Rogue Creation's “Blood Lust” Moped

I was shooting the poop the other day with a few bike-minded compadres, and the subject of mopeds came up. Now as often happens, one of the peanut gallery came out with the usual, "they're not real motorbikes" schtick. Which I have always thought was a rather irrational and petty view to hold. See, if you look back over the history of motorbikes, you'd quickly find that not only do mopeds and motorbikes share a common ancestory, but for the first phase of their existence, motorbikes were essentially mopeds. We all love board trackers, but somehow we seem to forget that many of them actually had pedals, twin chains, and bicycle frames - just like mopeds. Not real bikes, you say? Tell it to Austin Tremellen, the man behind Rougue Creations and maker of the wonderful ”Blood Lust”.

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MotoMatic's "Step Up Your Game"

Whenever we post a moped it usually polarises our readers. You either love it or hate it, and you never hold back - that's why we love you guys. And when it comes to mopeds we don't really know anything about them. To be honest, I didn't even know what a batavus hs-50 was until I googled it. All I know about mopeds is that when I see one I like, it's usually a stripped back piece of rolling art. Like this stunning Batavus moped built by Nathan Kiehn and the guys at Motomatic. Their philosophy is pretty simple "we want to build bikes that have the nostalgia of the past, the power and performance of the present with a touch of reliability and style to them." Sounds like a pretty good combination to me.

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Indigan's ‘Diablo’ Moped

Here's one that we got our hot little hands on a touch too late. We got all steamy under the collar when we first saw it and then had our high hopes deflated like a bunch of horny teenage virgins interupted by the fuzz when we realised that it had been published elsewhere (damn you, Wes... damn you to hell) and kind of gave up on it. But you know what? After much burning of the midnight oil we thought, "damn it, she's just too bloody smokin' to not punch her dance card (do you punch dance cards? Note to self: buy a nice dress and get out more often) and let her take a turn around Pipeburn's firey dancehall. So here she is. Wicked, isn't she?

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