50cc peds

[Graham88]

Yes, I know it's a bike forum but hey, don't read the thread if you find it boring.

I know there's a lot of young chaps on here with peds. My brother wants to get a ped now, and it's been a few years since I had mine so I'm out of touch with current prices.

He wants to get the fastest one obviously, and when I had mine NRG's seemed to be the fastest. What's a rough price to pay for those? A few on eBay seem to be going for around £500, on 04 plate. That sound about right?

Seems cheap!

Thanks in advance

[chris-red]

Be a decent brother and frce him to get a geared 50 at least
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[Graham88]

More maintenance, and it'll be me that ends up doing it.

[JakeyR]

Yamaha slider ftw!

Mate with a ZX10 bought one, he ended up riding the scoot more because its so funny to ride, itll do about 50 mph but its the best stunt scoot you could want.

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[L-Jam]

That is a seriously sexy ped, if such a thing exists

Aerox's and Speedfights are popular, generally reliable and some of the fastest 'peds you can get.. the condition is the main issue though - if you consider the previous owners, unless you're lucky then its probably been chucked down the road at some point.
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[Graham88]

That ped actually looks cool

Yeah I know most of the main ones, tbh any of them will be decent enough if treated well.

It makes me laugh on one of the listings, he says it's got damage because his son didn't realise the width of a space or something, and it's blatently been down the road. Are people that stupid

[ms51ves3]

My 'ped' is for sale Nice and reliable too.

[Moonie]

Problem with geared 50s now is the newer ones are slow as feck and the older ones are generally falling apart so there's a high chance of buying a shitter.

I'd say buy Chives' ped
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[tutton]

a few mates have speedfights and nrg's
speedfight about 45 on the speedo he rekons he can get when i last asked.

And what you on about more maintenance on a geared 50.
Mines been ok, altho wont be as cheap as a ped.
Have a squint on pistonheads last time i looked at peds on there, sutff like nrg's all kitted with big bores exhausts and that for about 500.
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[Moonie]

The majority of the ones I know (about 25 off the forums) spend more time off the road than on it.
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[rezzin]

Mines also for sale,ill let it go for £650 ( ). Erm,dont get a speedshite,nrgs arent the quickest,and i wouldnt get an aerox. Id go for a ZIP SP personally or a Typhoon. So easy to work on,parts are easy to be had,and there cheap. With a pipe and de restricted it will manage a true 45mph and may even touch 50 (my mate got caught by oldbill doing 54 and all he had was a pipe ). Hope this helps.

[Kal]

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[Fnatic]

Don't get a Sachs Speedforce

My friends speedfight was reliable. Never seem to break down and pretty quick.

If he wants to go onto a bigger bike then get me an RS 50 or something

[johns]

go for a ns125 they are fast

[tutton]

Hes ona 50 license you derk.
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[map]

New riders tend to fall off things. Therefore IMO not worth paying a lot for something that's going to be dropped.

However, when dropped stuff like the plastics will snap/break and replacements cost more than the 'ped's probably worth. So either live with that or try for something with metal bits like a Vespa that can be bent back into shape.

Downside is they cost more than the plastic stuff but do hold their value better for resale.


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[Graham88]

[tutton]

The link to his scoot is in his sig..

and hmm spose, its a common thing tho just like topping up the 2stroke give it a bit of a clean and oil. oh well.
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[chillpill]

if you want reilabilty go for a piaggio , nrgs are nice and they are fast(for a ped lol) , the lc version has the same engine the gilera runner has and all the chavs rave about runners being the fastest

yeah the sliders a good stunt bike , they wheelie easily on a stock setup and there yamaha so are good build quality

personally id go for a zip , small , light , short wheelbase , and tiny wheels make for a wheelie machine lol and being piaggio powered there nice and reliable , oh yeah and also spares are massivley avaliable of ebay , most engine parts from nrgs , runners , typhoons , skps , ices etc fit because there all based around the same engine, the only differnces being between ac and lc models

say no to frenchy speedshites, the one arm suspension is wank , would you shag a bird with one leg ? i rest my case lol

[truslack]

Chives' 'ped is really comfy, and the acceleration was definitely nothing to be ashamed of (though I only took it across a car park!). Looks nice aswell, bargain at £400.
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[Graham88]

But in Manchester

I found a nice cheap Zip, but he doesn't like the colour

[JonPod91]

From what ive heard off my friends, and also from peugeot, the Peugeot Ludix blast is the fastest accelerating 50cc 'ped there is. Know someone who had one that said it could get to about 50 when de-restricted too so not too bad.

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[chillpill]

graham have you tried gumtree aka scumtree ? lol

full off ringers , stolen bikes , rude boi's , inbreds and sometimes it can be hard to find a legal bike but some real bargains can be found on there

[Kal]