Hi lee would you be intrested in selling youre k190 if you still have it.all the best steve.my email address is steven.dunkley@hotmail.com

In 1976/7 I lived in a small village near a 90deg approach to a railway bridge,the exit of which also kinked 90deg.A lad I sometimes hung around with used to approach and depart said bridge in attempted speedway style on his yellow Casal.I thought he looked a bit of a prat but he went on to become a top Speedway rider who captained his team.

Don`t think the poor bike lasted his thrashings that long though.

Made in Spain weren`t they?

At the time,I had just upgraded from a nippy Puch Sport to a D14 Bantam and a load of us on AP 50s,Fizzies etc used to go for a spin but one bike stood out ,and that was the twin-exhaust Malagutti,my poor old thrifty steed struggled to keep ahead of that nifty fifty.

I had to google the Casal as I could not remember it. Around forty years ago I ran a Honda SS50. The majority of sports moped owners in my area ran Yamaha FS1Es. One had a Fantic Chopper! I progressed from mine to an old Triumph T20 Cub - a mini Bonneville for an impoverished lad! Happy days though! :)

Edited by RaineMan on 25/05/2013 at 12:34

I had a Suzuki ap50 when i was 16 in 1978, it was faster than most of the fizzies - mainly due to my light weight. The ped i always wanted was a Fantic GT6, I've never seen one on the road, although i did see a GT4 once.

Can't remember ever seeing a sports type Casal, the only ones i remember were the step thru type.

Just came across this thread while trying to do some research on a K190 I recetly found in an old shed.

These early ones seem really rare now, cant find any others for sale so dont know how much they are worth

Anyhow for anyone thats interested I have just stuck it on ebay at a starting price slightly under what I paid for it

Hi, I fondly remember mine... a Bronze with Chrome Tank model... bought used at a dealer in Sunderland (Joseph Terrace... opposite the model shop?). It had very few miles & looked new... on an M plate (1974). As others have said it was (seemed) faster than FSIE's & SS50's... it certainly was a looker. I loved the 5 speed box, but it was a bit of an art hitting the gears on the way up... I was never sure if it was worn/abused, or if that was just the way they were. My mate had a Honda SS50 & it had a much better box. One time the spark plug ceramic tip exploded & showered fragments of ceramic around... fortunately no major damage, but it kept having pre-ignition issues when running under load... I finally traced that to a few pieces of ceramic embedded into the piston crown!.... once fished out it was back to normal. I'd love one again as a resto project if anyone has one for sale. I finally as an oldie have a double garage & all the gear. I happen to have a NOS full Indicator - in the factory plastic bag & with its parts tag... it's in MINT condition, so if anyone is interested drop me a line. I bought it about 20 years ago as my first EBAY purchase (nostalgic buy!). Great bikes. I sold mine to a young guy in Hartlepool... saw it at The Headland Pier a few years later... it was looking a sorry case unfortunately, so expect it was sc***ped not long after. Bigger bikes then Reliants (getting older & soft) followed before cars. xxxxxxxxxxx@gmail.com

Edited by Xileno on 25/04/2024 at 18:57