 16th birthday in 1973, beautiful candy gold. £149 on the road! Good for a tad over 40mph or maybe a bit more with your head down. Anything more in standard trim was wishful thinking. Great little bike was the best of the bunch if not the very quickest.
I had a Suzuki 50cc GT in the mid/late 70s. Darn…I messed up a few..ha. I could get 145km/hr out one of them. It was the time of the YamahaRD, Honda 50cc four strokes, Fantic Caballero, Mobylette automatic, Zundapp, Kreidler,and many more. We used to weld our own expansion chambers too, what a noise. Drove my neighborhood crazy..ha. My gosh…what great times we had.!!!! Best time of my life.
Nice . I live in Canada and only imported here 1 yr 1977 . So there very rare here . Didn't know what they were till someone was selling 1 a few yrs ago . As a recovering yamaholic I had to buy it . Fun little bikes .
I got 66mph down a very steep road on my FS1E I was so happy, never forget when I pick it up with my dad when I was 16yrs old in 1981 then took it to School happy memories.
Ah! I had a purple fizzy, my mate Pete said his garelli tiger cross was way faster. So we went along broadmeads and I put mine into 4th a bit too early to be honest, but he cruised past me and put his into top and wobbled off accelerating into the distance! They were bloody fragile though, always doing the mains. LYA 434 P miss you baby.
I had a Honda SS50 in 1976, it was cheaper to buy than the FS1E, but not as much fun. The long hot Summer of 76! I didn't lose much money due to the restricted mopeds coming in and bought a CB250G5 when I was 17.
Ditto. I used to stand up on the back footrests and crank it up in 3rd gear and wheelie a hundred yards or so. It needed bigger front rests because we used to jump ramps and go off road in cape town. I still have a lot buddies on the whatsapp with the 50cc hooligans as a title Good old days
I had a fizzy in the late 80's. Used to go to high school on it and park it outside. It had a very loud micron exhaust, 65cc big bore and micron racing handlebars that my knees would get stuck between. I rode it quite a lot for a few months. Heat seized it after a rebuild because I got into a race when I should have been running it in. Also got a seven day wonder while I was waiting for my insurance to come through my mates all turned up on their mbikes and i just had to go out with them.. got some points and a fine for that. Happy times :)
Back in the 80's after turning 17 and getting used to riding his suzuki GP100 my friend decided to rebuild his Fizzy before selling it , he stripped that engine 7 times because it wouldn't go into second gear before he remembered all the gears were down.
I remember that there were gazillions of these, they were everywhere! Lovely, well made little things they were, and very few were left standard for long, usually until the next wages packet enabled some upgrades.
This really takes me back when I was an eager 16 year old buying my first moped. A 1977 /78 Yamaha FS1M, I think it was the first year that the FS1M had the autolube! It's funny even after 42 years I can still remember the registration....S50 SOS To this day, I still kick myself knowing that I part exchanged it for £60! when I was 17.
Loved the video great bunch of people, never had a fizzy had moved on to cars by then but loads of mates had em. First bike was Villiers 9E bloke in our village had converted it to a trials bike, it was defenately a rideout push home bike always something vibrating lose or falling off but it looked the tits. My ist motorbike was my last push bike, sold it to a guy that took it to Wales 73 ERO was the registration. Lost count of all the bikes I've had since still have a FZS 1000 but this video has got me hankering for the smell of a two stroke.
That was brilliant to see that vid.. I had a blue R reg unrestricted FS1E dx with 6 miles on the clock in 1979 which changed my life but alway got pipped flat out by a mate on an annoying drop handlebar Suzuki AP50 with an expansion chamber grrr . Best of luck to you guys I'm jealous
My first road legal bike was a fizzy (PTX145M) and I loved it until the gearbox problems. I replaced it with a DT50 (ADW955T) which was also a great bike. Brilliant memories
Had a DT50MX that had been tweaked by its previous owner, it left all other 50's for dead except for an FS1E I came across one day. I couldnt believe the old fashioned 'sit up and beg' bike could go that fast.
We must've had it good here in Australia, I was born in 1962 and got my motorcycle and car license at 16, had a V8 Ford car and a 650 Yamaha and also a 650 BSA Gold Flash that my old next door neighbor gave me for my 16th birthday. I bought the 650 Yam from my mates dad who raced speedway and motocross and my dad got me the V8 Ford for my birthday. I also got my gun license at 15 and on that birthday I got my gun license and my dad bought me a 44 mag lever action for hunting pigs. I had to wait till I was 18 for a hand gun license though. Australia was a great place back then and I had the childhood most dream about. Motorcycles on the road and dirt, hunting fishing, camping surfing, boating, it was great times
The roads here in England are very congested, even back in the 70’s, and kids were killing themselves, so restrictions on engine capacity were put in place.
I had a Honda pc50 (my mum's) like a really weak Cub, a cooler friend had a Suzuki AC50, nice motorbike styled moped. Another fiesty little mate had a yellow Fizzy and was a mad fast rider. Now I'm 60 the window cleaner bought a Fizzy for like £6k. I now ride a Honda crf300l.
Brilliant, I can almost smell the 2 stroke again much better than the scooter the young ones have today. My memory deceives me because it seems like I had one for ages longer when 16 but you could move up to a 125cc ( could be 250??) after a year couldn't you,?
I rode 28000 miles in the year i had my fizzy, I felt posh as I had the dx model, its the bike I would buy back if it was still around WOI319 awesome bike, for awesome memories.
Had a fs1e in my youth flat bars 65 kit k&n filter re jetted boycen reeds micron chrome ovbs 65mph all day long got pulled on A303 drafting an hgv got a right bollocking from the fuzz ahh happy days ✊✊✊
I had two fizzys but my mate had a Suzuki AP50 and it was much faster than my FS1E . great little heroes though, my entry to manhood. People talk about essential oils, two stroke is my favourite!.
Great vid Chris, had a FS1E (1980) model restricted drove me mad only doing 30MPH - wish I'd of known how to de-restrict it back then - wonder what happened to my FS1E ?
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What a great social scene brilliant all based around those fabulous little bikes memories of a bygone era when we were young and carefree
im carefree sort of but 60 on monday! still in2bikes though
@@yogiguitar1 me to😁, 60 yo, going on 16 yo. Had a suzuki AP50 reg no TPU860R.... Got a suzuki gsxs1000f & a Yamaha FJR1300 now😆😆. The wife says that, I'm just a big kid🤣🤣🤣🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Great film. Will never forget my yellow Fizzy DX MCL 385P and the sense of freedom of that summer of '76. Brilliant days!
Days of old were the best. Shame our next generation are not going to experience the life we lived back then.
Great documentary. Remembering these cracking machines and seeing the pleasure these fellas get had me smiling all the way through clip.
Wow, taken me back in time, I had a 1975, in purple . Got it from Jack nice auto's in Leyton East London, was £12 a month on HP. Saved up and bought the , rear rack, front crash bars, mirrors, and sidewinder backrest. My mates had fizzies, Honda ss, gilira, mz, and a puch. We all had to have full face helmets, which we paid weekly off our mums caterlog. The days weren't long enough, and the summers we thought we were the biz. Everyone has their own story of growing up and having so much fun while owning a fizzy, in my opinion, one of the most iconic moped in British history, and watching this video has made me 16yr old again. A big big thank you chaps for keeping the fizzies where they belong, on the road for everyone to see. All the best 👍
Thank you for your lovely comment, seeing everyones memories has really made this a special project for me
Where was Jack Nice Autos?
I know most of the MC shops in East London in the late 70s but that name doesn't ring any bells.
TIA.
Brilliant I had a brown fizzy in 1977 … our thing was scraping the pedals till they fell to bits and then buysome more and do it all over again 😂 that thing got me into motorcycles. I got into British bikes then Harleys always chopped though and that all started when we all went to see Easyrider at a late night show on our fizzers thinking we was peter fonda when we all rode home after the film on our mopeds 😂, if it wasn’t for that fizzy I wouldn’t of lived the life I have … but I also think it was alot cheaper for us as 16 to get a moped unlike today I feel sorry for alot of youngsters will miss out on the fun we had because it’s so expensive for them today
Had my brand new FS1-E delivered on my 16th birthday-the 16th of December 1976. And now roughly 50 odd bikes later it is the only one who’s registration number I can remember- PVO673R. That little bike changed my life and I never looked back.
LGU101P was mine!!!
MPE 180P yellow DX❤
OAN687R was my yellow dx
I wrote mine off a day later 17th Dec. By the time I came out of hospital all my mates were on 250s
LVO895P popsicle purple.
My first moped in 1975 was a Puch MS50D, the sense of freedom was fantastic, not having to take the bus or the tube or my cycle to get anywhere was fabulous. I sold the Puch and bought an FSIE, mates of mine had them and it was always seen as the ‘King of the Mopeds’.
I progressed to bigger bikes throughout the years and now in my 60’s still ride and tour around Europe with mates.
Nothing beats that sense of freedom that two wheels gives you, thanks for the nostalgic trip down memory lane
Thanks so much for your lovely comment. I'm glad you enjoyed the film. I don't ride very often but it really is a pleasure, and the people involved are excellent
Two gears and pedals...
I had a dark red MS50
Got mine when I left school in the long hot summer of 76 . Great days indeed.
What a great time the seventies were for 50s fs1e Honda ss50s Suzuki aps kid today have no idea and would be so jealous if ever they new what great times and adventures we had back then
It seems quite funny to watch these old people messing around with bikes we had as teenagers. And then I think, "Oh Yeah"
Only as old as you feel :)
Thanks for the trip down memory lane, I had two of these when I was 16 in 77, first one was purple GMU 31N, then a yellow DX can't remember the reg on that one, great times running down to Southend ... My mate had a fantic GT just loved the sound that made, then at 17 on to a RD250E still with Japanese now only it's a car.....96 skyline r33...☺️..
Nice car😎😁🇬🇧🇬🇧
@@stephenwilliams6103 thanks buddy.....👍
THANKS Chris for the vlog . l had a FS1E in1977 and I'm 68 now l got pulled over by a motorbike cop while riding with no L plates and you guessed it I got nicked. Friendly bloke though !!!
ha! You're very welcome I enjoying everyones stories in the comments
brilliant times 1976 ,cheap fuel,roads less busy carefree days boiling hot summer
I said to my children. . . "when we were 16-17 (1976-77) we didn't say . . . If it's nice weather this weekend are off for a spin?" Because it 99% good weather end of April to start of October. . . . Oh for a time machine . . . . Took my test on C50 Honda and jumped on my T120V 650 Bonneville
76p to fill mine up in 78 and I used to top up the oil tank from the 2 stroke pump and pay for 1 squirt.
You mean you're not feeling very enriched?
Seven lads I knew roared past me, obeying the 30 limit, on my GT250. Stopped at the end of a one way some going left, some right...
You remember those long chrome rear racks? How easy a bolt could drop out? How the arm attached under the seat would spring outwards.
Yup you got it. One hooked another, they went different directions and all seven went down.
I won't say I laughed. ... I did and almost wet myself.
That's when I got my SS. It sadly came to an end in Dec 76 when I flew over the bonnet of a drunk driver at 40mph and spent 6 weeks in hospital with a fractured femur and the concertinaed fizzy was a write-off. Ive still got the scar but it was bloody good fun while it lasted!
I love this way of cultivating a legacy! Here in Germany there is something similar, it's called an 'interest group' (Interessengemeinschaft), and in the 50cc area it's mostly about Kreidler, Zündapp, Hercules or Simson. The Fizzy was available in Germany at the time, but never very popular. The motor unit was perceived as very ugly. At that time, all Japanese manufacturers had a hard time in the German 50cc market, both with the so-called mokicks (limited at 40 kph or 24.85 mph), as well as with the 'open' 50cc (limited at that time at 6.25 hp, whereby the German so-called 'Kleinkrafträder' (small motorcycles) of this class were often more powerful than that, and the Japanese ones were mostly weaker). Fizzy's sad highlight was the design of the Yamaha FS80SE in the short-lived 80cc class. A short time later all West German producers had disappeared from the market and the 125cc class (A1 license from the age of 16) - now called 'Leichtkraftrad' (light motorcycle) - moved in, but that's another story. Simson from the GDR by the way still plays a special role today. In the GDR they were allowed to drive up to 60 kph. The German-German unification treaty stipulated that all Simsons brought into circulation up to February 28, 1992 could also be driven by holders of the M or AM driver's license (normally limited to 45 kph) and with a car driver's license. That's why to this day old Simson bikes and even pre 1992 Simson frames are weighed in gold and all the spare parts are available to drive a legal 60kph bike in the 45kph class.
Thanks for this history insight! I love the name mokick that's excellent!
@@chrisbullock613 You're welcome! Mokick was a neologism: A moped has pedals, a mokick has a kick start (and footpegs). The word moped came from Sweden, mokick is possibly common only in Germany. I don't know...
The Fizzy was crap compared to the German bikes that's why, engine wise . As were most Jap 50's back then
The late 70s great times, I had an fs1e DX, my mates has Suzuki ap 50s and gilarias. I’m 60 now and still riding. Happy days.
Totally appreciate this documentary.
1985 ...1986 was the year I was zooming around on my Pedal Working R reg Fizzer.(never called Fizzy s round my way ).
ORY 610R .Baja brown.
Flat bars ....Micron....
Yamaha fork stickers ..
Engine bars (to fill the gap.)
Rear light moved nearer to seat .
(For a more sporty ..Beefier look..).
Thanks folks for keeping the spirit alive.
(By the way mine went 56mph. )
Feet on rear indicators...Head on tank .Downhill.
In 1985 .This mattered.
Cheers to each and everyone of you in this video. 🍻
FSIE DX at 16.
Great times :)
Very nice informative documentary on these little Japanese well engineered bikes , Thanks for sharing 👍🏻
Thanks for watching!
As a scooter boy who started off my lifelong riding life on an AP50 in 1976 I just love the lure of the blue smoke. Ive always had scooters, as well as a GP750 and a Bandit 1200 amongst others, but that 2 stroke smell and sound just takes me back to being 16 every time I smell it.
Great video. Nice to get a inside view, before i get mine up and running. My dad had a 76 dx in his days, so we are building it up from scratch. It really bonds people together.
And then a Garelli Tiger came along and spoiled the party!, Great little bike the Fizzie, quick, strong & reliable, I do know this as fact as I worked in a Yamaha Dealer mid 70’s through, and , in fact I am still at it today, great video.
Great days back in the 70s, I had a TY50.. little thing was indestructible, the abuse it got.. Good to see these old machines and the community thriving..
I Used Yamaha TY50 on my Yamaha DT50 when i used to pull wheelies .
With a coked up silencer, then fitted a spannie. Great times.
I'm 60 and ride a Ninja H2 these days, but I'll never forget my silver (painted) Fizzy.
I don't remember the details of how I came to owning a Stan Stevens tuned FS1E but it was rapid! Oh the memories are flooding back 😊
Mate of mine had one of these in 1984 when we were 16, it was the quickest moped around until I put a 60 bore kit on my dt50 😎
Great times
My old DT Yammie was my best cornering machine until the SR 500. I can still remember special corners I took on both those bikes after decades. From shear terror to absolute elation in mere seconds... places, moments burned into my memory like beacons armed with lasers.
Yeah, unbelievably Great times...
How the fuck am I still here? God must love bikers.
1981 when I got my FS1E .....Great Days and great Social Scene. The anticipation as your 16th Birthday approached is still unforgettable, the envy if your Mates Birthday was a couple of weeks earlier than yours..... Then out on the road ! it really was a rite of passage, out on the road with your mates. Sadly the Fizzy has gone, but I have still got my Z1 outside in the Garage that came a couple of years later ! Still makes me feel like a young lad again every time I take a ride.
Remember Stone. Long live the Z1.
FS1E were the bike's to have back in 1976, my first bike was a Honda ss50, slow or what but fun, just got my 16th bike, Ducati v2 panigale and won't be getting another bike after this one, great times back then, fun hot days.
Brilliant - im 52 and never knew where ''fizzy'' came from - didnt get my first bike until i was 18 - suzuki 80 , so missed the fizzy part of my bike journey
Fantastic video that brought back great memories from my youth I dinny have a fs1e but knew lots who had Inc the wee Suzi ap50. Then the resticted 50s came out, I remember a pal who bought a wee ty50 that imo was the sexiest wee 50 on the road..
When everyone were buying the 250lc n putting L plates on em with many seriously injuring themself + worst..rip all they boys & girls
Thanks for the great video
All the best 🏴🇬🇧
Oh the memories, my choice of transport back in the day with 2 of my best mates were Suzuki ER 50’s which we thought were the coolest thing on 2 wheels. Oh how we laughed when another pal turned out on a fizzy……the smiles on our faces didn’t last very long mind when he left us all for dead at the first set of traffic lights 😩
Wish I’d kept mine - but the need to get the RD meant it went!! 76 was epic!!
Ace doco; loved it.
As my name suggests, I rode a blue TS50ER at 16 years old. Mates had Fizzies, APs and a NTV moped.
This was the first bike I ever rode . It was 50CC bike that acted like 250. It blew my mind. The speed the power and sheer thrilling factor. I could not afford on so I got a second hand Honda PF50 for £70.
I had an R reg DX in red with a Beeline spanny, was a fantastic bike until some woman pulled out in front of me which caved the front end in,, GUTTED
Got an X7 with the insurance money and sold the fizzy to a mate for spares.
Am restoring an S reg X7 and got a V reg donor.
Brings back so many great memories!
Thank you for sharing 👌🏻
Loved this, never owned one but have rode one, first bike 78 Yamaha DT125E.
Can’t stop humming
“When I get me moped back on the road 😄”
That was brilliant. The 70's were a golden time for bikes. I had a KTM Comet Cross back in '77. Think it produced a whopping 3 bhp.
Thank you I'm glad you enjoyed it :). I don't know that bike I'll have to look it up!
@@chrisbullock613 it looked pretty good but not the quickest.
Had a 74 m reg back in 1980 WKT something or other M I think the reg was. Really loved the freedom of having my first bike.Thinking back I reckon we had more fun trying to go fast then than we do actually going fast on bikes now!
It was a pleasure to watch this video.
Thank you, feel free to share it :)
I bought a brand new fs1e,,in 1981 from a local dealer called road & trial in rhyl North wales,,,£474,,,I still remember the reg plate xfm 112w,,,,,happy days in blue & white.
My first real motorcycle. Looking like a big bike. But much smaller. Had great times on my fs1e. Back in 1976
I had a 1976 R reg fizzy in 1987 when I was 16 purple lovely condition sold it for 3hundred quid 😥 if only u can see the future these days I have a 1980 honda c70 fully restored these bikes have shot up in value to mines worth about three grand still rising.
Overbore to 80CC, flow the ports and drop a DT80 piston kit in, big needle and jet kit, knock the restrictor ring and bafflers out of the exhaust, put an ER50 front end on it with drop handlebars, swap the rear wheel and drive sprocket for one off a CB200 and it's a beast. I had great fun with that bike when I was 12.
The only new bike I ever owned,Garelli record 50cc,cost 137 pounds in 1972,loved that bike,now at the age of 67, I'm riding a 1995 Suzuki Intruder 1400, love this bike as much as I loved that little Garelli all those years ago.
My mates all rode fizzies or AP50s, I had a honda SS50 which was the source of much hilarity amongst our group, right up until I flew past them! The day after I bought it i swapped the top end and carb for a C70 increasing the horsepower to a face melting 6hp, none of my mates knew about my secret upgrade and I actually got stopped by the police for doing 56 mph in a 40 zone, all my mates reckoned their bikes would do 60 but their real top speed was more like 45. However there was one lad lad, Dominic I think, who could just about keep up with my 72cc beast, his bike was inherited from his older brother, a garelli rekord!
FS1E WAS THE ONE ! GOT EVERYONE HOOKED.
Great film. I remember researching Fizzies 20 year ago when i started in Telly!
Ah lovely! They're fun little bikes and the scene around them is a good laugh, I've met some great people
I had a pre-restriction 1976 "R" registration Fizzy, four years old when I got it. It was slow until I de-coked it (the exhaust port was two thirds blocked!). With a set of drop bars and my chin on the tank, I once saw 57 mph! On the clock. Those were the days...
57 mph and terrible breaks!
@@chrisbullock613 It was probably not even 50mph in reality, given the speedo's optimism. Mine had drum brakes both ends, and yes, they were pretty poor. I graduated to a Honda CD175 and having passed my test, took a passenger out one day. With this extra weight, the brakes faded alarmingly, something I never forgot!
My first bike was a GT380, next was a brand new 400cc Honda Hawk, felt so smooth.
Great to see the fun!
And yes i had one too, in 1987. now i'm 53.
50cc and it ran 125 km/h and i have to change the crankshaftbearings every 3 weeks!
Great to see these machines...although I did prefer my ap50 !
As an Aussie the equivalent experience for me is the CB, CD, CL, GL and SL 175 Honda twins. I'm 60, going on 16... never even bothered to get a car license until my mid 40's.
My first bike was an SL 175 which I purchased based on exhaust note alone... and then proceeded to mod into a micro-cruiser before manufactured metric cruisers like the CM 250 Honda were even a thing.
That bike set me free to "cross state lines". And I've been crossing lines set by the state ever since.
I've got about 14 bikes in my shed ATM, including CB, CD, CL, and GL 175's... well, except the GL, which is actually in my lounge room...
I have never found another SL, let alone my original "cruiser". I deeply empathise with these Pohmmy blokes who have gone searching for their long lost first love...
I started in 1975 on a Puch VZ50 Sport, I then progressed to a Honda SS50 and very soon after bought an FS1-E, as soon as I was 17 I bought a Suzuki T250 Hustler, now in my 60's I ride a Kawasaki Z900RS, a Triumph Thruxton 900 and an old Suzuki T500, I have to admit that I'm now a "fair weather" rider, the Thruxton is going to have to go because of the riding position hurting my back and legs. I'm never happier than when I'm riding.
Keeping with the 1970s theme, the guitar alongside the Marshall amp at 18:13 is an original Shergold Masquerader. Shergold was born out of the failed "Hayman" brand, and I once owned a Hayman Modular guitar. It turns out they only made a handful of these, and, like the FS1-E, they're now worth a fortune. Needless to say, I let mine go for buttons!
Wow I had no idea! Thanks for sharing. Sorry you didn't keep hold of it, we've all been there!
Had my FS1-E for my 16th birthday in 1973, beautiful candy gold. £149 on the road! Good for a tad over 40mph or maybe a bit more with your head down. Anything more in standard trim was wishful thinking.
Great little bike was the best of the bunch if not the very quickest.
I had a Suzuki 50cc GT in the mid/late 70s. Darn…I messed up a few..ha. I could get 145km/hr out one of them.
It was the time of the YamahaRD, Honda 50cc four strokes, Fantic Caballero, Mobylette automatic, Zundapp, Kreidler,and many more.
We used to weld our own expansion chambers too, what a noise. Drove my neighborhood crazy..ha.
My gosh…what great times we had.!!!! Best time of my life.
Awesome stuff, had a fizzer then Rd 125 mk2, I would lovee to be a the back of the pack smelling them fumes yum yum, or is it Yam Yam lol
there's nothing quite like it although it's a bit much with a hangover :D
My first ever bike was the Suzuki a50p the rival of the FS1e
Nice . I live in Canada and only imported here 1 yr 1977 . So there very rare here . Didn't know what they were till someone was selling 1 a few yrs ago . As a recovering yamaholic I had to buy it . Fun little bikes .
Nice documentary, cheers from a Dutch FS1 rider.
Thanks for watching :)
I got 66mph down a very steep road on my FS1E I was so happy, never forget when I pick it up with my dad when I was 16yrs old in 1981 then took it to School happy memories.
Ah! I had a purple fizzy, my mate Pete said his garelli tiger cross was way faster. So we went along broadmeads and I put mine into 4th a bit too early to be honest, but he cruised past me and put his into top and wobbled off accelerating into the distance! They were bloody fragile though, always doing the mains. LYA 434 P miss you baby.
Same as, sort of. My mate had a Fantic cabelero it was faster than my fizzy.
I had a mate with a Tiger Cross. As you said, fast but fragile.
I had a Honda SS50 in 1976, it was cheaper to buy than the FS1E, but not as much fun.
The long hot Summer of 76!
I didn't lose much money due to the restricted mopeds coming in and bought a CB250G5 when I was 17.
Ditto. I used to stand up on the back footrests and crank it up in 3rd gear and wheelie a hundred yards or so. It needed bigger front rests because we used to jump ramps and go off road in cape town.
I still have a lot buddies on the whatsapp with the 50cc hooligans as a title
Good old days
Mine was the gold/yellow version, this has reminded me of how I felt back then at age 16 and to have that freedom. Nice video, thanks!
I had a fizzy in the late 80's.
Used to go to high school on it and park it outside. It had a very loud micron exhaust, 65cc big bore and micron racing handlebars that my knees would get stuck between.
I rode it quite a lot for a few months. Heat seized it after a rebuild because I got into a race when I should have been running it in. Also got a seven day wonder while I was waiting for my insurance to come through my mates all turned up on their mbikes and i just had to go out with them.. got some points and a fine for that. Happy times :)
Thanks for the smiles.
Back in the 80's after turning 17 and getting used to riding his suzuki GP100 my friend decided to rebuild his Fizzy before selling it , he stripped that engine 7 times because it wouldn't go into second gear before he remembered all the gears were down.
best bike that was ever built i love them
my first road bike was a fizzy with pedals, lovly to see
This takes me back when I had one and all my friends had one great days .
OMG all my memories are coming back. I had an AP50 in 1976 just to e different. Still going now at 62 on a K 1600gtle. It’s just in the blood
Once a biker always a biker ❤️
I remember that there were gazillions of these, they were everywhere!
Lovely, well made little things they were, and very few were left standard for long, usually until the next wages packet enabled some upgrades.
This really takes me back when I was an eager 16 year old buying my first moped. A 1977 /78 Yamaha FS1M, I think it was the first year that the FS1M had the autolube! It's funny even after 42 years I can still remember the registration....S50 SOS To this day, I still kick myself knowing that I part exchanged it for £60! when I was 17.
Loved the video great bunch of people, never had a fizzy had moved on to cars by then but loads of mates had em. First bike was Villiers 9E bloke in our village had converted it to a trials bike, it was defenately a rideout push home bike always something vibrating lose or falling off but it looked the tits. My ist motorbike was my last push bike, sold it to a guy that took it to Wales 73 ERO was the registration. Lost count of all the bikes I've had since still have a FZS 1000 but this video has got me hankering for the smell of a two stroke.
My first bike was a fs1e I loved it wish I had kept it never once let me down I actually got 65 mph out of it
That was brilliant to see that vid.. I had a blue R reg unrestricted FS1E dx with 6 miles on the clock in 1979 which changed my life but alway got pipped flat out by a mate on an annoying drop handlebar Suzuki AP50 with an expansion chamber grrr . Best of luck to you guys I'm jealous
My first road legal bike was a fizzy (PTX145M) and I loved it until the gearbox problems. I replaced it with a DT50 (ADW955T) which was also a great bike.
Brilliant memories
Had a DT50MX that had been tweaked by its previous owner, it left all other 50's for dead except for an FS1E I came across one day. I couldnt believe the old fashioned 'sit up and beg' bike could go that fast.
Love those Yamaha’s w the stripes on the tank
I had a FS1 -79 as a teenager and I fudgin loved it!
Well that brings back so many memories.
We must've had it good here in Australia, I was born in 1962 and got my motorcycle and car license at 16, had a V8 Ford car and a 650 Yamaha and also a 650 BSA Gold Flash that my old next door neighbor gave me for my 16th birthday. I bought the 650 Yam from my mates dad who raced speedway and motocross and my dad got me the V8 Ford for my birthday. I also got my gun license at 15 and on that birthday I got my gun license and my dad bought me a 44 mag lever action for hunting pigs. I had to wait till I was 18 for a hand gun license though. Australia was a great place back then and I had the childhood most dream about. Motorcycles on the road and dirt, hunting fishing, camping surfing, boating, it was great times
The roads here in England are very congested, even back in the 70’s, and kids were killing themselves, so restrictions on engine capacity were put in place.
This is brill.I had black and red tiger cross.it was louder than the fsie,great get together,
I had a Honda pc50 (my mum's) like a really weak Cub, a cooler friend had a Suzuki AC50, nice motorbike styled moped. Another fiesty little mate had a yellow Fizzy and was a mad fast rider.
Now I'm 60 the window cleaner bought a Fizzy for like £6k.
I now ride a Honda crf300l.
Brilliant, I can almost smell the 2 stroke again much better than the scooter the young ones have today. My memory deceives me because it seems like I had one for ages longer when 16 but you could move up to a 125cc ( could be 250??) after a year couldn't you,?
I rode 28000 miles in the year i had my fizzy, I felt posh as I had the dx model, its the bike I would buy back if it was still around WOI319 awesome bike, for awesome memories.
I bought a first model yamaha RD 350 in 1975 ..great bike Then bought a 1975 TY 250 in 77 Still got it exellent condition and road registered Cheers
Brilliant video, well done for getting as far as you did at the film festival. 👍
Thank you 😊
@@chrisbullock613 you’re welcome 👍
I remember buying one in 85 , by the time I road it home the back light and number plate had fallen off ...I decided to stick with my vespa 🤣😂🤣😂✌️💯
First bike I ever rode on the school field!
Had a fs1e in my youth flat bars 65 kit k&n filter re jetted boycen reeds micron chrome ovbs 65mph all day long got pulled on A303 drafting an hgv got a right bollocking from the fuzz ahh happy days ✊✊✊
I loved my Fs1e
I had two fizzys but my mate had a Suzuki AP50 and it was much faster than my FS1E . great little heroes though, my entry to manhood. People talk about essential oils, two stroke is my favourite!.
Lol brilliant, took me back to my teen years.
Great vid Chris, had a FS1E (1980) model restricted drove me mad only doing 30MPH - wish I'd of known how to de-restrict it back then - wonder what happened to my FS1E ?
I think it just needed a new xhaust :). You could ask around on social media sometimes they turn up!
I had a Garelli Rekord as my first bike. It had the round tank which was the new style in 1974
Takes me back to 86 and racing my mate on his fS1E 50/65 bore and me on my vespa PK 50/80 bore to Hastings College every day😂fun times.
Fantastic days, Yamaha hit the sweet spot with the fizzy, love to have mine back
AGW 16T Red. I’d love to know if it’s still in the road
I think we all knew someone who had a mate with a fizzy which apparantly did 50mph...
Could with a big bore kit
I got nicked at 54mph laying on the tank , polished ports and head ,that's all I did , I was also a lightweight
Going downhill and flat on the tank you could nudge 70
Excellent stuff. Wheres my old Fs1e Dx..... Loo 484P
1981, i couldn`t afford a fizzy, had a suzuki AP50 which was a good little bike though.
Love the wee strokers