Ciclomotor deportivo es ciclomotor que parece a moto deportivo, a menudo se comporta mejor que los ciclomotores estándar. They were created to circumvent UK legislation, called the "Sixteeners Laws", aimed at taking young motorcycle riders off the road. The new laws, introduced in 1971 by Conservative Party Minister for Transport John Peyton, forbid 16-year-olds from riding motorcycles of 250 cc c
apacity, thus limiting them to 50 cc machines until they turned 17. The law resulted in motorcycle manufacturers developing a new class of high-performance mopeds in the 1970s, termed "sports mopeds" or, colloquially, "sixteener specials," due to their marketing being aimed at 16-year-olds, a move which was widely criticized at the time. Some sport bikes use the Minarelli AM6 engine (2T) (Aprilia RS 50 (2G), Rieju RS2 Matrix 50, Peugeot XR6, Yamaha TZR 50, Malaguti Drakon 50), while other use Piaggio engines (Aprilia RS 50 (3G), Derbi GPR 50, and Gilera DNA). On Spanish, Italian, French and Japanese components:
Gilera DNA 50
Aprilia RS 50 (four generations)
Aprilia Tuono 50
Aprilia AF1 50
Derbi GPR 50
Rieju RS1 Evolution 50, Rieju RS2 Matrix 50
Peugeot XR6, Peugeot XR7
Yamaha TZR 50
Cagiva Mito 50
Suzuki RG Gamma 50
Malaguti Drakon 50
