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[Darth Lefty]

shoulda bought the 250

[MSgt]

I'm hooked. Now I wish it could go faster...once licensed I see myself making short trips on the highway. How much and how complicated to make the 150cc a 190cc?

pet lover, Congratulations on your new ride. It looks great, also looks like a good fit for you. My scooter (250cc) is supposed to go 70mph but for the life of me I don't know why I would ever want to go that fast. I bought it for commuting. I am finding that I seem to enjoy going slower on my commute. I am loving the warm weather and going slower seems much more relaxing and much more enjoyable. If I wanted a ride to go fast and long I would have bought a motorcycle.
The farthest I have rode it is from Folsom to Mercy San Juan to visit my dad last week. I take it everywhere. I can get an 8 piece chicken meal deal, a bunch of bananas and a quart of milk in the storage under my seat. My truck has sat for the last two weeks. I have 340 miles on it so I have saved approximately $170 on diesel fuel. I believe my scooter was a wise investment. My wife is finally seeing this as well (she did not want me to buy it originally).
I am taking some flak from friends at work. One guy said 'have you ever heard of motorcycles? You can go farther and faster and chicks won't laugh at you ( but that is rare). I am always having other guys come up and ask me about the bike also have had people at stop lights ask me about it from other vehicles.... "can you go on the freeway? ... I need one of those... what is your gas mileage?...etc.

Also I think we have bought our scooters at the right time. Demand is going to go up and so are prices.

[Dave Burrell]

pet lover, Congratulations on your new ride. It looks great, also looks like a good fit for you. My scooter (250cc) is supposed to go 70mph but for the life of me I don't know why I would ever want to go that fast. I bought it for commuting. I am finding that I seem to enjoy going slower on my commute. I am loving the warm weather and going slower seems much more relaxing and much more enjoyable. If I wanted a ride to go fast and long I would have bought a motorcycle.
The farthest I have rode it is from Folsom to Mercy San Juan to visit my dad last week. I take it everywhere. I can get an 8 piece chicken meal deal, a bunch of bananas and a quart of milk in the storage under my seat. My truck has sat for the last two weeks. I have 340 miles on it so I have saved approximately $170 on diesel fuel. I believe my scooter was a wise investment. My wife is finally seeing this as well (she did not want me to buy it originally).
I am taking some flak from friends at work. One guy said 'have you ever heard of motorcycles? You can go farther and faster and chicks won't laugh at you ( but that is rare). I am always having other guys come up and ask me about the bike also have had people at stop lights ask me about it from other vehicles.... "can you go on the freeway? ... I need one of those... what is your gas mileage?...etc.

Also I think we have bought our scooters at the right time. Demand is going to go up and so are prices.

That's fantastic to hear Mike! Sounds like things are going great with the new scoot.

..and never worry about what anyone says, they're usually the folks still driving on four wheels and paying out the ying yang for gas - so you get the last laff heheh

[MSgt]

petlover, Also remember to pay attention to the break in instructions "running-in" in the owners manual. Mine has specific things like, don't exceed 80% of top rated speed in the first 310 miles and then gradually increase to top speed over 625 miles of riding. So I can now go faster than 80% of my top speed (I have been keeping it under 55) so now over the next 300 miles I can gradually increase my top speed but shouldn't reach max speed until I am at about 625 miles.

[Darth Lefty]

Whaddya think Dave, should we invite him on the big ol ride this Saturday?

[Dave Burrell]

Whaddya think Dave, should we invite him on the big ol ride this Saturday?

it could be done, but I think Mike should spend a bit more time on the city streets before hitting the twisties yet

..but it could be done

heck, I wanna see Chris out there on his scooter too

(hey, send me the ride route plan when you get a chance)

[Darth Lefty]

(hey, send me the ride route plan when you get a chance)

First post of the thread, you lazy bum.

[Darth Lefty]

Someone at work today has a Ruckus. It would look badass in olive drab. If only it were a bigger engine! And disk brakes. I wonder if there's a bigger engine that would swap in.

[chris v]

Someone at work today has a Ruckus. It would look badass in olive drab. If only it were a bigger engine! And disk brakes. I wonder if there's a bigger engine that would swap in.

Yes!!!! You can swap a 150 or 190 into it from an elite...

[Darth Lefty]

Yes!!!! You can swap a 150 or 190 into it from an elite...

Elites still look like vacuum cleaners, all these years later

I'm really coming around to this scooter idea though.

[MSgt]

Yes!!!! You can swap a 150 or 190 into it from an elite...

Or you could simply drop a little gas turbine engine into it
http://thescootersco...ake-faster.html

[Darth Lefty]

Detour...

Chrysler did turbine cars in the middle of the last century. They were pretty clever. They had a 2-spool engine with the high pressure turbine driving the compressor and the low pressure turbine driving the wheels, so it didn't need a torque converter or clutch, and it had max torque at zero RPM. And they had a nifty radiator in the exhaust that dumped back into the flow ahead of the burner to keep exhaust temps low and reuse the lost heat. They never really solved their excessive fuel consumption which is what killed it. I kind of wonder what could be done with turbine-electric for things like diesel trucks but modern emissions laws would probably make it prohibitive.

[pet lover]

I'm hooked. Now I wish it could go faster...once licensed I see myself making short trips on the highway. How much and how complicated to make the 150cc a 190cc?

The only reason I would want a little more than 150cc is for a drive to Rancho to where I am teaching Summer School. If I really think about it...I can't drive on the freeway right now anyway and once I could, summer school will be over. The scooter I got definitely serves the purpose of riding in and around Folsom. I rode down to the Carmichael area (near I80) today and was able to stay with the flow of traffic and didn't ever need to reach a speed faster than 50 mph.

How much would it cost to switch out from a 150cc to a 190cc?

[Andrea V]

How much would it cost to switch out from a 150cc to a 190cc?

Chris... be careful switching new-B's to faster engines.

[MSgt]

I have decided to buy the 35L Top Box for my scooter. I am considering buying it from af1racing.com. Have you ever ordered from them? Are they a good company to get accessories from?
Aprilia SportCity 35L Top Box, Top Box Cover Blue