MarkXYVL
Kreidler
Me at 16 going for a ride :)
Home-computers weren't invented yet so me and my friends always were working and riding on our ''bikes''.
Kreidlers were only driven by men, girls drove Vespa Ciao's and models alike. I was proud to own a Kreidler, they were along with Zundapp considered the best you could buy. The FS1 from Yamaha looked great and was easily tuned but wasn't as well built as a Kreidler. A lot of FS1's had bent frames when tuned to make them faster (and they all were).
My Kreidler had a topspeed of +/- 65-70km/u; not the fastest one but sufficient and safe. I added lots of chrome parts, when i was finished the Kreidler looked far from original and, in our eyes, great.
Unfortunately this is the only picture i still have, maybe there are some more pics at my fathers house.
Helmets with big sunvisors were considered very cool and everybody had them at the time.
I spray painted my helmet matte black with silver striping.
The leather gloves were a present from my mother and i still wear them today on my motorbike when it's colder outside, the quality was (is) that good!
Kreidler
Me at 16 going for a ride :)
Home-computers weren't invented yet so me and my friends always were working and riding on our ''bikes''.
Kreidlers were only driven by men, girls drove Vespa Ciao's and models alike. I was proud to own a Kreidler, they were along with Zundapp considered the best you could buy. The FS1 from Yamaha looked great and was easily tuned but wasn't as well built as a Kreidler. A lot of FS1's had bent frames when tuned to make them faster (and they all were).
My Kreidler had a topspeed of +/- 65-70km/u; not the fastest one but sufficient and safe. I added lots of chrome parts, when i was finished the Kreidler looked far from original and, in our eyes, great.
Unfortunately this is the only picture i still have, maybe there are some more pics at my fathers house.
Helmets with big sunvisors were considered very cool and everybody had them at the time.
I spray painted my helmet matte black with silver striping.
The leather gloves were a present from my mother and i still wear them today on my motorbike when it's colder outside, the quality was (is) that good!