1987 Tomos Golden Bullett TTLX: Regular Car Reviews 

The top speed of these really depends on what you’ve had for breakfast

You just singlehandedly drove up the prices of the Tomos.

"It's more fun to ride a slow bike fast than to ride a fast bike slow."

I sold a lot of Tomos bikes in the 90's in the Netherlands. We used to say to the customers who couldn't decide between Puch and Tomos "Don't go for the Tomos, they're cheap and more reliable than a Puch so we don't make a lot of money on them". Tomos customers were happy customers! Then the Chinese 4-stroke scooter era came, because for some reason, everyone wanted a 4-stroke. Never seen so many warranty cases.Out of warranty? Then the repair costs were higher than the moped was worth. Change the oil too late means end of engine. Broken conrods, pistons, valves, camshafts and cracked heads. Servicing the survivors was/is expensive (more parts to check than the simple 2-stroke). But hey, they were cheap when they bought it! Seen too many angry customers and i went on to another job. For 30 years i ride a motorbike, usually in the winter or bad weather. Boring but it takes me from A to B. In the summer, i ride my moped. Love it, even after all those years. It takes me from A to B, then to C, to D, and so on.

Hayabusa killer

for sale - 1988 Tomos. $5k no lowballers

Dude, I was born in Yugoslavia, and that was the sound of my childhood. My first love that propelled me to a love for motorcycles. And you my friend just NAILED IT with entire story behind these bikes. They are poor children's hero

In Indiana all we have to do is be 15 and pass a 10 question road signs test That’s really all it is, No lights required No two stroke bans No inspection No insurance $26 registration fee

Story time! The year is 2001. I was 17, young and stupid and living in a town called Hoorn in Holland. I recently totalled my Piaggio NRG and needed wheels to get to school and work and stuff. I bagged one of these bad boys for 150 euros and that became my mighty steed. It got hopped up a bit with a 70cc kit, I upgraded the carb from the stock 11mm to a Dellorto 21mm and stuck some or other sports exhaust on it (think it was Gianelli, can't remember). It would hit 80kph easily but make no mistake: 80kph on something with the structural rigidity of a flacid penis just after it's seen Susan Boyle is scary. Like holy fuck scary. I could wheelie the thing for days, it accelerated like a trooper and the shove it gave when swapping in to 2nd gear made it double the fun as it was like accelerating all over again. Thing thing was trashed or crashed every other day, it persisted in rain, snow, hail, sleet, salted roads, no cover, it was hands down the most unloved, most abused piece of machinery I have ever experienced in my 33 years of existence. And the thing just never gave up. Ever. Every single day I'd kick it a couple of times and it'd just fire right up, like an obedient labrador who's just been given a shot of adrenaline or a line of cocaine early in the morning. I eventually fitted a top box so I could carry all my crap around with me and sold it 3 years later to a friend who I've since lost contact with. Real shame, I'd love to know where it is now. That thing carried me all over Holland day in, day out. I must've racked up 30k kilometres on it (that's what, 28 miles? Dunno, yanks are weird) and it just went on and on. All those stories you read about people who have their fondest memories in their first cars? Hell no. Not even close to the memories I have, and all of them with my trusty Tomos by my side. Actually, fuck it. I'm gonna find one for sale. Thanks for this Mr Regular, always nice to see Tomos getting a bit of love.

Came for the winga; stayed for the dinga. Well, off to Craigslist!

This was the most Pennsylvania episode.

These were simply called "Automatic" in Slovenia.

Can you put an LS in it?

Fun fact: Tomos was actually racing with these mopeds vs Honda Suzuki and Yamaha. The racing was insane, the racers literally wore spandex onesies with no armor whatsoever. I think Tomos actually made about 15 horsepower from a 70cc engine. Pretty amazing stuff. Just read that their 50cc race bikes could reach 205kph!!! And it was also written that they made an engine that had 357hp on 1000cc displacement. What the actual fuck

Oh this brings me back to when I was 15 in the late 90's and I was getting by on my Puch Montana -82. It was older than me but my first proper relationship. In Sweden, if you lived in a semi rural area having a moped was our first taste of freedom. Mopeds without license were limited to 30km/h (25mph roughly) but they were built for about 70-75kmh and most people hade them running at least at those speeds. All you needed to do was remove a little plug in the gasoline intake of the carborator. And you were set for 70kmh. Then you switched to a more efficient exhaust and the next step was to get a bigger carborator and you were doing 80-85kmh. So you switched to larger out gear since you had so much "excess power" and you had a "moped that ran 90-100km/h that you could take off road whenever the cops tried to stop you... And you knew those back woods like the palm of your hand so the cops were chanceless. And the engine was so simple, it was the perfect way to learn how it combustion engine works. My crank shaft gave up on me and I had to replace it and clean every part of that engine from residual metal. Took me about a weekend with the help of my step-dad and afterwards it went even better... Oh the memories... Riding along with my friends when I sold it I felt like I was losing a family member. It was such a great time growing up and seeing a bit more of where I grew up.. Thank you for reminding me of those times. Puch Montana was a great bike for me. Going on road trips and getting to give a ride for that girl you'd had a crush on for ages because you were too young and scared to actually ask her out. That feeling of her holding on to you, trusting you...

Brings a tear to my eye but Tomos was forced to shut down it's production earlier this year, due to being unable to pay it's workers and repay the debt they were in. R.I.P. TOMOS, you will be missed...

Old 2-strokes are awesome, my grandma has a 70s Motobecane in her shed, sat for +20 years. Dumped some fresh fuel in, pedaled and it smoked into life.

"Gregg rulz ok" night in the woods reference I LOVE YOU

Not really a bike person, but the way you reviewed this made it really fun and interesting to watch. Neat vehicle.

Being Croatian, this review is very relatable. Thanks RCR.

That uncle description was very specific. Are you okay, Mr. Regular?

Tomos and their mopeds are legendary here in Slovenia, surprised to see them on RCR! Keep up the good work!

"I hope im not single-handedly driving up the prices of tomos'" The midwestern craigslist only has tomos' over $1000. BOIO

The sound is an acquired taste but hell, every Honda in my city sounds like that so I'm already used to it. Off to Craigslist!

18th September, Tomos prices $500 19th September, Tomos prices $2000 Because RCR tax

Slovenian, born in 1987, Slovenia became European Basketball Champion and RCR releases 1987 Tomos motorbike. Feels like in a twilight zone. But the good one.

I can't believe that I'm seeing mr. regular on a Tomos ! I'm from Slovenia, and after spending much of my teens on a Tomos ATX I can vouch that everything he said about it being fun is true.

Those are limited to 25 kph/15 mph here in Germany. Mine ran 90/56 lol

Which wingadinga is best wingadinga?

W I N G A D I N G A D I N G A D I N G A I N G A

When I was 5, I had a calendar with pictures of all the Tomos models of the time. I remember dreaming about owning the dirt-bike one. This video was sooo nostalgic!

In germany "MoFas" (litteraly bike with helping engine) are actually quite common and popular *and really expensive*

As a legit, big-boy, grown-ass-man motorcyclist with a goddamn Ducati; I. Love. Mopeds. Holy shit, I love mopeds. I've owned a Puch Maxi and a Magnum, a Motobecane Moby 50v, and I was literally shopping for a Tomos last weekend.

So Mr. Regular, did you have that very same uncle in 2008? Because that was very.... specific.

Lol night in the woods reference in the beginning

Thank you so much for reviewing a moped! Once again, something other big car reviews would never do. They are beautifully simple machines.

I live in italy, in the 80s and 90s 50cc were really popular cause you could drive'em at 14yo w/o licence. It was hell, everybody changed the muffler and mod the rest of the bikes. It was a really noisy and and smelly period

Ne me jebat. Tomos was a thing in the states? Hah, awesome! Greetings from Slovenia.

Love the night in the woods reference 👌🏻

As someone who’s owned several Tomos’s, your Golden Bullet had an A3 motor. The A55 didn’t come out until 2003 and was designed to produce fewer emissions.

Those bobber mopeds were pretty cool

I own a 1976 puch maxi s and absolutely love the moped community

My a35 tomos lx blew a piston ring at 70 from leaning out going down a backroad hill. Pulled a fresh one outta the under seat storage, pulled the head, slapped the ring and jug back on, and rode it home. Sun didn't even go down. Loved that ped

This Video brought back a lot of memories from my youth, thank you very much.

Had a Tomos Targa LX, awesome scooter. Rode the crap out of that thing, was indestructible! Also here in Canada they did not have to have pedals on them so they had regular foot pegs and a kick starter like a normal motorcycle.

So cool. I had an old Tomos when I was a kid. Commuted to high school with it for two years. If was very reliable, you couldn't krill it. I could get up to 45 mph going down a steep hill. When I got my driver's I gave it to my brother who tried to modify it and blew the engine the first day.

'I'm a businessman, I am diversifying' 😂

I've been waiting for this for a long time. It makes me very happy

Best video in a long time

I never knew a lawnmower could go so fast.

The scrapple mention. Uggh thats why I come back every time! Warms my heart here in Los Angeles to hear a PA philosopher such as yourself sir. Thank you!

HAVE A GOOD WEEK. i love when he does that!

2 SPEED AUTOMATIC

Just abruptly woke up at 5am... Sees regular car reviews notification.... Gotta watch it now.... Gotta... Watch.. it... NOWWWW!!!

The "weedwacker" noise you're getting is because of the exhaust pipe (or at least made a lot worst because of it). The bike you were on and by the looks of things most in the group are BiTurbo style pipes. These are "speed pipes". When I bought my Tomos it came with a BiTurbo that I eventually replaced (it kinda had the shit kicked out of it, arguable the whole bike did). If you're buying a bike with a stock pipe or it has a broken pipe I would suggest a Technigas style pipe. It sounds a lot less like a toy or fart can and it moves the power band down a lot. You WILL slide back on the seat a bit when the "forced induction" kicks in. It's stupid amount of fun. BiTurbo will give you a higher top end, but I find the lowered and expanded power band of the Technigas is way more useful in traffic. We are talking 5-7 mph anyway, you can get this back with a pack of diamond needle files from china and a couple hours filing the cylinder ports, tons of porting articles on the net. Have fun with your 2stroke turd :)

So cool to see you guys enjoy these mopeds and thanks for sharing 🙋‍♂️👍

Keep the motorcycle reviews coming. Love these

made my day, used to have a Tomos ATX "offroad" XD greets from Slovenia!

Hi. Thanks for posting. I bought one of these from Woolworths in England in 1983. My first bike. No pedals, no indicators, no battery but for £300 a new bike that never let me down in 2 years of ownership and 8000 miles. Changed chain, rear tyre and spark plug, but never any issues. Thanks its nice to hear one again. These haven't been sold here for many years. All the best

I just recently bought a 2009 Red Tomos Sprint. I love it. Then I find your video, and now I want more.

I laughed my ass off when you said "you could buy like 4 of these things and have your friends come over and ride them!" Awesome comparison

Oh man, imagine if you had ridden a Tomos APN 4!! It's the same thing, but with MANUAL TRANSMISSION! Those things are everywhere here in Serbia. BTW, gg Slovenia last night!

I just switched from a Honda moped to a Tomos (Netherlands) and I'm instantly addicted. These things are an incredible amount of fun! Especially when you're doing 40mph down country lanes. Great video.

Love this! Love seeing people enjoy life in these videos!

winga dinga dinga dinga winga dinga dinga dinga

7:05 cups on ears.

AWESOME CAN HEAR THE FUN IN YOUR VOICE

Damn. You can hear the happiness and excitement in Mr Rs voice all through this :D

Gregory Lee is the ruler of all

Vespa is just a model name. Always been made by Piaggio. You should check out the Piaggio "Ciao" moped.

1966 Suzuki K10 owner here, 2-stroke mopeds are fun as hell, just came back from a ride on mine. Love these things.

You made me do it. Watch this video a while ago, watched it again and bought one

I remember in the seventies in the UK these were sold in the Kay's catalogue!

You can find lots of these in western Balkans for Slovenian reasons :)

I always loved the Tomos. my friend used to have one in high school and i always wanted it.

Oh man! SOOOOOOOOO many memories just come spilling out of my teenage memory department.

10:33 is honestly fire

Put an aftermarket 70cc cilinder on it, then it’ll have a lot more power.

This was one of your best guys!

I just bought 2 tomos targa lx! This video helped me decide what moped I wanted. Let the project begin.

*BRAAAAAAAAAP*

@2:24... Amish horse buggy... Do a review on that!!!

Found a Golden Bullet on CL. Going to pick it up next week. Thank you, Mr. Regular.

I love riding motorcycles and bicycles more than driving cars. Enjoyed this video a lot. Thanks for your hard work making this vid

I've owned multiple between the age of 12 and 18, and what's worth noting is that these bikes are significantly faster than stock because of the after market exhausts. Seriously, just an exhaust and a larger carb-jet will give you a 50% top speed increase.

"Ask a cop" is unfortunately the WORST legal advice you can give. Cops don't have to fully understand or even know the laws they just have to enforce them which is why they say to argue with the judge not the cop regarding the law. Better advice would be to consult your local DMV and/or Department of Transportation for information regarding mopeds/2-strokes and their requirements/restrictions in your home state. Many of this information can be found on their websites. Other then that these do look like fun and fall into the catagory of "its more fun to ride/drive a slow bike/car fast then a fast bike/car slow."

RCR, you have opened my eyes to the world of the moped

"The joy is you're actually moving."

6:51 *Flight of the Valkyries plays in the background*

Oh boy 3am

Loved the 99.9 the Hawk refrence. Lol, they replay the same songs a lot, but every once in a while you get a good song. Also I want one of these now. You had me at "no motorcycle license required".

I have an oil injected 2stroke Yamaha Zuma, '05 model. Love it, so much fun to blast around town in. If I lived close to work, I'd use it everyday. This Tomos looks like even more fun. Love these little oil-burners.

I love this bucket hat

"Scooter brothers! Scooooter brothers!"

I really appreciate this review because I recently moved to the city of Wilmington, Delaware, and I've been riding a motorized bike I got for free and got running. It breaks down a lot and I haven't put much money into it, but a tomos will be a big step up from my 80 (more like 66cc) huffy. So I can relate to taking corners at speed!

Sound of a 2-stroke is awesome! And so is the the smell:)

I live 5 minutes from 309. This joke has made me laugh.

wanna ride my Honda grom? I'm kinda local... I'm in falling water wv near Hagerstown

So fantastic!!! Love this review too much!!!

I owned a Tomos when I lived in the Balkans, took it wherever I moved and it never failed me. I only wish that I was able to bring it back with me to the States