Barn find 1980 Puch Maxi moped! Will it start?

[@GeneCox-gz2tf]

I used to ride a motor bike or moped like that when i was younger without a crash helmet or safty gear it was brilliant

[@Mike-i3v8w]

This was the first bike i bought 1972 used it to go to work great fun.i still have my harley i have had 40 years

[@shaunwest3612]

Great video, try a decoke, probably blocked exhaust outlet from cylinder head,and take air filter off,that would help running 👌👍

[@johnlydon533]

Great video guys. Very entertaining. 😂😂. Enjoyed watching. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@MDBond220s]

Really enjoyed the video. Better than most of the dribble on telly👍

[@UKBarnFinds]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@richardtomkinson9951]

Great video, well done guys.

[@davidlipski863]

I had an S reg Maxi Executive with the fairings and screen also side lockers, then i had a W reg given to me by my niece after she passed her car test it was parked for 2 years while she went to college. It only had 1,200 miles and was a kick start like yours, i used to clean the baffles every 500 miles were great reliable bikes used to do 12 miles a day to work

[@Cheekymonkey1]

cood night Clare and Eton i love watching your you tube videos on your you tube channel I hope both of you are well and enjoying your starting the puch moped on your you tube videos I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy new year and please keep safe and warm and please keep up your you tube channel

[@UKBarnFinds]

We love you Cheeky Monkey ❤️ and a very merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and wealthy new year to you.

[@ryanmorley7257]

Love this, guys! My late grandad used to ride a 1980s Puch Maxi (which is still in the family, but currently laid up in a garage), so it's really funny that this video should appear on what would have been his 86th birthday...

[@UKBarnFinds]

Sounds like a sign to get that Puch ready for the summer 😉

[@marcduthie4327]

Wow Elton and Claire another cracking video. I nearly wet myself laughing when Elton tryed to ride up that ramp. Thanks for all your videos this year. Have a good week and a good Christmas. Marc from Australia 🇦🇺

[@alundavies5171]

im howling watching this you two crack me up!!

[@UKBarnFinds]

We do have a laugh most days 😂 Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Polecat54941]

My mum had one of these, cool video!

[@cliveburton8992]

You are spot on there Claire, it is called a tickler 👌Great video 👍

[@UKBarnFinds]

She had to be right one day 😂 ~ Elton

[@nickb5391]

@11.38, undo the pinch bolt, angle the carb off & unscrew the bowl at the bottom & there is a jet in there

[@LeeFradley]

Love it. Could probably do with a set of clutch plates in it .seems to be slipping.

[@stephenricketts7764]

What a laugh! You did right in taking off the Carb even just that quick clean out made quite a difference. I think if you had just a small piece of foam taped on as an air filter then that would have made it run better. The point is though it runs and drives so what more could you ask for? 'Talkin bout my generation', (Mod helmet) but I haven't died before I got old. 🤣 Great video Claire and Elton, something very different. 👍👍

[@UKBarnFinds]

Thank you. We’ve had a bit of a debate about whether to upload it, hence the delay. Good shout re. the foam 👍🏻

[@RandyDarkshade2]

You have made me even more eager to get my 1975 PF50 Novio done.

[@UKBarnFinds]

Glad to hear it!

[@robertwells1650]

Great looking moped! Great video! Parts were serious and other part made my laugh along with you. Sounds to me like the carb needs to more work. Hopefully Claire is going to do her usual cleaning so it sparkles and shines. Cheers. Keep the videos coming.

[@rogerreed905]

Its only a telling off if you take on what is said . . .anything else is just words . . 💐👍

[@jb3222]

It looks more tropical in your part of the world than it does up north!

[@rayhitchman4741]

Remember having one of those when i was 16, but had pedals.

[@chrispalmer9838]

From what I remember, there's a gauze filter in the fuel tap, which can be accessed by unscrewing the tap from the tank. Also another thimble type gauze filter in the removable union on the carburettor where the fuel pipe fits. Points gap and ignition timing have to be spot on for the engine to run properly. Set up well they are pretty brisk for a stenchwheel. Oh, the memories...

[@UKBarnFinds]

I did think it was odd that there was no visible fuel filter. Thanks for that. Glad it brought back some memories for you 😀

[@markspittle9360]

My mates dad did house clearances and bought about 20 of those things. He gave us kids 1 each because nobody wanted um. We used um as field bikes for years, they were brilliant fun. Pedal um until the green light came on and away you went.

[@UKBarnFinds]

They must have been everywhere, back in the day. We really need to get one of the earlier pedal versions.

[@markspittle9360]

They’d keep her fit, that’s for sure

[@1Also]

This episode is a Hockey game. A sweet score and a great save eh!

[@georgegalyer8224]

Most enjoyable as usual. You could get an 3 mph out of your funky moped if you removed the massive air brake on the back! Sorry. Number plate!

[@UKBarnFinds]

Good idea! 😂😂

[@derbyshireruralrider9398]

Quite similar to Honda Graduate I bought at end of 1972 having been caught it by raise in age law. Of course when rules came in there was no restriction in power (other than CC) but they had to have pedals. Hence the arrival of mopeds like FS1E that could do around 50mph (couldn’t afford one. Presume when yours was manufactured the pedal rule had been replaced by speed restriction. Think the lane in Henry’s show is private land.

[@robertscott7102]

Try taking the baffles out of the exhaust. I have a Tomos moped which is a copy of the Puch and had similar running problems before I removed baffles and cleaned it, you can try running without just to see if any improvement. Great little bikes

[@UKBarnFinds]

This is really helpful, thank you 😁

[@welshy8216]

Good old Chicken Chaser as we called them in 80.s 😂😂

[@johnpritchard2772]

Hello BOTH, very entertaining to watch you trying to start the engine, maybe a clean out of the fuel tank, then the gauze filter at the tap, the the carb float chamber?? I use to have one of the early models, two speed gearbox. Travel many miles, use to go shopping with pannier bags on the back , and a bag or two hanging from the handlebars! Apart from the bag of potatoes placed on the middle of the frame, supported by the legs!! Have you found 1st & 2nd gears?? Best wishes from Lincolnshire.

[@rogerreed905]

1 question . .Mods or Rockers ??. . I think Claire a Mod but secretly loves the Rocker clothing . . Lol . Great to see another vid from you both . . All the very best for your Christmas and new year . . . Take care . Bye from NZ💐👍👋🇳🇿🍻

[@SalisburyKarateClub]

Got to love kick starters (not). Funny video.

[@Aardvark-dk]

A new video ! Yaay...U guys have been surely missed :)

[@UKBarnFinds]

Missed you too! 😁

[@Aardvark-dk]

@@UKBarnFinds Did mopeds in the UK, really have such large reg.plates ?

[@UKBarnFinds]

Yes, those are the original reg plates

[@Aardvark-dk]

@@UKBarnFinds Holy moly. In my country, the reg.plates for mopeds are a quarter the size, so they sort of..match the size of the moped

[@retirednavychief6983]

You need to adjust the clutch/drive. It's loose. Nice work getting it running though!!!

[@KielArmour-ki3wj]

PUCH magnum x my first bike. It started it off for me now own 12 bikes

[@no.name.lol.no.245]

Had one when I was sixteen

[@PaddyWV]

I had a Motobecane Mobylette in the mid eighties, a type that often was confused with a Puch. It was a lot perkier than it probably should have been, being a 1973 bike

[@UKBarnFinds]

We’ve got a few of those here, too, and absolutely love them.

[@barrywood5357]

This is better than laurel and hardy nice one peeps

[@midivan2345]

Back in day I had a solex .moped peddle like he'll to get going 75 pence filled it up

[@axal321]

Hi Elton you could of dropped the puch around mine in Bury st I could of cleaned and sonic cleaned the carb for you and sort the brakes off. im bored Gardening season have finished Bud

[@greengreenie55]

It seems you two were laughing as much as me. I believe people have complained about Henry and lack of H&S, when I was young we used common sense!

[@UKBarnFinds]

So glad you enjoyed it. It was a fun day. We try to use common sense here, too, but it’s sometimes lacking 😂

[@nickb5391]

yes, put the air box back on

[@nickb5391]

You wouldn't believe I've got one of them

[@UKBarnFinds]

Oh yes we would… 😂

[@nickb5391]

@30.03, mixture screw, sent another email of carb from workshop manual

[@jimdavis5230]

When you have it running properly I wonder how many miles per gallon it will give. When I was 16 I had a considerably heavier 50cc moped called a Vespa Vespino. Despite being quite heavy it achieved 190 miles per gallon.

[@mick0846]

I had a m50 grand prix in the early 90s it's the fsie equivalent. I only paid 50 quid for it out of the loot 😂 if only I had a crystal ball 🙄

[@UKBarnFinds]

Yeah, they go for strong money now 😳

[@AdeReeves]

wow had one of those as a pit bike when I was a "youngster.".. take the main jet out and they go like a stabbed rat

[@UKBarnFinds]

This is the info I need to read. Thank you!

[@sibuggs8618]

Funny as F**K well played and i call em poooooch maxi

[@bernarddegrasse8753]

I did some of the london Taxi Knowledge on one.Had to get rid of it as main bearings went.Must be the worst bike ever.Spent most of the time pedling.Crapy 2 stroke.Ended up buying a Honda 70.It was like a Roles Royce compaired to the Puch

[@alundavies5171]

chicken chaser no end of these were killed as field bikes by kids lol

[@UKBarnFinds]

These and the Crunch! Happy days 😀

[@raymondmaddocks9832]

Don't know if anyone has noticed Elton, but the V on the rear number plate, with the screw being rusty, it looks like an upside down A, which if you on the road police could pull you over, just saying buddy, great video as usual, hi Claire

[@arthurfarrow]

Only idle speed

[@GettingNervous]

As far as i know there is nothing similar to the "ch" in the english language. Maybe this video (with english subtitles) will help to pronounce "ch": kzbin.info/www/bejne/eICmoHp7rt1sjJo

[@billdyke9745]

None of those pronunciations was correct. The ch is the same as in loch. Poo(ch)... Great little bikes. Saw tons of them around when I were a lad...

[@steveosshenanigans]

Just clean the Carb and done with it ….it wont take more than 30 mins

[@billmower4165]

I didn't catch on at first, thought you were serious then realised it was a joke. Very FUNNY, but don't get too ambitious, stick to mopeds & lawnmowers, wouldn't want to see you hurt yourself.

[@nickb5391]

Sent you an email with photos, oh I've got a workshop manual on these

[@UKBarnFinds]

Excellent thanks Nick!