Thread 28664096

Am I dumb to try to rig up a seated scooter with a gas powered engine, if I have no experience, knowledge, or tools to do it? I don't have a lot of money, but I do have time on my hands. I can spend some money to get a Honda engine or something, if I can find one for cheap enough.

I would just get the seated e-scooter and call it a day, but I am worried about cheap Qin'nese products, especially the battery, which people have said catches fire every now and then. I'd also like to ride the scooter indoors (I have a disability), and I obviously can't do that with the gas-powered one. The only American distributor company of seated e-scooters, Gotrax, has a decent warranty listed of 1-2 years, everything else is 6months - 1 year from no-name Qin'nese companies on Mazon, and lots of reviews say their customer service is crap.

I'd save up more money and buy a used gas engine moped, but I can't drive it on sidewalks (this is kind of important for me - I don't trust drivers, and I'm trying to stay as far away from them as I can). Hopefully I can drive the electric moped on the sidewalk, although I might not be able to in my state. Also, I don't need to register or get insurance for an e scooter. And it is much lighter in weight, which is important for me, because of my disability, I have a bad leg, so it's important that it is light in weight, in case I have to stabilize it on the side with my bad leg. A heavier moped would be hard on my leg, if I had to catch it from falling. And it can't go on sidewalks.

I'm also worried about the company disappearing or just being crappy with cust service. The only scooter company you've ever heard of in the US is R-z-r, and they have a 90 day warranty on their $700 e moped, and lots of reviews say their cust service is crap.

Incredible, USA, you're doing a great job.

So yeah, provided that it will be legal to do, I'd like to try to find a middle ground and rig up a gas engine to a seated e scooter. Maybe I can just buy the e scooter and run it until I can't any more, and then think about putting on a gas engine. Because if the engine has a problem, I can take it to a place, and they can fix it and help me with other issues. No dice with the e moped, I'm assuming. The battery breaks, or some other important component, well then I'm screwed. I've heard the e scooters have trouble on hills, and I'll be lugging groceries, and I'm worried, especially in the winter, and with one bad leg, how well I'll be able to get things done. I'm about a mile out of town, but it is a few miles' drive to the local supermarket.

Will I need a lot of expensive tools to get this done? I've seen DIY videos on Utub, where guys are welding things, and grinding down various crankshafts to make them fit into their jerryrigged build. Like I said, hopefully I can get a year out of the e scooter, and build up the tools and skills in the interim... Or should I just use a scooter frame that I already have, and install an engine on it? I don't know how to weld, but plates and things can be more or less securely attached, one to another, with bolts and screws, surely... Right? I mean, I can get a metal-cutting saw to cut a couple of metal places, if I need custom dimensions, and a hand-powered or electric drill to drill holes in steel plates.

Youre going to snap the frame. Just get a regular gas scooter and tinker with that. GY6s have plenty of aftermarket parts.

moist

>>28664117
I'm going to snap the frame from improperly mounting an engine that's too powerful onto it? A regular gas moped will cost me like... $1-2k, plus insurance, and I really am trying to avoid becoming a statistic with all these soulless people driving on the road...

>>28664127
*1-2k for a used one from a decent brand, plus repairs. Just saw a review for a cheap Qin'nese moped that some poor lady dropped 1.5k on, and it didn't work, and cust service gave her the runaround.

>>28664127
Or just improperly mounting the engine on it?

>>28664127
Yes and speed is a factor too. Chinese scoots mostly break due to the user not doing their maintenence or they get some amazon one rather than from an official rebrand. Iirc the amazon ones are the bottom of the barrels that dont make it past what little QC they do. Im not saying dont to it. It might be cool. But dont expect to go 70 on it.

why not just buy a schoter retard

>>28664339
Apparently it is too expensive. As if tool acquisition won't cost more.

>>28664339
A handbag??

>>28664127
You pay insurance on a moped? Just get a real bike and a generic helmet at that point