Scooters these days ?

[greatmoorred]

What the hell is going on with scooters/moped's these days ?
When i were a boy 50cc bikes would struggle upto about 35 and then collapse at the first hint of a hill.
I keep getting scooters and 'peds racing along side me at 50mph !!
Always ridden suicidally by stupid kids wearing tracksuit bottoms a t-shirt and with their helmet strap flapping about in the wind !
When did scooters get so "fast" ?

[CoronaBoner]

I know tell me about it!

Kin powerbands hit stores back in late 2002, since then you can't under estimate the sheer powah!
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[Jack_Cheese]

they only produce 7 or 8 hp, but it's enough for 55mph ish.

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[GearboxGeezer]

Ive been riding my 50cc geared bike around last couple of days as the rs has been off the road.

Its very very strange, I actually speed more on the moped than I do on my rs 125... and my rs 125 is about 1236457568586578357373568785959356765 times more powerful...

I think its because u just dont get the sense of speed on a moped, u look at the speedo and ur like, is that it. and it dosnt feel fast because you arnt hanging on for dear life as u accelorate from the speedlimit speed.

Infact id say that mopeds should just be banned and 16 year olds should start on 125cc's

[southlondoner]

A normal 50cc scooter will be around 5/6bhp, and get about 50 indicated on the flat, and around 40 up most normal hills.

@greatmoorred - You sure you aren't going up against 125cc scooters? Some of them look identical to their 50cc counterparts and sound pretty similar too!
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[Kye]

Normal 50cc scooter makes about 3.5bhp, 5bhp with a race pipe and up to 13bhp with a big bore kit in road spec tune, I had a Zip SP 70cc at over 21bhp and 90mph on the dyno but it was a very expensive high spec race scooter we did at work (scooter shop) as a project
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[LUXY DJ]

yep they aint just "mopeds" anymore

if its a 172 & other tuning bits then it'll give yu a lil challenge on take off
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[MRX Steve]

[Dark]

I thought scooters used to be fairly quick, became slow and then got quick again. I used to ride a 1973 Honda C50 which did 55mph on the flat (still got it actually) but then all these Visions and Melodys came out that struggled to do 30!
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[firefox]

well mine says 45 at an ok ish speed on the clocks on a little stretch down a hill it says 55

[westy2006]

ahhh the scooter days, which for me were not that long ago! i was 16 and i passed my CBT and got a 50cc peugeot speedfight2. i bought it from a shop and was £895. he told me it was restricted still. so i ride home full throttle, to look at the speedo telling me 48mph! was well chuffed.i must admit for that whole summer i was racing cars, and me and about 6-7 of my mates who had peds just caused chaos around the town really. i remember when it was 30 degrees celsius in the summer, i would ride round in shorts and tshirt,maybe even taking the tshirt off. A right prick i was! didnt have a care in the world. i would liked to have been told it was more of a responsibility really, e.g. if i basically did two things wrong such as not have L-plates or carry a pillion then i could be banned, but i was oblivious to this really. then got a cagiva mito and as i began to understand a bit more about speed, and the roads, i calmed down. and after riding that i got a gsxr600, and i am a much more mature rider (i hope)! i also now know when to wear protective clothing e.g. doing a ton down the motorway will be full leathers, as well as know that if im going round town at 30mph, i can wear jeans and a tshirt,although i still know the risks.
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[Type_Mo]

When ig ot my moped it was de-restricted and i was welll chuffed when it hit 45 on the clocks an hour or two later then i got into tuning it and it'd show 60 on the clocks mainly and i evan got the needle most of the way back round But everyone knows much much shit those moped clocks are!!!

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