The Puch Maxi is a moped fitted with a single cylinder, 49cc, two stroke engine. The engine produced 1, 1.5, 2 or 2.4 hp and could propel the rider at speeds of 15.5, 18.6 or 28 mph (48 km/h).It was started using the pedals which could be engaged and disengaged from the engine via a starting lever so it could be ridden as a normal bicycle. Later models did not have pedals, and instead were started with a kick start mechanism.
Engines[]
- E50 - the classic 49cc Maxi engine with one automatic gear eg. Maxi P
- Z50 - the same engine with two manual gears eg. Maxi K2
- ZA50 - the same engine with two automatic gears eg. Maxi L2a
Displacement and top speed
- 1.0 HP - 20 km/h
- 1.5 HP - 25 km/h
- 2.0 HP - 30 km/h
- 2.4 HP - 48 km/h
- 3.5 HP - ?? km/h
- 4.0 HP - ?? km/h
Variants[]
Pedals:
- PUCH Maxi N - barebone cheap Maxi
- PUCH Maxi P - standard Maxi
- PUCH Maxi E - Maxi with rear suspension
- PUCH Maxi S - Maxi E with star rims
- PUCH Maxi L - Luxurious Maxi
- PUCH Maxi LG
- PUCH Maxi GS - fast Maxi
Kickstart:
- PUCH Maxi K
- PUCH Maxi KL - Luxurious Maxi
Special variants:
- PUCH Maxi N DGR - with star rim (Automatic engine)
- PUCH Maxi N Chopper (Automatic engine)
- PUCH Maxi N Off Road (Automatic engine)
- PUCH Maxi Sport (Automatic engine - Maxi II Plus Seat)
- PUCH Maxi S Nostalgie (Automatic engine)
- PUCH Maxi S Chopper (Automatic engine)
- PUCH Maxi Super S (Automatic engine)
- PUCH Maxi Turbo Sport 4 geared engine)
- PUCH Maxi GS - 4 HP - 3 geared engine
- PUCH Maxi Casablanca
- PUCH Maxi II Plus (Automatic engine)
- PUCH Mini Maxi
Newport/Bombardier[]
In America the Maxi was sold as PUCH Newport from 1977. And in Canada it was called Bombardier.