Thinking of a scooter

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ChrisInNotts said:
This is what I just got for £600 :-) 1975 Honda CF70 Chaly. It does take two but its a little intimate so not so good for long trips! 40 years old and only 3,000 miles so its in better condition than many 5 year scooters. As several have commented above those engines are nearly indestructible.

Keith
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i sold one with same miles to my nab £200 ,looks like i was dun.
 
shawbags said:
The Honda C50 , 70 , 90 were the best selling motorcycle ever , I had them when I was a kid over the fields and they could put up with almost any kind of punishment , if you go for one of these go for the 90cc .
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Back in the 70`s i had a little C70 that i used to get to work on ( no buses anywhere near ).

Half a gallon of fuel once in a blue moon and it just kept running and running and running ....... loved it :wave:
 
Find a Honda C90 . A few years ago we were waiting to get on the Pride of Bilbao on the bike on our way to Montelo for the GP and queuing with us was a chap on a C90 with a couple of bags strapped to his saddle and a 2litre coke bottle full of petrol fastened inside the leg shields, his long range fuel tank. Talking to him he had ridden down from Preston and said he fancied riding around the coast of Spain and up through Portugal. P&O didn't even charge him for the bike and said they would just class it as a pushbike. A few days later we were sitting outside a bar on the front in Benidorm when who should come tootaling past waving but the chap on the Honda C90. Well on his way for a lap of Spain and Portugal. I take my hat off to him.

Was that you Wooie. :wave:
 
trevskoda said:
i sold one with same miles to my nab £200 ,looks like i was dun.
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The Honda Monkey bikes fetch silly money and its dragging the price of the more serious Chalys up as well. Its a bit daft really as they are just a stripped down C50/70/90. Mind you, C90s are not cheap any more. I used a C90 as my daily transport for 10 years when I was younger. It was completely worn out but just kept on going.....

Keith
 
siimplyloco said:
Hi Allen
Is that the same as you had last year? It's my memory you see...
John
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No John, last winter we took the pizza delivery bike to Spain ! Honda 50 city express step through...we were 2 up and went everywhere on it, even has a kick start.....and what a head turner.

How goes it with the villa ?

Allen
 
wints said:
No John, last winter we took the pizza delivery bike to Spain ! Honda 50 city express step through...we were 2 up and went everywhere on it, even has a kick start.....and what a head turner.

How goes it with the villa ?

Allen
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Hence my question, I didn't think that I was going mad! We are not yet decided as to the villa. I think we'll save up for Croatia instead so you'll have to leave those big towels at home...:scooter:
Regards
John
 
We have a yamaha sygnus 125 scoot, i use it to go to work and as a general run around. We actually went from Sheff to the NEC other month to the motor home show, bit of wondering if we could, but got there and back no probs, and for about a tenner in petrol, so very cheap, and very reliable.!

jt
 
C50's

I have the ocasional look for a c50 or 70 on ebay now & again. An absolute bullet proof little bike. The c50 was the first bike I ever owned when I was 13 , I swapped it with a mate for a poster of a wagon out an old truck magazine & a pen knife, it had no brakes, no seat, no second gear, no exhaust but this was no problem ! it ran, I spent hours on it in some local woods with another mate who had one, it was my pride & joy, that was nearly 37 years ago I got hooked on bikes & still am, wish I still had that old bike. They will go forever.
 
Passed the test

Well, Lou has passed his module 2 test first time, so it was time to get a scooter. Having trawled the web, visited various showrooms and private offerings, the vast majoroty of which were in 'knocked about' condition, expensive and high milage, we decided to bite the bullet and get a newbie. Its a Honda SH125 Mode, with stop/start, weighing in at 120kg and claims to do 135mpg. We have not done many miles yet, but the shakedown ride is firm/ positive/ quiet and effortless, with two up, so we are well pleased, here is a pic. We call it Scootie.

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Mr Moon, you can stop laughing now!:lol-061::lol-061::lol-061::lol-061::lol-061::lol-061::lol-061:
 
Excellent! We have to set our Vespa rear suspension to 'hard'....
 
Had a scooter on the back of the van for years and recently replaced our little Peugeot Speedfight with a Honda Vision 110.

What I will say is the problem you will have is your weight (sorry). Im no lightweight either at 16 and a half stone but my wife is only 8. The payload on some of these small bikes is usually around 160KG so your going to be way over that on a small bike. Our old Peugeot 100cc 2 stroke took us all over the Alps and Pyrenees but would struggle up long hills. It would always get there in the end. We have only just got the vision and the jury is still out. I think it will have enough pulling power to pull up mountains at low speed but it lacks the mid range grunt the Peugeot had. I would guess a combined weight of 34 stone would cripple it and most 125's will struggle with that weight up a proper hill and you would be over the payload for most.

I would look at the Honda SH range. Forget the Chinese bikes, they are crap. You also have to think of parts and serviceability abroad etc. IF you have knackered knees like me then the Honda SH like the Vision is a Step through. Meaning you dont have to cock your leg over it. Easy to get on and off. They do a 125, 150 and 300cc machine. the 300cc is 26HP and stacks of power but its 161KG. I think the 125 is around 120KG.
 
I've said it before but our little 2004 Piaggio ET4 125cc boasts nearly 15HP, easily achieves 55 mph two up, flies up the steepest Spanish mountains and weighs only 104kg.
Nuff said!
John
 
I think barryd was dreaming when he said he was 16 Stone. :)

I snapped this yesterday.

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If as you said your getting, have you tried lifting this in and out your garage i got fed up with that and got a scooter rack on the back found it much easier.:wave: only 29 deg today:)
 
We use a Honda PES 125 scooter 2006 model. Weight125kg and a tall frame/seat height which makes it more comfortable for 2. Plenty fast enough but they aren't cheap, however had mine 5 years and would prob fetch what I paid for it or near as dam it.

You can't beat Honda in the uber reliable cheap last forever market.
 
Many of the modern smaller Japanese branded bikes are no longer made in the Land of the Rising Sun. Hondas in India, Yamaha in China. Some reckon the production lines churning out the Japanese branded bikes have Japanese standards of quality control. Whereas the lines producing Japanese copies have lesser standards.

That doesn't account for some small Hondas having early life rust issues and mechanical glitches or the fact that you might be paying up to a 100% price premium over a Chinese copy.

The Yamaha 125 YBR I have for overseas use seems only marginally better quality than the Chinese copies, however having Europe wide parts availability is the main consideration for me, and worth the few hundred quid.
 
We looked at something to go on the back of the Mercedes 614, and not having any weight restrictions decided on the Suzuki Burgman 400.

It is a secondhand scooter and we both like the very comfortable seating.

Carrying capacity is fine, but it's no lightweight. We'll be fabricating a removeable scooter rack for the back of the Mercedes.

Peter
 
listerdiesel said:
We looked at something to go on the back of the Mercedes 614, and not having any weight restrictions decided on the Suzuki Burgman 400.

It is a secondhand scooter and we both like the very comfortable seating.

Carrying capacity is fine, but it's no lightweight. We'll be fabricating a removeable scooter rack for the back of the Mercedes.

Peter
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As you may recall I have much the same chassis as yourself rear axle plated weight 4700kg. Plenty of spare capacity, but unfortunately only half the problem solved. About 20 years ago conversion layout No. 1!! I wished to rear rack carry a 240kg M/bike. Couldn't find the MB maximum load permitted rear of chassis legs. Westfalia said max. 140kg on their rack for the T2, so that's the figure I used. Bike went in rear garage under the bed, a real hassle 825mm ramp up. Needless to say one season was enough!!
I have had a DIY rack fitted for the last 3 years to carry a 125kg bike. Extendable on ball bearings to allow rear door access when parked up.
Those dropped legs for step and under rider support are fixed to the chassis legs by 4 bolts x 10mm dia. acting in shear.
 
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