Earley Days To Fizzy Days Click or tap on pictures to see their origins For many baby boomers getting their first pushbike was a kind of right of passage and many dreamed of owning a Raleigh Chopper but not many of them knew there was a strong contender for it called the Triang Dragster, it was not long until they were dreaming of getting a moped. The Yamaha FS1-E has a 49 cc, single cylinder, two-stroke, air-cooled, rotary disc-valve engine with a four-speed gearbox. About 200,000 were produced for the UK market. An award winning short film was produced in 2006 and is available entitled Fizzy Days encompassing the bikes and the era, the bike had pedals since this was a legal requirement for registration as a moped in the UK at the time. Fantic began exporting to the UK in 1972, as part of a wave of manufacturers who took advantage of the sixteen law, as a result manufacturers exported their sporty and lightweight below 50cc engines, which a sensational Fantic chopper moped had. Garelli Motorcycles was an Italian moped and motorcycle manufacturer. It was founded in 1919 by Alberto Garelli. Just as popular in the 1970s with schoolboys as the FS1-E and Fantic Chopper. We cannot talk about mopeds without mentioning one of the most famous the Raleigh Runabout yes in the late 1950s and 1960s as the bicycle market declined Raleigh produced its most popular of mopeds which was the Runabout. This was the first Motorised bike Mark-Edwyn rode as he often pinched his fathers. First launched in 1970, the Honda SS50 was a great bike for 16 year olds and Honda also targeted advertising towards girls too and of course a few girls did ride back then on many types of moped including this and the FS1E it truly was the Fizzy Days. The Fizzy Days might have been coming to a close but it did not end there at the start of the 80's Yamaha introduced the FS1SE Chopper Custom. Since then there have been many new types of mopeds for 16 year olds even a modern AJS Regal Raptor was available in a 50cc model and now there are small electric bikes our youngsters whiz around on, not so much Fizzy Days but now Whizzy Days.

Welcome to the Greasers Motorcycle Garage, the Bike Shop. Here we take a look at Mark-Edwyn's passion for all things Motorcycle, starting from riding bicycles as a child, getting first motorcycles one of the 50cc moped style motorbike available for the 16 year old to ride. Being Autistic Mark-Edwyn is interested in all forms of motorcycles including the more recent Steampunk versions but his favourite bikes are the Enfield's, which we explains more on below. Mark-Edwyn's interest in motorbikes first began when two of his uncles, who were bikers would visit and while there would let him play on their bikes. Then he could not believe his luck when his parents moved to the seaside where on his doorstep was a new playground that turned out to be an international racetrack. Many days of his childhood were spent hanging around the pits and every time there was an event there he and his new friends were on hand getting up to their own bit of mischief, as one does when you are young. Mark-Edwyn's home on the edge of this beautiful seaside town for many years was just a stones throw from the Paddocks. It was there, from in his bedroom window, he could see the paddocks and racetrack. In that small room he would peer out and dream of his favourite riders and bikes. On his bedroom walls like many kids he put up posters and articles from biker mags of the time. When his mother and father moved into the town itself to open a guesthouse at the age of 11 and himself starting work on Scarborough's seafront he still found time to visit the racetrack. Over the years Mark-Edwyn say's he has seen many changes to the race meets and the fans, he says he has seen bikers and fans change from pure fans to hard knock bikers back to real enthusiast but happily now it is very much a family event with many types of people attending. Enfield Made Like A Gun, Goes Like A Bullet *   Enfield India & Royal Enfield - Mark-Edwyn's Favourites  * Royal Enfield ~  Ace Cafe to Madras Cafe ~  Continental GT Story Continental GT On Bonneville Salt Flats  ~  Continental GT Launch Continental GT The Design Story  ~  Continental GT The Rockers Story Mark-Edwyn had many motorcycles mainly Yamaha and Suzuki's but his favourites were always Royal Enfield the ones his uncles rode, he ended up with a Enfield Bullet seen above, his golden gun, bringing us up to date with Mark-Edwyn's life and today he has left Great Britain which had always been his home and no longer lives there, now he has returned to the land of his ancestors and taken his Enfield with him. Now living on a small island far, far off the coast of Wales, he now follows a simple life as a Unitarian, makes ales, ciders and enjoys the solitude of the surrounding seas. © Copyrigh - Note this page is for education purpose only and content copied only for those reasons and within reasonable use.

Steampunk Motorcycles Click or tap on pictures to see their origins