Scooter economy?

[xwhatsit]

Which is equivalent to 40-50 km/l, or 113-141 mpg (Imperial).

The world does make sense, after all. Phew!

Nope! Sorry!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_cub claims 146km/L. That's based on 30kph average -- which is about what you'd average around town. Not screaming at the 70kph top speed heh

Also, check this official page from Honda -- http://www.honda.co.jp/motor-lineup/...uip/index.html -- they claim 130km/L there too.

Even the C90 (90cc) is supposed to get 200mpg, which is about 85km/L.

[KelvinAng]

My spanking new 4-stroke 50cc scooter does 40km/L, and I usually ride it at or near its top speed (speedo reads 60km/hr). I accelerate hard from stop to go (relative to the bike, of course!) because it's pretty mild and I need to keep up with that cage in front. It's supposed to get 50km/L if I ride it at 30km/hr.

I ride to work on it everyday, about 25km one way, and ride about on weekends to do my shopping. Fuel costs $9.xx each week, top up once a week. 7L tank.

Before I got this I test rode a 2-stroke scooter. Didn't like the sound of the engine. Didn't like the lack of gradual acceleration... a bit too jumpy for me I guess.

[disenfranchised]

You don't have to pay for WOF if I'm not mistaken. That a few weeks of petrol worth

And the rego will be massively cheaper...I think they have a much smaller ACC levy or something...

Combined you'd probably save around $150 per year wouldn't ya?

[Socrates]

Got a Piaggio Fly 125cc, get 29-30km/l. But that's travelling at no more than 70km/h - due to 50km/h Posted speed limit :

[marty]

I'm investigating Honda Cub C50s/C100s (both 50cc, don't get confused with the name), and apparently the claimed figure of 130km/L is remarkably accurate. Some of the best 250cc motorcycles are lucky to get much more than 30km/L. C50 also only has about a four litre tank, so that's 520km range from less than $4. Wicked. No oil to add like a two-stroke either, and the chain is fully enclosed so you don't have to worry about that much.

Shit mate, where are you buying gas from?

[firefighter]

Shit mate, where are you buying gas from?

willy wonka?

[avgas]

Girlfriends scoot used to get 220km from a 4L tank.
I'm not working today so i refuse to do any math. But that seems good value for money.
I mean at 55k/L thats awesome in my books.
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Oh for fucks sake!!!!

[Pedrostt500]

Had a honda Z50 copy it was about $6 a tank till some Bastard decided they should have it for them selves and nicked it, for a Chinese peice of junk it sure went well, and was a lot of fun to ride.

[Pogo2]

If you are talking about a 50cc 2 stroke then it is 35-40km's per ltr, depending on load and how hard you ride it.This info comes from a shop in New Lynn that sells and services them (and the owners own experience).
The 4 strokes use even less but are very gutless and will do 50kph (max) so ,the 2 stroke, with a couple of cheap mods (bolt on parts supplied as options) that does 70kph without using any more fuel seems to be the best bet

Slightly OT, but where is the scooter shop in New Lynn?

[xwhatsit]

Shit mate, where are you buying gas from?

Rofl, I was doubling it in my head, but I still wrote it down as half. $8, you know what I meant

[aewilliam]

Got a 2stroke Suzuki AZ50, did about 35km /day, and got 120km per tank (5+ ish litres). After getting a Derestricted CDI, it went up to about 150km. worked out a about 3.5l/100km. Flat road topspeed went up to about 60km/h with new CDI.
Got a 2stroke RS250. DOn't ven ask about economy!
Added to my 2smokers a 125cc 4stroke Suzuki UZ125 (hey COlemans is just across the road!!! am waiting for the $$ and licence to get the B-King. and the testicular fortitude)
125cc uses less than 3.1l/100km. And thats including motorway 100kmh speeds.
And a 25min trip home rather than 40min
Guess if i am focussing on gas economy, the 125cc wins for me.
On convenience, the 125cc wins for me.
The ongoing maintenance costs arent too much more than the 50cc.
But the main diffs are the rego, warrants, and insurance...
But have really stopped using the 50cc. the peace of mind of the ability to out-brake and accelerate/out maneouvre most cagers on my 125cc trumps the ongoing costs.
Would suggest if you weigh anything over 70kg (or maybe even less?) the 50cc is not the way to go... or maybe its just the AZ50. Also, the budget on your scoot woudl depend on the performance of the 50cc too...
My bits worth

[twistemotion]

On a 2 stroke Suzuki SJ50QT I get 30km/l. It's 3.5 km commute to work, and I use a lot of full throttle. Adjusting the spark plug gap to the correct setting made a 7km/l improvement, and got rid of most of the lag when opening up after coasting down a hill!

[glice]

Would suggest if you weigh anything over 70kg (or maybe even less?) the 50cc is not the way to go...

only 55ish
so should pull me alright
bugdet is around the 500 mark if I decide to get one, but some of these numbers arnt that much better than my bike.

how much is a new cdi?

[Pogo2]

and suprising the fuel economy of the smaller scoots. Although slight bigger in displacement my 400cc scoot is getting up to 27km/l on the motorway and about 23-25 km/l around town. Upon reflection I am pretty pleased about that. My previous 4 stoke 150 used to return 33-35 km/l. So I guess in this case if you double your cc's you certainly don't double your consumption.

Anyone out there with bigger scoot getting good economy?

[Swoop]

Had to chuckle at the supermarket over the weekend. Listening in to a conversation between tow females chatting. "husband has sold his car and bought a scooter! Just loves it! Sooo economical, etc, etc" "She has kept her car to run the kids around in" blah, blah...

This info comes from a shop in New Lynn that sells and services them (and the owners own experience).

That wouldn't be Wild West Honda by any chance?