Best deal on TM?

**boy** · 20th February 2012, 15:20

Hey, new here.

Was wondering if anyone could help with finding a 50cc scooter on TM. Completely new to bikes, and just want a scooter to ride to school, and practices etc. I have no idea what a good scooter should cost, or what to look out for. please help me.

**FJRider** · 20th February 2012, 15:40

Figure out how much you can spend to have a legal/running scooter.

Enter number in the search window.

Click search.

Determine in the results given ... which one is best for you.

**boy** · 20th February 2012, 15:51

Originally Posted by FJRider

Figure out how much you can spend to have a legal/running scooter.

Enter number in the search window.

Click search.

Determine in the results given ... which one is best for you.

no disrespect, but for someone with that many posts, that is pretty poor advice. i was hoping for a more specific ideas such as "buy this yamaha jog.. its a good price."

**FJRider** · 20th February 2012, 16:01

Performance of most 50cc scooters is about the same. What you get is what you pay for ... usually.
How far you need to travel in your cummute, decides cc rating. 125's or larger may be needed in hilly or wind prone areas. Age and abuse the scooters have recieved usually denotes price. As does $$$ needed to get them legal again if they are not already.

At the end of the day ... the final decision is yours. Before you buy (hand over the dosh) test ride ... or ask one who knows to test ride for you.

BUT ... first you must know how much you have to spend. And then decide which ones fit your budget.

**mossy1200** · 20th February 2012, 16:22

Originally Posted by boy

Hey, new here.

Was wondering if anyone could help with finding a 50cc scooter on TM. Completely new to bikes, and just want a scooter to ride to school, and practices etc. I have no idea what a good scooter should cost, or what to look out for. please help me.

Give us the budget you have and the max you can spend.
Do you need do any hills or all flat?
Are you only doing 50 areas or do you need go faster?
Are you handy at fixing any faults or do you need a faultless ready to ride scooter?
Are you prepaired to get learners licence and go bigger than 50cc?
Whats your weekly budget for upkeep and running costs?

good information helps here cause assumption is the Mother of all fuck ups.

**boy** · 21st February 2012, 07:50

Originally Posted by mossy1200

Give us the budget you have and the max you can spend.
Do you need do any hills or all flat?
Are you only doing 50 areas or do you need go faster?
Are you handy at fixing any faults or do you need a faultless ready to ride scooter?
Are you prepaired to get learners licence and go bigger than 50cc?
Whats your weekly budget for upkeep and running costs?

good information helps here cause assumption is the Mother of all fuck ups.

Basically i want a fast scooter, mosty flat, 50cc, around 2k dollars, faultless, good condition no broken parts, heard yamaha jogs are good buy dont know what a good price for one is. preferably close to wellington so i dont need to go far to pickup.

**Lelitu** · 21st February 2012, 07:56

Originally Posted by boy

Basically i want a fast scooter, mosty flat, 50cc, around 2k dollars, faultless, good condition no broken parts, heard yamaha jogs are good buy dont know what a good price for one is. preferably close to wellington so i dont need to go far to pickup.

50cc is not going to be very fast, unless you get a 2 stroke.
and that will cost a *lot* more in maintenance. the 4 stroke 50's just lack the power to get much above 50.

technically, if it's capable of going over 50kph, you need a class 6 anyway.
good acceleration ,would be something else and depends a lot more on the torque from the engine.

**The Everlasting** · 21st February 2012, 16:42

I have owned a 4 stroke 50cc scooter,don't bother with one if your going to do hills,it's just too slow,you will end up getting overtaken by cars,trucks etc...once while going up a hill I almost got smashed into the Kerb by an impatient bus driver.

**boy** · 21st February 2012, 18:16

Originally Posted by Lelitu

50cc is not going to be very fast, unless you get a 2 stroke.
and that will cost a *lot* more in maintenance. the 4 stroke 50's just lack the power to get much above 50.

technically, if it's capable of going over 50kph, you need a class 6 anyway.
good acceleration ,would be something else and depends a lot more on the torque from the engine.

How much u talking on the a lot? 5 dollars in oil per week?