01-28-2011, 11:13 AM
Many of the "big wheel" scooters will go quite fast. The scooterts with the 10" wheels don't have the stability of the ones with 16" wheels. My wife has a SYM HD200 which will cruise at 55-65 with no problem, and it's pretty stable with the 16" wheels. The scooter is stock. It has a four valve cylinder head, a ceramic coated cylinder, and is water cooled. And it gets 65-85 mpg or so. It's really just 172 ccs-though they call it a 200. The darn thing is so fun to ride and can carry so much stuff that I ride it a lot and let my Sportster sit.
When gas prices got so high around 1980 scooters were selling like hot cakes and the dealers stocked up with all they could get. But when the gas prices went down again most of the buying stopped leaving the dealers way overstocked. Around here (western Washington State) there are, in some cases, still leftover 2008 models, and 2009, 2010. It's a buyers market for now, but with all the talk about gas prices going up again (to $4-$5 per gallon), the scootyers prices will probably go back up too, and I am seeing that happen here all ready.
jon
Jon in Puyallup, Wa.
Jon in Keaau/HPP