We had them in Denmark too during my teenage years in the 1970s. You did not
have to mix the gasoline and oil. All mopeds had 2-stroke engines, and gas
stations had a stand with pre-mixed fuel. The Velosolex was considered a moped
for girls; no self-respecting male teenager would ever be seen on one.
Cheers,
Nathan
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> On 27 Oct 2020, at 16:38, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Way back in the early 60's when I lived in France my mother would do
> grocery shopping in the open markets riding a Solex moped. One of those
> showed up on evilBay a couple of days ago:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/50536383513/in/dateposted-public/
>
> These things had a two-stroke engine, and you had to mix the oil and
> gasoline yourself. Every morning when people went to work there would be a
> blue cloud along the streets as people went about on these. Fortunately they
> did not use castor oil, as with the Le Rhone rotary aircraft engines in WWI.
>
> Chris
>
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