50cc engine upgrade advice anyone?

[danchop]

if your a light person around 75kgs a suzuki uz125 can easily top 100km/h and if you want to fiddle theres heaps of go fast stuff for them and theyre bloody reliable

[Spearfish]

if your a light person around 75kgs a suzuki uz125 can easily top 100km/h and if you want to fiddle theres heaps of go fast stuff for them and theyre bloody reliable

And they are cheap at the moment, scoots and bikes seem cheaper around the end or the "season."

[MisterD]

disclaimer: no experience with them myself. BUT i have read a few nasty things about the retro scooter company (the importers) in terms of service, but I used to work in the same building as the guy who owns it (or did then) and he was a straight up guy, rode the same belladonna for 5 years. As far as I know, the Belladonna is LML, not Vespa. LML used to produce the Vespa under license, then started making this clone. I could be wrong tho, I'm sure someone will be along to correct me soon. Smart looking machine in that ad tho

Yeah spot on...LML is the Indian company that used to make Vespas under licence and makes the Belladonna clone now. In the States and Europe it's called the "Stella" so you can probably hook into a bit more info via that. I've not heard of any problems with them in standard trim and the usual 2-smoke issues when you start tinkering. Dunno about stability etc, hanging an engine on one side of a bike seems a silly idea to me - PM Flatcap, he used to run (a tuned) one before he got fed up of changing gears.

There's a new 4-stroke version coming soon I believe.

Pick up a second-hand one and take it to Scooterworld across the road from Retro for spanner work would be my advice

[CookMySock]

And they are cheap at the moment, scoots and bikes seem cheaper around the end or the "season."

It seems with the new licensing changes there is no financial advantage from registering a scoot, so likely that will impact their sales as well.

Steve

[DODO``]

Belladonna http://www.thescooterreview.com/comp...view?showall=1

PX200 http://www.thescooterreview.com/comp...-200?showall=1

these two reviews with what you guys told me seems to sumed it up for me. really.

I think I will stick with 150 at this stage, i will get the real vespa when Im rich enough to efford it ^^

got to list my vino on the market now. hope its not too late and out of "season"

Thanks very much for your advices guys, couldnt have made the decision without your help.

Thanks again.

[DODO``]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-284506556.htm


what do you think about this one here? anything i should be aware about before I buy them?