Having grown-up in the '70s and early '80s I never forgot the moped craze that swept our area from '79 to mid-80s! One day nothing and then suddenly the streets were alive with the sound of Vespa moped engines. I was 15 in 1980 and decided on a bet from a friend to purchase a moped for riding fun. Most were Vespas with the girl-type design, but being German, I found the Austrian Stery-Daimler-Puch male-type more appealing, even though the thing had a paltry 1.5 hp engine and a top speed of only 30mph!!! But girls loved it and that was a good reason to buy! My brother Roger Arndt then took it over and worked on the engine so that we could attain 45 mph, 50 mph+ downhill!!! What a crazy fad. But soon the old Puch Magnum XK was stored in the shed out back for decades- forgotten until 2004 when my brother gave it to Gene Mathews who got it up and operating again after almost 2 decades!!! It was a blast from the past until Gene's brother Jordan wrecked it, and thus it now sits in the backyard of their home waiting to be restored to its former glory!!! Pic at the bottom. I can't believe I spent $1000 on that in 1980- crazy!!!

I put a BMX pad over the crossbar, added turn signals, and carried the oil mix in the tail- the measuring cup for the 2-stroke engine was under the right side panel!!! http://creaturesoftheloin.com/images/redmagnum.jpg