Thread 28569812

I live in Memphis, and need a vehicle to get to college and work in. I decided I'd like to use a motorized bike-style scooter. What's a good scooter (preferably with good gas mileage lol) that I can look into?

>>28569812 (OP)
>preferably with good gas mileage lol
A bicycle
E-bike if you're lazy

>>28569812 (OP)
You've already posted it

>>28569812 (OP)
Get a surron or talaria or something, join the rideout packs on your commute. Charge at work for free. You're talking about Memphis so I'd avoid an easily stolen e bike

>>28569812 (OP)
Chink scoots are not that bad. Just check the valve clearance and choose one with less electronics (vacuum fuel pump, analog dash, etc.)and you have less issues. Oil maintenance is a must on these because they have no traditional filter, just a mesh screen.

Kymco a best
Genuine is too

Jap scoots can be pricy but they have better options. Can't go wrong with a mini moto, either.

E-biles can be fun too and I'm tired of pretending they aren't.

>>28569815
A bike won't cut it, most of our roads don't have bike lanes and drivers are incredibly hostile to cyclists around here.
>>28569899 >>28569843
Thank you for your input

>>28569812 (OP)
get you a honda super cub
pic rel, one of these>>28569812 (OP)

>>28569812 (OP)
Super Cub is Queen. Pricey but you get what you pay for.

Just buy any old Honda

>>28569913
I want to add that Chinese scooter are still a gamble. I never had any catastrophic failures on the ones I've had but I could have been lucky.

>>28569899
+1 for Kymco

>>28569812 (OP)
I would legit think of getting one if they made a 300cc version.

>>28569971
Why not get a different 300cc scooter?

>>28569966
What elevation are you at? I want to take my Like 150i into the mountains but I think I'd lose too much power at 3000 feet.

>>28569975
Cuz it's not a Supercub

>2025
>Adv350 is still not available in US
Seriously, does Honda not like making money?

>>28569982
The whole point of the supercub is how it's made and why they choose those components. You don't want a supercub, you want something else

>>28570001
I want a Supercub with a 300cc engine

Just buy a $1000 Chinese scooter. They're reliable enough if you're just driving around a city not going on cross country trips. I have this "Tank" scooter with 4000 miles I've just been driving around NYC for years. If you live in Memphis a Chinese scooter is less of a target for the riff raff to steal.

>>28569931
The boomers who still think everything Chinese is bad are retarded. China entirely runs on their own domestically produced goods they can't run a country with everything low quality.

Any Bog Seat will get you hundreds of thousands of miles of better than walking.
Don't accept fakes.

>>28569812 (OP)
city + touring

>>28569927
this. any honda metro will be pretty damn good for the price

i love my burgman 400. put 1500 miles on it in a month.

>>28570026
>they can't run a country with everything low quality.
Yeah, they can. Literally every country does.

>>28570026
you havent seen chinese liveleak videos?

>>28569979
uuhhh like 8

Is it true that if you get a 50cc you don’t even need a license or insurance?

Are these things easy to steal if you for example live in a city of niggers?

I wanna cruise around the city commuting to normal work and slowly delivering DoorDash on a 50cc. Can this be done or am I just gonna walk out of work with my scooter disappeared?

>>28570149
>no licence
Largely unrestricted access worldwide.
>stealable
yes.
Performance wise they are slightly superior to electric scooters.
My first bike was an NC-50, thats 20 more than an NC-30(VFR400)

>>28569812 (OP)
Buy something with a bigger gas tank, that cub only has a 3.7 litre tank, even if it supposedly does 200 kilometers per tank, I'd honestly invest in something bigger to cut time on refills.
Probably a monkey would be a better pick, although that is completely manual compared to this that you only have to click the gear lever.

>>28569913
>A bike won't cut it, most of our roads don't have bike lanes and drivers are incredibly hostile to cyclists around here.
how do you think theyll treat a gay scooter
get a car loser

>>28569989
>Seriously, does Honda not like making money?
They had a 600 euros discount here on the adv 350 for almost all year since the 2025 model released, they most probably don't sell too many units, and most probably they don't see the point on small engine bikes in a country where a literal mentally handicapped retard can get a driving license and drive a 10 ton truck and carry his stash of 10 assault rifles.

>>28570225
Then maxi scooters would be non existent here, wouldn't they? I should be able to at least order it from overseas. But you're right. There aren't many people like me that love novelty things.

>>28570272
Honestly speaking, what's even the point of a suv scooter?
These things are barely just a couple centimeters taller from the ground than a regular scooter, and it isn't even able to get into the mud anyways.
Plus, they probably think that since the A2 shit doesn't exist, people would pivot into the better x-adv.

>>28570168
Is Facebook marketplace a good place to buy a 50cc scooter?
Please post tips what’s a good brand and price

>>28569812 (OP)
Anything used Japanese or Kymco. I suggest Suzuki Passport 125 for new.

>>28570026
>can't run a country with everything low quality
the Chinese think different though

If you can't ride a bike on it it's too unsafe for a scooter.

>>28569812 (OP)
Honda Nova Sonic 125 (from Southeast Asian market).
I have no idea if this can be imported simply or requires Grey import bullshit.
>The Sonic is fitted with the European CBR125R and Indonesian CS1 4-stroke engine. It was adapted to liquid cooling due to hotter weather conditions. The single-cylinder engine redlines at 10,900 rpm

>>28570288
>what's even the point of a suv scooter?
Southeast Asians LOVE scooters, apparently so I guess that's why. They can get pretty crazy over there.

>>28570796
>Is Facebook marketplace a good place to buy a 50cc scooter?
Yes
>Please post tips what’s a good brand and price
See:>>28569899

>>28569812 (OP)
Routes? City only? You doing sidewalks or local roads? You ever ridden before? The supercut is a great scooter but pricey. In general I'd tell you to be careful in Southern cities they don't love small two wheeled fun

>>28571256
>>28571536
If you aren't riding on the highway you are doing it wrong

>But I could get hurt
Danger is fun. Danger keeps you young.

Honda PCX 150/160 or navi if you're on a tighter budget

>>28569812 (OP)
>I live in Memphis
Do you want to die? You need a car with central locking that isnt a dodge charger or g35. Memphis nogs will kill you in cold blood at a stoplight for no other reason than to steal your charger or g35.

>>28569913
This person knows Memphrica.
Memphis ain’t California or even Florida, if you’re anywhere near the loop you will get killed pretending an e-bike is something you can commute around on.
I commuted from the far eastern suburbs for 10 yrs and can count on 1 hand the number of motorcycles I saw in 40/240 traffic.
Just get a lease on the cheapest shitbox you can find, use uber or ride a bike on campus but you’re gonna die commuting on an e-bike.

>>28569812 (OP)
CUB

>>28569812 (OP)
Suzuki Burgman 650

>>28569899
>check the valve clearance
At what point? Before buying the bike? I wouldn't be letting an autist with some Amazon feeler gauges take the head cover off my 50cc chinese shitter, especially if I'm a memphis nog that just wants it gone.
This is so reddit.

>>28574290
After you get it, dummy. It is something you have to do because Mr. Chang probably didn't do it correctly. Then you follow the regular service interval.

>>28574309
Fair enough. Just buy an older Honder though and do the work it needs instead tbf

>>28571309
That's not really a scooter, it's an underbone motorcycle. If OP wants an actual bike with a clutch, shifter, etc. he'd be better off looking at small-displacement options that are available in the US like the XR150 or something.

NOTHING beats a Honda Super Cub™

>>28577340
You can probably cross the Sahara in an ADV160. Can a suber gub do that?

>>28577345
With a Super Cub you can go anywhere.

>>28577345
>probably
Yeah, gonna need more than that, Dr Nick

>>28569812 (OP)
scooters aren't really viable in america because of the blackbear problem i would get something you can carry inside with you if i could.

>>28574860
>it's an underbone motorcycle
So is a cub tbf

>>28569812 (OP)
Avoid small 125cc ones if you're using highway, they are too slow to get you out of trouble and you might not even keep up properly.