DNA's

[Monkfish]

are DNA's good bikes and with a 50cc are they slow compared to other scooters

[RooRoo]

terrible 'bikes', not really bikes at all, mopeds..

[LorryDriver71]

They aren't bikes there scooters, just like any other scooter 45mph or so, look crap, sound crap.

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[Monkfish]

oh im so sorry i offended you by calling a scooter a bike it still has two wheels doesnt it. i may be new but im not that dumb and i thought it would have been slightly obvious that i was talkin about a scooter seeiing as thats what dna's is and its 50cc

[steveh]

Well i've only ever ridden one once, but there nice looking machines with a comfy riding position but not very fast, wen i was looking for a 50cc i read a few reviews and they all say pretty much the same thing, there slow machines and when de-restricted, there nothing but trouble, oil leaks are one of the major problems with them as i remember, id go for the 125cc DNA aa you wont really want to de-restrict them, if you dont want a ped but want something that looks like a bike id go for a motor cross bike,

btw how old are you ? i'm guessing if your looking for a 50cc your turning 16??

steve
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[Monkfish]

yeah 16 but i dont really want one i jus saw one with 125miles on the clock with a lady owner for a £1000 so i was wondering if it was worth it

[JonB]

[JonB]

A female friend of mine has one of these, I don't know why, I just don't like them, they look ugly in a weird kind of way.

I also thought they were geared and she told me they aint, so she would of been better off buying a scooter.

Can you only get them in that horrible yellow/green colour?
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[Ste]

Sorry to disappoint you, but they're not bikes, they're scooters which have had a vague effort made to make them look like bikes (sadly failed quite badly). Fast compared to other 50cc, they're restricted to 30mph like all the others, de-restricted they're probably slower than the others.

I'd suggest get a cheap unfaired geared 50cc so that when you get a 125cc you're already used to gears, and unfaired so it doesn't get too damaged when dropped.

Lorry Driver, the reason for it asking for you to have a certain post length because you post nothing but crap, and the more crap you continue to post the worse your karma is going to get so stop digging the hole and put the spade down!!!

[divuk83]

DNA 50's have good engines but are fairly heavy bikes so are not as quick as the other bikes with the same piaggio engine. I have seen people mod them up to look quite nice, but I'm still not that keen on scooters that pretend to be bikes.

Dave

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[Munday]

My mate at college had a 50cc DNA and then when he turned 17 had a 125cc one.
They don't seem to be too bad but its all down to personal taste really. Looking back I used to think they were great but now I think they look funny.
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[steveh]

engine doesnt even look like a 125 (on the 125's) the can makes it look shite too its a ped with abit in the middle. the tanks not a tank.... its a helmet box

sigh.


steve
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[JonB]

[The Tot]

I've got 2 "Ruff Ryder" style kids in the lower 6th in my College with these bikes. They saw my XR and were quite bemused saying that "they can have me!" I laughed at them and said, "mate, ride a PROPER BIKE PROPERLY and not a crap bike dangerously". Met up with these 2 short ruff ryders after an arduous last lesson (physics) and decided to have a ride down Harrow on the Hill with them, they couldn't even keep up with me . Moral is, if you want a piaggio engined bike, get an NRG, Typhoon or at the most, a runner; NOT a DNA as they're nearly as heavy as my XR. Too much of the wrong type of people ride DNA's my way and by meeting a person with one of them, they're always asking for a race (previous countless experience that is)
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[tony532]

monkfish:-

test ride some scooters if you can and the dna see whats best for you.

doesnt matter what other people think about your scooter/bike at the end of the day

if you like it and it gets you from a to b then thats good enough for me mate

all this my scooter/bikes faster than yours that you get on every website/forum is patently b*llocks

[Mister James]

[The Tot]

Mr James, do you know where the S-bends are near Harrow School going past that post office (i.e. that bloody Mr's Dave's shop who kicked me out for wearing a helmet!... i was taking it off to buy some fags whilst on a lunch break ). That's where i had the nice "proposition". It was a "who could take the fastest (read also safest) line through the bends. But knowing the DNA's they could barely top 30! ... Evidently, how comes you're quite accustomed to St Dom's? Former pupil yourself?

Mind you, you might have met me whilst on my NRG... i'm not like most pedbois in Harrow, I have to courtesy to NOD to fellow bikers. BTW, what bike do you ride now? I keep getting nods off some guy on a cruiser as i'm pulling into St Dom's, and some guy in my college (admin) rides a Hayabusa... anyway this is a/bit/ off topic.

End story is... depending on where you're from, DNA's are usually ridden badly from my experience and other scooter riders tend to dismiss them, i knew a few mechanics at Rex Judd's who rode tricked out Runners and they all told me to stay away from EVERY version of the DNA (these were full on ped bois! ) Just a thought for you... an NRG is just AS good!
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[Tom Delonge]

I think that DNA's look quite funny for a boot!! (bike come scoot?! lol). Look's like somebody at the biolab facility took the wrong phial when designing the genetics of this bike! . Seriously, I ride a gilera runner, and was tempted to buy one of these (the 125) a few years ago when i hit 17, but didn't really bother. They are not the rage everybody claims they are and just impractical. I can't even fit 2 shopping bags in the tank!... where's the space to hang your shopping on this bike ? Think about it..

[Mister James]

[The Tot]

[Mister James]

The Junction? You've probably seen me in there at some point then, although I've not been much in the last month or two, nothing to do at work since the riot, so been taking advantage and drinking in London in the afternoons instead!

Ahhh the junction, full of teeny boppers, young fillies, and wanna be gangstaz. The trick to not being thrown out is to be as big, or bigger, than the bouncers, about 5 years older than anyone else in the pub, and actually be able to drink legally! Got on well with the door staff since I used to work in the courts, and pop in for a pint or two after work with my cuffs and all the gear on under my jumper They probably think I'm undercover 5-0 or something, bless.

A good place for a few cheap drinks though, maybe you can get me a yellow card so I dont keep having to pay through the nose - after all, my taxes are putting you through college!

Good to know the proud hill drinking/fumbling traditions continue, might pop up there and see if any mini RudeBois try to mug me, post-pub entertainment is always welcome!

I was at Hatch End, then Northwood. My sister has just finished her degree, so well before your time I guess. Salvo ehhh? Hatch end used to fight them, although I was such a boffin at the time I never got involved, I had a side parting for God's sake!