Post by oldchopperguy on Aug 24, 2011 9:13:48 GMT -5
Well Rebs & Rebettes...
Yesterday, while making a run to Wally World, I encountered an INTERESTING scooter. It was externally identical to my Xingyue 150 Eagle, except for NO chrome. Everything was painted silver or black. VERY "low-end" cosmetics. HOWEVER, when I asked the rider what kind of performance it had, he said it cruises OK at 65, and would do over 75. Hmmm... Then I looked closer, and saw the speedo (marked in mph, not KM) went to 120 mph, and had the "redline" marked at 75 mph.
Double Hmmm... So I asked the obvious... "This IS a 150, isn't it?". Nope, he said it's a 200 cc. I've seen listings for these things, and heard they are about 175 cc, but I've never seen one in person.
The only difference I could see externally from our 150 GY6's was the muffler. It looked just like those found on 250's. And the engine sounded a LOT more authoritative than my 150.
Unfortunately, though very nice, the young rider knew absolutely NOTHING about scooters, or cycles. He just got it off the Internet to have cheap transportation around town, and to take camping in his truck.
I followed him out onto the street, and ran up to my top end of about 53 mph, at which point he RAN away from me into 70 mph freeway traffic, and disappeared.
This scoot appears to be just what we 150 riders keep trying to make out of our 150's, usually without much success... If one could find one, it seems like a genuine winner.
This scoot had NO name badging whatsoever on it. NO engine size indication either. The rider simply "got it off the net" for $1,500 delivered he said. He loved the fact that it was a simple single-cylinder, air-cooled "no-brainer" ride that will run OK at freeway speeds.
Triple Hmmm... This no-name ride seems indeed to be just what most of us are trying to achieve. Could be, we need to do some research. For icing on the cake, I asked if he had experienced any problems. He said not one problem, "and I ride the piss out of it" he chuckled. Less than a year old, it was indeed covered with road-rash, cracked plastic and worn tires.
Doggone, I really LOVE the way that thing moved, without any of the hassles of multi-cylinders, liquid-cooling, etc. AND at a price less than "tweaking" a 150 to get MAYBE 55-60 top end. It totally reminds me of the old Honda "Duke" GY6 150's that would do wheelies and run 70 mph+.
Food for thought... There ARE some wild and wacky variants of the GY6 lurking around the net...
Ride safe!
Leo in Texas
Yesterday, while making a run to Wally World, I encountered an INTERESTING scooter. It was externally identical to my Xingyue 150 Eagle, except for NO chrome. Everything was painted silver or black. VERY "low-end" cosmetics. HOWEVER, when I asked the rider what kind of performance it had, he said it cruises OK at 65, and would do over 75. Hmmm... Then I looked closer, and saw the speedo (marked in mph, not KM) went to 120 mph, and had the "redline" marked at 75 mph.
Double Hmmm... So I asked the obvious... "This IS a 150, isn't it?". Nope, he said it's a 200 cc. I've seen listings for these things, and heard they are about 175 cc, but I've never seen one in person.
The only difference I could see externally from our 150 GY6's was the muffler. It looked just like those found on 250's. And the engine sounded a LOT more authoritative than my 150.
Unfortunately, though very nice, the young rider knew absolutely NOTHING about scooters, or cycles. He just got it off the Internet to have cheap transportation around town, and to take camping in his truck.
I followed him out onto the street, and ran up to my top end of about 53 mph, at which point he RAN away from me into 70 mph freeway traffic, and disappeared.
This scoot appears to be just what we 150 riders keep trying to make out of our 150's, usually without much success... If one could find one, it seems like a genuine winner.
This scoot had NO name badging whatsoever on it. NO engine size indication either. The rider simply "got it off the net" for $1,500 delivered he said. He loved the fact that it was a simple single-cylinder, air-cooled "no-brainer" ride that will run OK at freeway speeds.
Triple Hmmm... This no-name ride seems indeed to be just what most of us are trying to achieve. Could be, we need to do some research. For icing on the cake, I asked if he had experienced any problems. He said not one problem, "and I ride the piss out of it" he chuckled. Less than a year old, it was indeed covered with road-rash, cracked plastic and worn tires.
Doggone, I really LOVE the way that thing moved, without any of the hassles of multi-cylinders, liquid-cooling, etc. AND at a price less than "tweaking" a 150 to get MAYBE 55-60 top end. It totally reminds me of the old Honda "Duke" GY6 150's that would do wheelies and run 70 mph+.
Food for thought... There ARE some wild and wacky variants of the GY6 lurking around the net...
Ride safe!
Leo in Texas
CAN YOU HELP ME OUT MAN,AS i LOST ME JOB DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO GET THERE?ANY INF