I bumped into Nathan Jauvits on a San Francisco sidewalk, and was intrigued by his moped, the first home-made electric two-wheeler I’ve run across. The chassis is based on a ’78 Puch Magnum, but an off-the-shelf electric motor and a power pack built by Nathan transforms the machine into something far from the buzzy, smoky original – an example of which I ‘accidentally’ purchased at the Bonhams Las Vegas auction – that will teach me to gesticulate in the front row!



And a reminder, the Vintagent’s first feature story on electric motorcycles was a premier of the world’s first electric superbike, the Mission One designed by Yves Behar, way back in January 2009!]
