Scooter Survival

[russd7]

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I have the most fun on the scooter.

Basically it teaches me great lessons in preserving momentum a.k.a. riding smoothly. If you lose momentum, it takes a while to get it back, so you learn to maintain lines that allow for preservation of momentum. It also teaches you not to brake too often, another waste of momentum. I now ride in a manner (have done for years) where I smoothe out the ride and just don't need to brake as much as I did as an impetuous youngster.

All that said, I own my lane, and I don't hold people up. It gets up to 50-mumble quite well.

Bring on the derision. I love my Adly Silver Fox.

chuck some pit bike tyres on it and they are a shit load of fun off road as well, tho the plastic doesn't last long but that just reduces weight.
they do not work well as submarines tho

[Hobbyhorse]

I have a 1988 Vespa 50S and a Chihuahua ... but I do not let on to my biker mates about either of them.

[rastuscat]

To be fair I sometimes worry about my manliness.

I have that scooter, and two Maltese.

[Moi]

I have a 1988 Vespa 50S and a Chihuahua ... but I do not let on to my biker mates about either of them.

To be fair I sometimes worry about my manliness.

I have that scooter, and two Maltese.

Greg didn't seem to mind...

[caseye]

I have a 1988 Vespa 50S and a Chihuahua ... but I do not let on to my biker mates about either of them.

An you just know we will! Mercilessly. Nothing wrong with scooters that a bigger engine and wheels doesn't fix!
A Chi wa wa, NoOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
I'll ride with you anywhere anytime me ol mate.

[Moi]

Nothing wrong with scooters that a bigger engine and wheels doesn't fix!...

What's wrong with 10" wheels and 200cc of unbridled 2T power?

[caseye]

What's wrong with 10" wheels and 200cc of unbridled 2T power?

Are you for reel?
LOL, sorry mate , couldn't resist, I've ridden em and not fallen off and love riding them around Raro, so hardly a critic, really.
Un Bridled, wots dat mean??? No bra?

[Moi]

... Un Bridled, wots dat mean??? No bra?

I think not!

[rambaldi]

I assume usual road worthy-ness tests apply to scooters? Plenty I see around here where you are lucky to see a mirror let alone two. And the riders certainly wouldn't be using them if they had em.

My wife did one of the Auckland Transport four hour courses a few years ago, I think they developed into the Scooter Survival things. Sounds like she got a bit out of it.

[Moi]

My understanding is that a moped [has an engine cylinder capacity not exceeding 50ml and a maximum speed not exceeding 50km/h - NZTA website ] doesn't need a WoF.

However, a scooter [has an engine cylinder capacity exceeding 50ml, or has a maximum speed exceeding 50km/h - NZTA website] does need a WoF and you need a motorcycle licence to ride it.

I stand to be corrected...

[rambaldi]

My understanding is that a moped [has an engine cylinder capacity not exceeding 50ml and a maximum speed not exceeding 50km/h - NZTA website ] doesn't need a WoF.

However, a scooter [has an engine cylinder capacity exceeding 50ml, or has a maximum speed exceeding 50km/h - NZTA website] does need a WoF and you need a motorcycle licence to ride it.

I stand to be corrected...

Yeah, they don't need a WoF but pretty sure they can't be an un-safe shit heap and still be on the road. Or they can be, they just never get checked.

[Moi]

Yeah, they don't need a WoF but pretty sure they can't be an un-safe shit heap and still be on the road. Or they can be, they just never get checked.

Have a look at this... the NZTA requirements for a moped...

Guess your second comment was answered by Rastuscat when he said many police don't know the ins-and-outs of the road regulations.

Number of years ago a moped rider was knocked off their moped by a vehicle turning right. The moped was in the bus lane on Dominion Rd in the morning and the vehicle did the usual vehicle thing - there's a gap, I can go - and hit the moped. At the time there was comment in the local media that both the driver and the moped rider were charged - the driver for failing to give way and the rider for riding in a lane they were not permitted to be in. Never did hear what happened to it all - as usual the media never follows up and finding out what does happen becomes almost impossible.

The bus lane allows for cycles and motorcycles: so, technically, a moped may not be allowed to use a bus lane. The other one that would be interesting to test would be if a Yamaha Tricity can use a bus lane - they are registered as a motorcar.

[rambaldi]

Have a look at this... the NZTA requirements for a moped...

Guess your second comment was answered by Rastuscat when he said many police don't know the ins-and-outs of the road regulations.

Number of years ago a moped rider was knocked off their moped by a vehicle turning right. The moped was in the bus lane on Dominion Rd in the morning and the vehicle did the usual vehicle thing - there's a gap, I can go - and hit the moped. At the time there was comment in the local media that both the driver and the moped rider were charged - the driver for failing to give way and the rider for riding in a lane they were not permitted to be in. Never did hear what happened to it all - as usual the media never follows up and finding out what does happen becomes almost impossible.

The bus lane allows for cycles and motorcycles: so, technically, a moped may not be allowed to use a bus lane. The other one that would be interesting to test would be if a Yamaha Tricity can use a bus lane - they are registered as a motorcar.

Thanks for the link, surprised to mirrors are only a requirement if it was manufactured on or after 1 Jan 2000.

[rastuscat]

Just to clarify.

A moped isn't required to have a WoF, but it must be up to WoF standard. In the same way that a bike with a current WoF can still get ticketed for not being up to WoF standard if it's not.

Have a look at this if you are looking for sleep.

http://www.nzta.govt.nz/vehicles/veh...hicle-classes/

[danchop]

scooters rule in suburbia,you can treat the streets as your own personal racetrack.such fun....being not taken seriously means fewer tickets and the chance of a trophy ride far more achieveable