Selecting A Scooter For Transportation, FYI
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I live part time in the Philippines and have one of these http://zekester.multiply.com/photos/album/3#8.
Best damn driving machine I've ever owned. Brand new they're only about $1100 USD. The equivalent is probably triple that back in the states. Anyone know anything about shipping vehicles to the states? Maybe I could save some money.
Best damn driving machine I've ever owned. Brand new they're only about $1100 USD. The equivalent is probably triple that back in the states. Anyone know anything about shipping vehicles to the states? Maybe I could save some money.
Scooters are fun and safe , depends on how stupidly you ride it , even a Big MC can become death trap if rode crazy - I rode a 49cc 2-wheel scooter to a BIKE RALLY from SW Virginia to Myrtle Beach in 2005 (spring ) and was welcome there like any other biker, I'm getting a 49cc TRIKE come August , A BIKER IS A BIKER (scooter or Motorcycle) ,I've owned and rode both
your wrong there , if scooters are like go-karts then why do most states tag them as MOTORCYCLES ??????? and US DOT id plate also reads as MOTORCYCLE CLASS ????
The state's lumping of motorcycles and scooters into the same administrative class does not make them interchangeable, in the real world.
The fact that motorcycle riders are generous and welcome scooter riders into their fold does not make them interchangeable, either.
The critical differences between scooters and motorcycles have been discussed earlier in this thread; if you are really interested you can read them.
The fact that motorcycle riders are generous and welcome scooter riders into their fold does not make them interchangeable, either.
The critical differences between scooters and motorcycles have been discussed earlier in this thread; if you are really interested you can read them.
I ride both and both are BIKES , if you look into history the FIRST H-D MOTORCYCLE was a 49cc Bike with peddles and did 25 mph ,Guess you'd call the first HARLEY a go-kart lmfao :grin:
By present day standards I would call it more of a motorized bicycle, or moped, than a go-kart.
Hey, if you find that little donut wheels on a scooter are the same as the larger, grippier, better heat-dissipating tires on a motorcycle, if you think that a step-through configuration allows you to grip and hold a scooter with your legs and knees the same way that you can grip a bike, if you think that the small brake pads on a scooter are as safe and efficient at braking and heat-transfer as a motorcycle's, if you think that short-travel scooter suspensions are equivalent to the longer-travel suspensions on the average motorcycle, and if you believe that the handlebar-rider geometry of the average scooter permits the same front-end control under hard braking as a full-size motorcycle...
...well, America is a nation of many faiths, and ultimately people are free to believe as they like, regardless of the available facts, regardless of the realities of physics, engineering, or anything else.
The important thing is that you're on two wheels.
Enjoy!
Hey, if you find that little donut wheels on a scooter are the same as the larger, grippier, better heat-dissipating tires on a motorcycle, if you think that a step-through configuration allows you to grip and hold a scooter with your legs and knees the same way that you can grip a bike, if you think that the small brake pads on a scooter are as safe and efficient at braking and heat-transfer as a motorcycle's, if you think that short-travel scooter suspensions are equivalent to the longer-travel suspensions on the average motorcycle, and if you believe that the handlebar-rider geometry of the average scooter permits the same front-end control under hard braking as a full-size motorcycle...
...well, America is a nation of many faiths, and ultimately people are free to believe as they like, regardless of the available facts, regardless of the realities of physics, engineering, or anything else.
The important thing is that you're on two wheels.
Enjoy!
ok , but new scooters have larger suspensions ,disc brakes f/r comparable to most 150cc street Bikes as far as step thru configuration that was an Italian motorcycle manufacturers concept for a WOMANS BIKE (easy to get on wearing a dress ) , Didn't mean to start an argument .Sad Max said:
Hey, talking bikes is always fun.
The way most scooters are packaged, the front and rear suspensions just don't have the range of travel and/or shock absorbency that you will find on most motorcycles. Disc brakes are all fine and well but favorable comparison with a 150cc street bike says more about the deficiencies of the bike, than about the virtues of the scooter.
A typically elegant and fashionable Italian design solution. But the interesting history doesn't alter the ergonomics or physics to which we are subject: if you need to maneuver aggressively in traffic your directional authority, braking control and ability to stay with the bike are all distinctly superior in the knees-astride position rather than the step-through, together with larger contact patches, higher average acceleration, etc, yada, yada. I can't imagine a riding environment so safe that this is not a matter of survival-type urgency. Maybe indoors some place. Lined with foam. And packing peanuts.
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Holy thread digup, batman!