Motorbike to scooter

[Warren]

I am thinking of selling my FXR150 to get a scooter.

I have been eying up a brand new sj125t which costs $3000 +orc. The main reasons for swapping are more luggage space (I will probably get a top box as well), more protection from the elements (I have to ride rail hail or snow) and it will also be brand new.

Does anyone else have one and how good are they? what is the actual top speed and any other good/bad points.

[Flyingpony]

Pass on the build or operational quality.
I do know from experience and by the looks of it, you won't be able to carry much stuff between your legs on the foot area.
And you do appear to want cargo-carrying ability.

[texmo]

have been on one not sure top speed they arent very good and hard to work and if you want a brand spanker get a et4 but are quite pricy at $6k or get a belladonna for $3800 will do a million km's its realy top speed is 110.

[Magua]

have been on one not sure top speed they arent very good and hard to work and if you want a brand spanker get a et4 but are quite pricy at $6k or get a belladonna for $3800 will do a million km's its realy top speed is 110.

Texmo dude, whatever happened to you buying a motorcycle?

[texmo]

Money happened, I am saving but I cant bring my self to sell my lambretta and my racing scoot is almost done so once I have finnished that I might get a VFR400.

[DingDong]

I saw one of those things today and thought (to myself) "who in there right mind would buy goofy scooter like that?" Well... Warren would

[zooter]

I am thinking of selling my FXR150 to get a scooter.

I have been eying up a brand new sj125t which costs $3000 +orc. The main reasons for swapping are more luggage space (I will probably get a top box as well), more protection from the elements (I have to ride rail hail or snow) and it will also be brand new.

Does anyone else have one and how good are they? what is the actual top speed and any other good/bad points.

theres a biggish 150 cc suzuki scoot on trademe with minimal k's on it, absolute bargain

[Ghost Lemur]

Have a look a the Gilera DNA 180. ~$5k brand new, looks like a streetfighter but is a scooter.

[skidMark]

i have a feeling u are having a temporary moment of insanity your going to go from a 150 cc sport biike to a err scooter :nuts: but i see your point about the space...you could always buy a cager

[texmo]

3800 for a brand new belladonna its an indian tractor that will do 100,000 km's before needing a rebuild, put a pollini kit on it $350 and a bigger carb $150 and it will be much faster than a FXR150 although its top speed will only be around the 125km/hr mark

[Mr. Peanut]

I have one of these, top speed is about 100, 90 is hard on the engine and 80 is cruising speed, feels like transmission is limiting top speed rather than the engine. 14hp out of 125cc so it's powerful for its class, probably better acceleration than your fxr150. Pulls pretty hard up to 70kph.

These dont come with the full screens you may have seen on some american or european sites, those are UC125's so im not sure about weather protection vs your fxr.

Space under the seat is enough for a helmet and a bit more, and these scooters look pretty sweet, always getting compliments (Bias anyone?)

Still you might be better off getting a top box and saving yourself some time.

As for build quality, no complaints yet, plastic body gets on my nerves a bit so keep a bottle of plastic preserver (Turtle wax 2000 is good) otherwise it'll fade/crack etc, but hey easier to replace a $40 plastic panel than it is to get rust out of a bike no?

Handling is adequate, I can't compare it to anything because this is my first bike, haven't seen much in my rear view mirror yet. brakes are good, rear drum is a bit of a joke though, needs a lot of pull to lock it.

In terms of value for money it's miles above anything else (compare this to a PGO or a vespa ET4/2 and you'll see what I mean) not to mention the fact that the more expensive scooters out there look naff.

I want a 250cc motorcycle, so i'm interested in selling my 2002 SJ125. Its got about 1700k on it for $2100, you'd be saving yourself a lot of money and you wouldnt have to run in the engine (this takes 1600km). Still don't take this into account, I tried to be as unbiased as possible and I hope this helped you.

[texmo]

miles above an ET4/2 are you mentaly deranged? they are one of the best scooters money can buy, kevin at scooter world has sold over 100 ET2's and you know how many he has had problems with? 1 and thats because the guy put a mallossi kit on it and a mallossi egnition. standard they will do 60-80,000 km's before needing a new crank, $150+$60 (parts+labour). and the ET4 will do about 80,000kms before need an engine recondition. Another good thing about ET's is they keep there price, But thats if you can find one no body sells them even if they stop riding them to work, because they start every time and are no hassel's great if you every feel like jsut going up to the dairy to going for a ride. They are one of the best handling scooters as well, better than anything else I have ever riden, they have under seat storage for your helmet and lunch, and you can buy a front and rear rack and if you so desire a rear topbox. The ET4 will be faster than a FXR150 off the mark till about 80 then it will still do 110 on a flat, The ET2 de-restriced will go 60 and if you have a mallossi, which I highly reccomend it will do 80 and will have enough power to get infront of traffic from the lights. Not fast enough get a gillera Runner with a crusing speed of over 120 and top speed of over 140 and more accelleration than you can poke a stick at faster from 0-100 than a WRX less than 5.1 seconds, with the cumfort of automatic, too big you say? get a typhoon its a 125cc 2stroke and is faster in accelleration than a runner to about 80 because its so light fat tyres gives it heaps of hold and the auto gear box make life easy, Scooter world has one left I belive and will sell it cheep $4300 or something im told. piaggio is unsurpassed in building scooters (apart from Lambretta).
The japs make great motorbikes better than the Italian's some even say but they havent put the effort into scooters yet the Italian's still reign the world of scooter and with the gt250ie about to come out with a top speed over over 150km/hr I cant see it changing anytime soon.

[sels1]

Still you might be better off getting a top box and saving yourself some time.

My bike came with a topbox and I thought it looked a bit naff to start with but it is just sooo useful I hardly ever take it off.

BTW welcome aboard the site MrPeanut

[MisterD]

Texmo's being a bit generous about the top speed of an ET4, 100k/60m is what you'll see on the speedo, which I'm more than a bit dubious of....but it is transmission limited I've got a 187 Malossi kit on my ET4 and it's got buckets of power, but didn't go any faster top end until I put a higher final drive in, and I now get 11% more speed.

If anyone's interested, it's got a Malossi var, polini clutch and a PM tuning pipe and sounds like a ducati's baby brother...

[Drunken Monkey]

i have a feeling u are having a temporary moment of insanity your going to go from a 150 cc sport biike to a err scooter :nuts: but i see your point about the space...you could always buy a cager

I'd hardly classify the fxr as a 'sportbike'.

At least the scooter doesn't make a false pretense about being something 'sporty'. And chicks dig scooters (the ones that count, anyway, you evil detractors who have made vocal their opposition to my opinion in a previous scooteria thred :P ).