What brand of moped, popular in the USSR, is still in demand today?

2024 Author: Erin Ralphs | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-19 11:42

In the media today you can find a huge amount of material about any brand of moped. A connoisseur of such vehicles can easily see absolutely all brands of mopeds of the USSR, which were in special demand and were very popular. But few people know the history of each of them.

Classic

Absolutely any brand of moped was created by analogy with the most ordinary bicycle. This design had a chain drive for the rear wheel and pedal drive. The braking system was quickly activated when the pedals were turned in the opposite direction, and the brake itself was located on the rear wheel, in a special sleeve.

To this day, you can find on sale a rear wheel with a driven chain sprocket, while the drive one is located next to the engine on the same shaft. During clutch use, all sprocket and motor shafts are disengaged. Turning the lever of the left handle located on the steering wheel, the clutch can be turned off. Today the gearbox, whichhad more than one brand of moped, popular in the USSR, supplemented with a gearbox. Thanks to this, you can increase the engine load by turning the right handlebar, which is responsible for controlling the throttle part of the carburetor.

Which brand of moped was the most popular in the USSR?

It is impossible to answer this question, since the Soviet youth had quite a lot of "favorites". Each popular brand had its own distinctive features, as well as a history of creation. Let's take a closer look at them.

Ural

This brand of moped, popular in the USSR, appeared back in 1941. The first vehicles were produced by the Irbit plant. The equipment used to manufacture and assemble the Ural was evacuated from Moscow. It also served for the production of M-72 mopeds. The latter were intended for army needs. That is why the very first moped "Ural" had an anti-tank complex called "Konkurs-M" among the elements of its equipment.

It took the Irbit plant approximately 50 years to produce about 3 million units of such sidecar mopeds. By the way, the Ural was very popular not only in the USSR, but also in many foreign countries.

Verkhovyna

Almost all the youth of the USSR, Bulgaria and Poland dreamed of such a vehicle. This moped was produced for the first time in 1958 at the Lviv plant. The production of Verkhovyna began to grow at a tremendous pace, and by the end of that year 50,000 units had been produced. This brand of moped, popular in the USSR and not only, could recently celebrate its 50th anniversary, but the release ended in the 90s. The latest models were sold under the name Verkhovyna-3.

Izh

The city of Izhevsk became the place where this moped brand was created. In 1929, the first Izh-1 in Russia rolled off the assembly line of a local factory. And only 17 years later, the production of a moped became large-scale. The total number of Izhas produced is about 12 million units.

Today, the Izh moped is popular, especially those models that have been modified with the help of tuning.

Minsk

The modern "Minsk" is quite different from the models of the times of the USSR, because more than half a century has passed since the release of the first copy.

This moped was launched in 1951. The vehicle was assembled at the Minsk Bicycle Plant. The very first copies of the DKWRT125 and M1A motorcycles were created here. Later they were slightly modified and were fairly light models. Until now, these 125 cc motorcycles are mass-produced and are in great demand, especially in the 3rd world countries, since the price for them is quite low.

The very first such brand of moped, popular in the USSR, was a single-seat motorcycle that had a wheel without springs, a telescopic front fork, the simplest carburetor and a simple damper responsible for adjusting the incoming air. The engine was cast iron.

Java

Not aloneday this moped went to its glory. The year of birth of Java is 1929, and the first piece of equipment was created thanks to a license granted by the German company Wanderer. The name of the moped was formed from the first letters of the name of the owner of the plant and the German company.

Java gained real popularity only after the end of the war. It was at that time that they began to produce models that are still being produced today. They differ from the first copies in the cubic capacity of the motor, which is 250-350 cm3.

The specified brand of moped, popular in the USSR, was different from the rest. This is the only foreign vehicle that has become completely and completely "native" to the Soviet people. Its owner was considered prestigious and successful, with whom it was possible and necessary to have an acquaintance. The technical side of the moped was no worse than that of American and European brands, but the price was much more affordable.

Today, the Internet is full of offers for the sale of motorcycles that have simply incredible tuning. But the real value is the rare mopeds from the USSR, and the competent improvement of models only increases their individuality.