On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:26:42 GMT, paul c <toledobysea@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
|>Denizen wrote:
|>...
|>> Scooters offer good weather protection though, even my 50cc Korean
|>> scooter. I think of the scooter as a 2-wheeled car more than a
|>> recreational motor vehicle.
|>
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|>The CVT transmissions make a big difference in the city even for
|>experienced riders. I'd say they are inherently safer because the
|>engine is nearly always revving within or close to its powerband. On
|>most 250 cc motorcycles it takes a fair amount of rider concentration to
|>stay in the right gears, which I think detracts from concentrating on
|>the careless and dangerous cagers around one in the city.
Scooters like rice rockets are easy to over control...they sit high,
the last time I tried to over power the road surface things got
skidish.....
A scooter is a mid-engine so it looses some front stability unlike
the triple tree guys, a rice rocket can't drive too well on Gravel
roads......I tried it for 6 miles a few times, it takes a lot of
concentration even on a maxi scooter....always looking for a bald spot on
the road, which unfortunately is usually in the center on these old Gravel
Back roads.....
Don't even think of using even touching the rear brake on these
roads, you'll slide rear left pretty quick, like driving on deep silt....
Why do they put all those tons of rocks on 50 year mated off-roads,
they all end up in car tyres, then on the hi-way, and if your v-grooves
aren't working, don't lean too much....
I'd rather drive on black ice any day, and I do a lot, in the winter
season...
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