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Q. ...We have a car and minivan now, and sometimes neither is available, and I have errands to do. I want some another means of transportation, I have done some research on the web already, and I think a moped (49cc) would do it. I do not want anything I have to license.
...Any owners/former moped owners out there who have suggestions and/or cautions re mopeds? What's a good make? Can you direct me to good web site?
Thanks,
carson123
I live in the United States, in Northern Virginia, 25 miles south of Washington, D.C.
...Any owners/former moped owners out there who have suggestions and/or cautions re mopeds? What's a good make? Can you direct me to good web site?
Thanks,
carson123
I live in the United States, in Northern Virginia, 25 miles south of Washington, D.C.
Answer
Hello Carson123!
I just bought my moped last month. Getting great gas mileage (>110 mpg!)
It is only 49cc which means that I stick to streets that have limits of no more than 35mph. It can go up to around 42-43mph but I can count on other drivers to go at least 5 over the limit.
There is only one dealer in town that has a real service dept. This dealer sells Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha scoots. The other "dealer" in town sells Sunl scoots (no thanks, I'll keep on looking).
Avoid mainland Chinese scoots unless you're really, really handy. Their warranties have less value than Charmin tissue if you get the drift.
Japanese, Italian, and Taiwanese are the scoots to consider. Focus on the brands that offer local parts and service. I'd love a Vespa but nobody rides them here, so nobody sells them here, thus nobody services them here.
Scooters aren't bicycles, neither are they motorcycles. The riding experience is different. Safety is important. Take riding gear and the MSF class into consideration. There is no such thing as being too prepared.
Licensing is a different topic. I don't need an M class endorsement, tags, insurance, or even a helmet in Missouri on my 49cc scoot. I have everything 'cept the endorsement. That might change though.
There are no dealer websites that I can share. Don't buy over the internet unless you have a local dealer/service dept that can handle warranty work and general maintanence. But, I do know of a good site that has a great forum. Try http://www.urbanscootin.com/forum/index.php
Things to consider: 4-stroke v 2-stroke, water-cooled v air-cooled, CVT, linked braking, disc-brakes, DOT certified, certificate of origin...
Have fun with the possibilities. It's sure nice only spending about 3 bucks every 3 weeks at the gas pump. I like to think that I'm doing my part. The refineries won't upgrade and I no longer want to line their pockets. So, scoot I will.
Keep the faith!
D
Hello Carson123!
I just bought my moped last month. Getting great gas mileage (>110 mpg!)
It is only 49cc which means that I stick to streets that have limits of no more than 35mph. It can go up to around 42-43mph but I can count on other drivers to go at least 5 over the limit.
There is only one dealer in town that has a real service dept. This dealer sells Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha scoots. The other "dealer" in town sells Sunl scoots (no thanks, I'll keep on looking).
Avoid mainland Chinese scoots unless you're really, really handy. Their warranties have less value than Charmin tissue if you get the drift.
Japanese, Italian, and Taiwanese are the scoots to consider. Focus on the brands that offer local parts and service. I'd love a Vespa but nobody rides them here, so nobody sells them here, thus nobody services them here.
Scooters aren't bicycles, neither are they motorcycles. The riding experience is different. Safety is important. Take riding gear and the MSF class into consideration. There is no such thing as being too prepared.
Licensing is a different topic. I don't need an M class endorsement, tags, insurance, or even a helmet in Missouri on my 49cc scoot. I have everything 'cept the endorsement. That might change though.
There are no dealer websites that I can share. Don't buy over the internet unless you have a local dealer/service dept that can handle warranty work and general maintanence. But, I do know of a good site that has a great forum. Try http://www.urbanscootin.com/forum/index.php
Things to consider: 4-stroke v 2-stroke, water-cooled v air-cooled, CVT, linked braking, disc-brakes, DOT certified, certificate of origin...
Have fun with the possibilities. It's sure nice only spending about 3 bucks every 3 weeks at the gas pump. I like to think that I'm doing my part. The refineries won't upgrade and I no longer want to line their pockets. So, scoot I will.
Keep the faith!
D
Questions about Things in Japan?
mia
I never been abroad so I am curious What are the things you will find here in Japan but not in America or other countries?
Answer
Decent green tea of course, yes. You're lucky if you can get Japanese tea in the UK, although Chinese green tea is easier to find but it's not so nice in my opinion.
Fried foods (tenpura for example) sitting on a shelf in the supermarket, gradually cooling off and waiting for someone to buy it for lunch. Things would have to be refrigerated back home, and fried foods would lose that nice just-cooked crunch. Back home fried foods would either be sold hot, or frozen/chilled ready to bake or fry at home.
A sandwich with noodles in it. Back home you might find a chip butty (sandwich with fried potatoes in it) but never with yaki-soba.
Fried oysters. Most places they eat them alive, sometimes cooked, but never fried in crumbs.
Chairs with no legs.
So many cockroaches. (it's more cool in the UK, so they don't thrive so well.)
Train carriages with NO SEATS at all.
Vending machines out on the street, unguarded, even at night.
Pushchairs (baby-cars) that are suitable from 1 month upwards. They'd never sell that back home, people need pushchairs suitable from birth.
Sumo walking around the streets. Cool to see them, especially as they're not wearing their usual attire.
People riding bicycles, on the wrong side of the road, with a cell-phone or umbrella in one hand, and one or two children in child seats, without helmets, in the dark, with no lights, and not looking where they're going.
Vinegar and lemon flavour kitkats. Green tea flavour ones too of course. Green tea flavoured boiled sweets too (candy). Actually, green tea flavoured anything, it's not available in the UK except in limited quantities in oriental stores.
Fresh lotus root (ãããã). I've never even seen it in cans back home, but it might be available that way now.
Melon pan. As far as I know it's a Japanese creation and certainly nowhere I know of sells it.
Heated rugs. Kotatsu. Great big built-in cupboards that you can fit heaps of futons in, so big people back home could only dream of them.
If you're Japanese, are those links the fake Japanese provided genuine? I mean, the photos claiming to be vending machines of used knickers, are they really claiming that the items are soiled underwear?
Decent green tea of course, yes. You're lucky if you can get Japanese tea in the UK, although Chinese green tea is easier to find but it's not so nice in my opinion.
Fried foods (tenpura for example) sitting on a shelf in the supermarket, gradually cooling off and waiting for someone to buy it for lunch. Things would have to be refrigerated back home, and fried foods would lose that nice just-cooked crunch. Back home fried foods would either be sold hot, or frozen/chilled ready to bake or fry at home.
A sandwich with noodles in it. Back home you might find a chip butty (sandwich with fried potatoes in it) but never with yaki-soba.
Fried oysters. Most places they eat them alive, sometimes cooked, but never fried in crumbs.
Chairs with no legs.
So many cockroaches. (it's more cool in the UK, so they don't thrive so well.)
Train carriages with NO SEATS at all.
Vending machines out on the street, unguarded, even at night.
Pushchairs (baby-cars) that are suitable from 1 month upwards. They'd never sell that back home, people need pushchairs suitable from birth.
Sumo walking around the streets. Cool to see them, especially as they're not wearing their usual attire.
People riding bicycles, on the wrong side of the road, with a cell-phone or umbrella in one hand, and one or two children in child seats, without helmets, in the dark, with no lights, and not looking where they're going.
Vinegar and lemon flavour kitkats. Green tea flavour ones too of course. Green tea flavoured boiled sweets too (candy). Actually, green tea flavoured anything, it's not available in the UK except in limited quantities in oriental stores.
Fresh lotus root (ãããã). I've never even seen it in cans back home, but it might be available that way now.
Melon pan. As far as I know it's a Japanese creation and certainly nowhere I know of sells it.
Heated rugs. Kotatsu. Great big built-in cupboards that you can fit heaps of futons in, so big people back home could only dream of them.
If you're Japanese, are those links the fake Japanese provided genuine? I mean, the photos claiming to be vending machines of used knickers, are they really claiming that the items are soiled underwear?
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