[Image linked from from HERE]
Although I had a 1974 Honda Trail 70 as a little kid, I consider this to be my first ride: a 1986 Tomos Silver Bullet (this picture is linked, that is not my actual moped, but identical to it).
Between the ages of 14 and 16 I put over 6,000 miles on it, riding it every chance I had.
I just goes to show how silly certain laws are though. In order to qualify as a moped in Ohio, at the time, the engine had to be 50 cc or less, it had to have pedals, and could go no faster than 20 MPH. I think it had to have a maximum power of 1 or 2 horsepower too. The thing is, pedaling this thing was so laborious that there was really no practical way to NOT use the engine.
The other thing I remember about it, aside from the amazing reliability from a Yugoslavian vehicle (I know you all remember the Yugo) was the absolutely HORRIBLE transmission in it. It had a two speed automatic and literally would never shift unless you were going downhill. None the less, I went everywhere with it, beat the crap out of it, and it seemed to never break.
In my twenties I traded it for some beer to a friend that had a use for it. I kind of wish I still had it.
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