About the Yamaha Jog 50

[The Wop]

The only vehicle that makes a scooter look manly!!

[Aerox50]

mate .. for about the same price, you can get a 2nd hand GN off Tardme.. those 50cc ANYTHINGS are a danger in traffic..even de-restricted

You think so?
My 50cc Scoot does 70-80kph de-restricted. It also beats other cars/scoots/bikes off the line.

Love to know your thinking/reasoning behind the comment above?

[SARGE]

You think so?
My 50cc Scoot does 70-80kph de-restricted. It also beats other cars/scoots/bikes off the line.

Love to know your thinking/reasoning behind the comment above?

lets just say ive got a long history in the industry..the 50cc stuff is too small to be seen well in traffic.. the lights are not bright enough .. the tires are too small and dodgy at the best of times..

i could go on but i wont

and i dont see a 50cc anything beating a bike off the line unless you count mini-choppers as a bike .. ( i dont)

dont get me wrong man .. im not bagging your choice here .. just seems youd be safer and better off on a proper bike.. the Yam Scorpio, the GN, etc)..

seen too may scooters end up crashed because they are nearly invisible

[Aerox50]

lets just say ive got a long history in the industry..the 50cc stuff is too small to be seen well in traffic.. the lights are not bright enough .. the tires are too small and dodgy at the best of times..

i could go on but i wont

and i dont see a 50cc anything beating a bike off the line unless you count mini-choppers as a bike .. ( i dont)

dont get me wrong man .. im not bagging your choice here .. just seems youd be safer and better off on a proper bike.. the Yam Scorpio, the GN, etc)..

seen too may scooters end up crashed because they are nearly invisible

Dont get me wrong either, I just see this as a fun discussion.

My scooter has nice wide 13" wheels, wrapped in pirelli rubber (as standard).
The scoot itself is as wide and high as most bikes.

Your statement was obviously a very generic one, I was just providing an exception to it.

and my de-restricted 50cc has beaten bikes off the line (to about 20-30kph) when the bigger bikes start to make decent revs.
(my scoot does have an aftermarket expansion chamber tho.)

[SARGE]

Dont get me wrong either, I just see this as a fun discussion.

My scooter has nice wide 13" wheels, wrapped in pirelli rubber (as standard).
The scoot itself is as wide and high as most bikes.

Your statement was obviously a very generic one, I was just providing an exception to it.

and my de-restricted 50cc has beaten bikes off the line (to about 20-30kph) when the bigger bikes start to make decent revs.
(my scoot does have an aftermarket expansion chamber tho.)

fair enough...be careful out there

[davereid]

My scooter has nice wide 13" wheels, wrapped in pirelli rubber (as standard).
The scoot itself is as wide and high as most bikes.

Agreed, my 50cc moped reg. scooter will out-brake and out-corner any GN250 - its got lovely wide soft-compound tyres, great suspension, and disks front and rear with full floating calipers.

Peugeots 125 Jetforce has discs front and rear, center hub steering, and ABS brakes. Fitted with the factory option supercharger it will blow away the GN, the Scorpio and lots of other learner legal bikes.

[Freakshow]

My advice if you are in the city is get a second hand cheap and nasty looking machine as then it is less likly to get nicked. The only benifit to a new one is they are shiny and sparkly. This does not matter as it is still a scooter!

Still a good idea though as I am finding mine a great (cheap) way around the burbs

[scissorhands]

Lots of dangers out there... scary looking mother fuckers! Enough of the scooter bashing! yeah, their mostly idiots, but who cares! Thye industry takes their money... I've riden scoots for years, trips are usually 2-4 km, there perfect! ride every friggin day, sometimes 100km round the city. polini, oversize carb, car does better mpg... Always upsetting black SUV's! Sports bikers are at school polishing there knobs waiting for the weekend while i'm trickn! Scooterists rebel, enough of this subjegation! my drum is bigger than your drum!

[scissorhands]

jog cdi very difficult to derestrict as is 8 wire and nobody knows unless your do a mile of leg work, I have tried, very econo tho at 50km/litre

[accel_unlimited]

id have to say 1500 is the biggest rip off ive ever seen for a scooter like that in my entire life.... i got a 2006 honda dio ZX for $850...

[UberRhys]

id have to say 1500 is the biggest rip off ive ever seen for a scooter like that in my entire life.... i got a 2006 honda dio ZX for $850...

There will always be better bargains in the second hand market of course. But as new it is a good buy, as is (and I am speaking about the new bike market from a dealer) the Yamaha UZ125 @ $2700.