Good or Bad - 148miles on a 50cc - Notts to London!

[tvchimp]

So, being that my VFR is still off the road and I've yet to get my Mod2 sorted due to lack of cash, I'm still on my CBT using my 50cc moped..

It's not the worst moped in the world, 50cc air cooled 2-stroke, can hit an indicated 40-45 (45 downhill with the wind behind me whilst farting and stripping my clothes) 2003 reg with 6kmiles on the clock. It's been serviced every 2k miles since I've owned it (got it with 327km on the clock from a family friend, he rode it and then got ill so couldn't use it anymore, I needed transport to get to work - £300 can't go wrong!). Never let me down and often surprises me with how quickly(lol) it can go round corners overtaking the odd car (also planning overtakes is fun!)


Basically -

I wanted to know peoples opinions on it, wether I'd be commiting social suicide or would be "an experience I'd only want to do the once in my life, but could be fun!".. I'd be stuck to A+B roads (route linked at the bottom) and would be looking around 4hours minimum with a few stops for fuel/food during the route (probably looking around a 30minutes stop minimum half way)

The reason behind it is that my sister lives in Kingston-Upon-Thames, havent seen her or my brother-in-law since way before Christmas and fancied getting away from my house with the folks for a few days.

I'd normally go with my brother, using his car but being I'd rather do it on my own figured this was the only way, but wanted to know if it would be a good or bad idea for either myself or my moped?..

The length of the route and the time I'd be riding doesn't bother me in the slightest, but had it in the back of my mind it might not be good for a 50cc?

This is the route:

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Denton+Green&daddr=London+Rd%2FA308&geocode=FdBjKAMd8G3t_w%3BFQh7EAMdqpH7_w&hl=en&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=15&dirflg=ht&sll=51.415401,-0.281267&sspn=0.014935,0.038066&ie=UTF8&ll=51.41045,-0.290194&spn=0.014936,0.038066&t=h&z=15


Thanks for any input/opinions.. for good ones!
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[N cee thirty]

by the time you get to london your gonna want to throw the ped in the thames.

take the train
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[clancy]

good lord, that would take all day. just take the train mate
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Plenty of people have done more on less... but for it'd get really tedius.

I'd definitely get some music for the journey.

[Livefast123]

My heart says 'Yes do it for the challenge'

My head says 'You a crazy fool, don't do it'

Seriously though I rode my 50 cc ped for around 5 miles the other day and after approximtely 0.5 miles I wanted to die from the shame and for the ped to burn in hell.

Take the train/bus, your life insurance provider will thank you
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[cb1rocket]

because its has a top speed of 45mph, average riding is gonna be like 25 - 30 mph at best and your looking at 5 plus hours! 4.5 hours if your lucky!!

Take the car or the sodding train.

Its a similar route for seeing my girlfriends relatives and that 2.5 hours doing 70mph in the car!

[pinkyfloyd]

Go for it. It'll be an adventure and we expect a full write up afterwards.
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[Paulington]

Hey Chimp,

It's totally doable, that's for sure. I know people who've gone a lot further on similar mopeds.

However, you have to be fully committed here, as cb1rocket said, you are looking at a 4-6 hour journey depending on stops and traffic just THERE! Then there's the note of 1000 wasps in your endcan for that amount of time which will make you want to end it all before you arrive in a very grotesque fashion.

I'm fairly sure in London you can rent CG125s for like £25-50/day with full insurance included, you'd be better off doing that or taking some form of public transport, probably the train.

Also, think about fuel consumption! I'd guarantee you'll use over a litre of two stroke oil there and back, depending on fuel economy and the price of fuel.

If you really want to, go for it, just make sure you know what you're getting into first. Maybe go somewhere that's a 2 hour round trip and see how that feels, if it's so bad you end up wishing you brought a gun so you can go postal then it's probably not a good idea. !

HTH! !
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[tvchimp]

[cb1rocket]

it'll be fun, but then it could get rather boring too!

An example, I did and have done twice is 10 hours non stop (expect fuel) from Brighton to Edinburgh! 70mph all the way.

Although the 2nd time I gunned it and did mostly 100mph but I couldn't sustain it so it went down to an average 50mph and 10 hours again!

It was very boring mind, all motorways!

[Livefast123]

I would imagine that the moped could make the journey but I wonder what 8 hours pinned on the throttle stop will do to it?

Also keeping your concentration levels up will be a challenge........bring on the Redbull and plenty of stops.
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[tvchimp]

[Nath]

The tiring part will be constantly getting overtaken by traffic. You'll struggle to find a route that doesn't consist of a lot of NSL. I've never ridden a moped, but I'd imagine riding one on NSL A roads is going to lead to a lot of people riding right up your arse whilst waiting to overtake. Not my idea of fun.

Rode with a mate who was on a cg125 from sNottm to NE London before. But cruising at 55mph is massively different to cruising at 45

If it was summer you could try and B road it to avoid the fast traffic, and also have a more enjoyable route. But it would take forever.
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[CaNsA]

Might aswell do it mate, what the fuck else are you gonna do?

[27cows]

Absolutely do it. Should be fun. Riding distance on a tiddler is always an adventure, just expect a bit of hair pulling frustration from time to time.

You'd be surprised how quickly you can get from one place to another, even on something that seems slow. Average speed on most journeys even on a big bike is something like 41mph, I read somewhere. Being that you can filter through the heaviest of traffic on a ped, you should be able to make that journey is about 3 hours (each way). Being optimistic maybe
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[chris-red]

I know a girl who rode from Nottingham(Syston) To Portsmouth on a 50.
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[pinkyfloyd]

I rode from Liverpool to Portsmouth on the 125 lump I had with a top speed of about 55. Got lost twice and ended up in Southampton riding around in circles and a 250 mile journey that should have taken about 7 hours including breaks turned into an 11 hour 350 mile trip in the pissing rain.

If I can manage that on the 125 you'll be fine on the ped. Just watch out for FBL's. They are scary when they pass.

FBL = Fkin big lorry!
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Teflon-Mike:I think I agree with just about all Pinky has said.

[andyscooter]

i went from droitwich (by worcester) to london and back on a 50cc

took 7 hours each way riding and i had to let bike cool a few times so add another two hours

i enjoyed it but would only do it the once
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[Ichy]

Do it!

I know lots of bikers that ride for 6-8 hours at a time, the distance is immaterial. Just check the weather beforehand, nothing more depressing than 6 hours in rain. Warm and waterproof gear and a spare plug and your sorted.
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[kingsknight]

Mate, Do it and take lots of pics on the way!! I think that would make you a legend if you could make it all that way on a ped! I went from Bordon to Brighton a few times when I was 16 on my little TS50 but I was a kid and was just happy to be off a push bike.

Do it!
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[pepperami]

[quote="tvchimp"] using my 50cc moped..."an experience I'd only want to do the once in my life, but could be fun!".

This is the route:

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Denton+Green&daddr=London+Rd%2FA308&geocode=FdBjKAMd8G3t_w%3BFQh7EAMdqpH7_w&hl=en&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=15&dirflg=ht&sll=51.415401,-0.281267&sspn=0.014935,0.038066&ie=UTF8&ll=51.41045,-0.290194&spn=0.014936,0.038066&t=h&z=15 [quote]


What the hell! If you`ve got the time and the guts to do it, do it .... it`s things like that , that give you something to talk about later in life when you are a potty old man .

When you`ve done a trip like that , you realise how easy it is on bigger bikes.
See it as a challenge,
Go for it and come back and tell us how it went.
I just hope it does`nt rain while you`re doing it.
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