This seems like a good as place as any.

[Big Daddy T]

Howdy,
I've got a slew of random questions and this section of the message forum appears to be the section for it! I'll put my questions in bullet points to try to make replies easier.


I weigh 250 and 6' tall; whats a good scooter to get me around?
Why are superscooters so popular when a motorcycle costs less? (Ease of use or what?)
What got you into the scootering lifestyle?
How many miles can a person get out of a scooter before the motor is fubar?


Thats all I can think of at the moment. Any input will be more than welcome.

[Lennox]

I weigh 250 and 6' tall; whats a good scooter to get me around?
Why are superscooters so popular when a motorcycle costs less? (Ease of use or what?)
What got you into the scootering lifestyle?
How many miles can a person get out of a scooter before the motor is fubar?






Any scooter will get you around
I do not understand the whole "superscooter" thing either... If I wanted a BIG bike, I would get a Motorcycle for sure
Fun Factor got me hooked!
There is no magic number for mileage. I recall people saying the average to be in the ballpark of 8k-10k

[Big Daddy T]

How many miles do you put onto your scooter per year? I put 7.5K on my XR650L and was moaning because I wasnt riding enough. So if I rode a scooter as much as my motorcycle I'd pretty much be rebuilding the motor every year (or as long as I could?) Sound right to you? :confused:

[Aviatrixie]

I put 4k to 8k miles per year on my motorcycle too. I'm new to scooters, but I'm sure I'll be putting a lot of miles on my Vino now too.

A four stroke scooter's engine should last as long as any four stroke motorcycle's engine. Two stroke engines by their very design will not last as long as a four stroke. Cylinders, pistons, rings, and lower ends simply wear out faster. Eventually the cylinders wear to the point of creating something called "slap", where the piston is literally slapping around inside the cylinder and can be recognised by a distinctive slapping sound when you goose the throttle while in neutral or have the clutch pulled on a two stroke motorcycle. This generally develops between 10k and 20k miles and is nothing to worry about, but it does tell you that a rebore is in your not too distant future. The up-side of this is that two strokes are much cheaper to rebuild than four strokes.


How many miles do you put onto your scooter per year? I put 7.5K on my XR650L and was moaning because I wasnt riding enough. So if I rode a scooter as much as my motorcycle I'd pretty much be rebuilding the motor every year (or as long as I could?) Sound right to you? :confused:

[XPS1210]

with scooters... you have to remember your limited to speed... on a motorcycle you can easily fly along at speeds of 80 MPH and higher... so the miles fly by... and can go for long distances...

on scooters... most 50cc's are gonna do 30-45mph out of the box... and can be modded to a mild 55mph to extreme of 100mph... the higher end is gonna require more repair time and money and the mild modded...

You should read the buyers guide located here http://www.provoscooter.com/vbull/article.php?a=38 if nothing else it will give you some stuff to think about...

[Aviatrixie]

Just read your "buyers guide"... nice piece, Jered. :)


with scooters... you have to remember your limited to speed... on a motorcycle you can easily fly along at speeds of 80 MPH and higher... so the miles fly by... and can go for long distances...

on scooters... most 50cc's are gonna do 30-45mph out of the box... and can be modded to a mild 55mph to extreme of 100mph... the higher end is gonna require more repair time and money and the mild modded...

You should read the buyers guide located here http://www.provoscooter.com/vbull/article.php?a=38 if nothing else it will give you some stuff to think about...

[Big Daddy T]

I've read that buyers guide while waiting to be approved to post here. If I had it my way I'd have a 250cc scooter that looks like that Aprilia or even looking like a Zuma. There sure is a jump in price going from anything 100-200cc to 250cc.

I'm not really worried about the top speed of a scooter just as long as it'll do roughly 45mph and get up to that speed without getting ran over from the Civic following behind me.

[the idiot]

I now ride scooters because due to past injuries I can not get my leg over the motorcycle, but the step through works, thanks to this I am still riding.

[Grentes]

A yamaha jog or Beewee will do, the jog is pretty zippy, has good legroom and can have alot of modding done to them.
You'll want a 92-2001 model Jog, not sure why, that's just the year model range that everyone that want to get one to mod aim for, they have a top speed of 37.3 mph-40.38 mph stock standard and very good acceleration.

I've read around on the forum that Beewee's are great, have balloon tyres making for a comfy ride and higher traction and already do the speed you wanted without any modding, not sure what year model of Beewee are the best.

I got my scooter to use for the 1 year I'll need to be on my P's to get back my motorbike L's as I lost them when I renewed my learner license a couple of years ago due to law changes and because it would be alot cheaper to do up to Roadworthy and good condition than a cheap car would have been.

I'm trying to decide whether to supe up my Jog to a higher capacity (within regulations) or just move up to a higher capacity scoot/auto trailbike once I get my bike L's back and so far have had a ball riding my Jog for her brief monthly run's she's had while doing her up to Roadworthy standards (nearly finished)

I estimate that she does the 0-60Km/hr (37.38 mph) in 6.1-6.8 secs that is standard for a Jog, she's pretty zippy and gets up to normal backstreet traffic speed (50km/hr or 31.07 mph) in no time at all and would take very little modding to increase her top speed another 15-20 km/hr without compromising on fuel economy and reliability very much.