BMS BI-METRO XLT 110  By  cat0020 (Read 19,630 times)

its cute

This clone first came in as far as I know as the Fly Scout. My guess is if BMS is bringing it in now it can't be worse than Fly's version and is probably sturdier. Here is a long term review of the Fly, for what its worth:

www.justgottascoot.com/scout.htm

And here is one from the old scoodawg site:

scootdawg.proboards.com/thread/31651

Symba seems over priced.
I'm a cheap bastard, that's why I own Chinese scoot since 2008.
My 250 CFMoto 250 has over 14k mi., still runs like a champ.

Seems like it uses the same clutch/gearing system as on my Roketa MC-05-127.
The good about it: It's manual geared, good for optimal MPG, and top speed.
The bad: The gearing often is geared too low (meaning you'd have to shift too many times, in a too short time to get to 20MPH, and the engine has to rev too high in final gear to get to top speed).
It's all done because they made the bike to work for 2 people, but if you're mainly riding alone, a sprocket change could do wonders.
If you're over 5'8" you might have problems sitting between rider and passenger seat, see below:


Solution: Rebelgears! They're the sprocket specialist. Just give the dimensions, and send a photo; or send them the sprocket, and order a smaller sprocket, but be sure you're not getting a too small one.

The weak part about those gearing systems is the clutch pad, and the fact that the gearing lever needs to be lifted/pressed quite far. If you ask me, I'd prefer a fully manual geared bike.

From my estimation on other bikes, and my own bike, I can say with a good sprocket change, you can get a bike that accelerates normal in traffic, like a 50cc (not much faster), ~-110MPG, and a top speed of 50-55MPH.
They could accelerate faster than a 50cc, when you're riding them like a nut, with the clutch slipping like crazy, running WOT at high revs, but under normal conditions, the gear shifting actually slows acceleration down, compared to a CVT which accelerates continuously.
The good thing about this is that you can choose how to accelerate. Shift gears quicker, and MPG drops. Shift gears slower (stay longer in a gear), and acceleration will be faster than normal CVT's.

The cons look like the bike does not have a lot of storage space. If I manufactured these bikes, I would have created more under seat storage space, and put the gas tank either between the legs, or more towards the front. They tried making a practical bike with that basket in the front, but IMHO it's not very practical at all.
The basket is directly mounted to the handlebars, or fork, meaning that it moves left and right, as you steer (if it was mounted to the frame, at least it would largely be saved from sideway motion). This makes it very difficult to carry many goods in front (definitely no heavy goods, as it slows down steering), while zigzagging.

It also looks like a very small bike (for people upto 5'8", preferably people under 5'5").

I like the 100cc size. Great for town. It can keep up with traffic, upto about 45MPH, and then should climb slowly to 50/55MPH.
If the engine is anywhere near the same as on my roketa, it will mean they have a lot of low-to-mid range torque; unlike most 50cc scoots that get their highest torque from highest RPM

Instead of the mail order scoot, I picked up a leftover special from local scooter shop today.

A 2011 model BMS 110cc Chinese SuperCub clone:





Rode it for about 12 mi. and took it all apart to change oil, check valves, took off misc. items that are just dead weight like the steering lock, helmet hooks, metal rak in the step-thru, re-toorque every nut and bolt..



Still not used to the clutch-less 4-speed GP style shifting...

The tires will get changed out soon, if I keep missing shifts that make the rear wheel skid like crazy.

The leading link fork need some getting used to also, instead of fork dive when you come to a stop,
the front end actually rises upward....

How much did you pay for it?
Yea, they don't look like they are very popular.
The Z50 Clone Monkey Bikes seem to be more popular than that ...

Usually those 'semi automatic' gearboxes aren't too hard to deal with.
They cycle from 1st, to 2nd, to 3rd to 4th. And between 4th and 1st it has a neutral, which you can only enter when standing still.
When you want to downshift, you can only do that when speed is very low, or when the engine is almost in idling RPM. Basically 5-10MPH and you can downshift from 4th to 3rd, and so on....

I call it tardy down shifting, as you need to wait a while before down shifting.
It's not easy, but you can get used to it...

I would immediately treat the 'chrome' which more than likely is just polished steel, not real chrome!
Having spokes could make that difficult.

How's it riding for the rest?

I presume top speed is around 50-55MPH?