Best 50cc around to suit a 16 year old!!

[Tom_N]

hi i am 15 and almost coming 16. I had planned to save up and get an NSR when i am 17 but have changed my mind and want to get a 50. What would you reccomend. I dont really mind step throughs but a sporty one would be nice. Reasonably priced ones??

[Dom_]

RS50's can be picked up for £600, good to learn gears on, handle better than most scooters and look more like a bike to n00bs.

[Cog Head]

Get your self a Rieju RS2 50cc MATRIX Race Replica

there the best looking 50cc
" " " most durable
supposibly the fastest when de- restricted and done properly
have the best breaks on a 50.
the rarest 50cc, not seen another on the road yet
but it can be difficult to find the parts you want for them, performance that is, just contact CG Chell, the UK Dealer and the can sort out your replacement parts


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[Rookie]

Variations of the RS are the Derbi GPR50, Rieju RS2, Motorhispania RX50, Peugeot XR8, there's a couple more. All effectively the same machine, except the Derbi, which has a different engine.

I don't recommend the sports ones though; if you're going for a geared bike I'd go for an off road style one. DT50 for example.

[jonnay]

best looking 50 IMO is an old one, but a good 'un, and also very cheap This model derbi GPR 50;

https://www.bikepics.com/pics/pics/honda-nsr125-01-bikepics-480911.jpg
(on the right, left is my NSR, obviously)

https://www.bikepics.com/pics/pics/honda-nsr125-01-bikepics-480915.jpg

They look really good, nice and light, too. Little more robust than an RS, IMO, they tend to withstand drops better.

Goes well, too
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[Dom_]

Derbi has worse build quality as does Reiju, the reiju will not be faster as it uses the same engine as the rs50 and weighs more. The brAkes are better on the rs. Looks is a matter of opinion.

The reiju, motorhispania and peugeot are all about equal, all cheaply made and all will fall apart soonish.

The gpr makes slightly more power than the rs as standard.

[Ste]

Something with gears.
Something cheap.
Something without fairings.
Something that's not been owned by some pedboi who tells you about how amazingly fast it is.
Something that's mostly standard, the more aftermarket anodized parts there are fitted to it, the less it's been looked after.

Sell it once you're 17.

[Groove]

[Rookie]

Not strictly true anyway. It is in a lot of learner bikes I suppose, but not all the time. The one which is owned by a mechanics son - that's the one to buy.

[Aikman666]

What kind of size (height wise) are you speedfreak?
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[Cog Head]

i think the new version of the GPR50 looks more sportyer
but i think that my bike looks the best tho

https://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3057/dscn08935ha.jpg

am going to take some more pics of my bike this weekend, as i have recently fitted a new exhaust, and ill clean it beffore i take the pics
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[riichy]

any scoota.....


dont kid yourself like i was going to do...

geard 50cc bikes

*brake
*cost lots
*are small
*unsafe to ride


get a cheap scoota untill your 17 then do what i did and get somthing bigger.....may be a zxr400
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[Type_Mo]

Get a scooter 1st for some road sence. You will get bored, but there plenty of things to do to it.

did u know that a mlossi sticker adds nearly 4bhp at the wheel




Scooter for a year IMHO
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[Dom_]