KILLER MOPED. ‘Daisy Duke’ 2018 Motoped Café
Written by Martin Hodgson
From the earliest days of the motorcycle industry and its pioneers, there have been two-wheeled machines sporting both pedals and petrol power. The humble Moped has been transporting urban commuters for more than 100 years, but you’d hardly say many of them were cool. Now with insane traffic, congestion charges and pricey pump gas the little twin powered machines have become an attractive option for many. Plus, wherever there’s an engine you’ll find modifiers like Casey Kilmer who has fashioned ‘Daisy Duke’ from a 2018 Motoped Café.
The Motoped machines are at the high end of the Moped market, with excellent engineering, quality components and original designs they find a home between a serious downhill mountain bike and a small capacity motorcycle. While Casey focuses on four wheels during the day at Nissan North America, the little two-wheeled machines have captured his heart. He already owns a replica ‘General Mayhem’, one of the most talked about bikes in Pipeburn history, and was out to create something in his own style.
With the working title Project KickTail the 2018 Motoped Café is actually a prototype of the now production machine and all the modifications were carried out in the dining room of his home in Nashville, Tennessee. ?Given that this was one of the first Café prototypes Motoped produced I didn?t want to touch details like the hand-built aluminum gas tank, or the seat,? Casey explai...
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