How to make a scooter go faster

[The Pastor]

just change the fuel, run it on nitromethane from the model stores - put about 1/4 a cup in a tank of gas.

[UberRhys]

just change the fuel, run it on nitromethane from the model stores - put about 1/4 a cup in a tank of gas.

hmmm, sounds interesting. care to elaborate...

[The Pastor]

its the stuff RC cars and planes run on, also the drag cars use it to.

[gixxer-king]

Nitrous Oxide System if your really keen. its been done before, goes like a rocket, all the way to the garage just in time to give it a rebuild.

[The Pastor]

the nitro from the modle stores is the liquid from of nos and is waaaay cheaper, easy to mix it to your desired performance gain etc etc

[Sully60]

Push it out the back door of one of these

All of the aforementioned methods (the serious ones) of tuning two-stroke engine seem valid.

The issue with scooters and the way the transmission works is matching the drive engagement to the torque characteristics of the engine. You could end up improving the performance of the engine considerably and end up with a slower scooter because the peak torque is generated at a rev range that is never achieved with the standard trans. It takes some experimentation with the centrifugal drive roller weights etc to get this right.
Unfortunately for you these parts may not be readily available for the Melody. The earlier model Japanese scooters weren't really thought of as things worth hotting up and as such performance bit for these are difficult if not impossible to find.If you want to tune a moped get a Piaggio, or if you can a Suzuki TR50, now that's a scooter!

[Morcs]

I'm quite light so I don't need to lose any weight, I was thinking about putting a pod filter on and maybe getting a small expansion chamber off another bike for it. Or maybe even a bigger carby. It's got enough bottom end grunt for a 50 but it just tops out to low, I would like to get it to do at least 60kmh on a flat surface with no wind.

Seriously. why bother.

Get a decent scooter. Even if you want to stay on a 50 there are some good options. My Gilera DNA 50 used to top out at 105kph.

[gixxer-king]

theres some clown on trademe selling scooters designed to do wheel stands.

[Sully60]

theres some clown on trademe selling scooters designed to do wheel stands.

You've got my attention, now where's the link?!

[motorbyclist]

i've heard that pods filters (once the mix has been corrected so it doesn't seize) can make a noticable difference to small motors like these....

and expansion chamber is a finely tuned piece of equipment so don't expect miracles from swapping from other bikes

and remember anything you do to make it faster will ultimately shorten it's life

so you're better off buying a decent scooter/small bike to begin with


and i'm told that technically if you put out more that 2.2KW it's no longer classed as a moped