New Rider
Currently Offline
Posts: 23
Likes: 1
Joined: Mar 2, 2013 21:58:29 GMT -5
|
Post by ritous1 on Aug 23, 2013 18:53:35 GMT -5
Rode my Tao Tao down to Ace hardware to get a plug for the hole left from removing the kickstart. As i pulled up one of the associates starts a conversation about the scoot. Asking about displacement, why it sounds bigger....blah blah. Then he tells me that he has a 50cc as well and his does  right from the factory. what I ask. 90MPH he proclaims!!! I wonder how fast he thinks the cars are going when they pass him. He also invited me on a ride. I should take him up on that so I can witness this magical monster myself. And I was all but ready to give up on my 60mph dreams. Maybe there's hope after all  |
|
|
|
Post by prodigit on Aug 23, 2013 19:46:58 GMT -5
The speedo on most tao's only go to 80 (KMH), but yes, most of the tao's surpass that, and go as fast where the ' ' would be on the speedo. Converted that would be ~45 MPH, not 90MPH, and neither 56MPH, because these speedo's are overrated, where 1 mile per hour compares to 2kmh instead of 1.6kmh. |
|
New Rider
Currently Offline
Posts: 23
Likes: 1
Joined: Mar 2, 2013 21:58:29 GMT -5
|
Post by ritous1 on Aug 23, 2013 20:14:07 GMT -5
he didn't mention what kind of scoot he has, and I didn't ask. Maybe it's a souped up 2 stroke, but he said stock 50cc so I'm sure he was looking at an inaccurate chinometer.
|
|
|
|
Post by spandi on Aug 23, 2013 20:41:06 GMT -5
I'm sure it does just that. After all, I found a 50cc scoot with 214,000 miles on it!  |
|
New Rider
Currently Offline
Posts: 32
Likes: 0
Joined: Mar 3, 2013 12:31:52 GMT -5
|
Post by makarov on Aug 23, 2013 22:11:15 GMT -5
Was he smoking wacky weed?
|
|
|
|
Post by SylvreKat on Aug 23, 2013 23:29:48 GMT -5
I wonder how fast he thinks the cars are going when they pass him. Oh man you made me laugh! Good thing I don't drink anything while I'm 'netting! I would've SCAOMK for sure!! >'Kat |
|
Sophomore Rider
Currently Offline
Posts: 166
Likes: 0
Joined: Jun 9, 2013 7:36:35 GMT -5
|
Post by freefour1968 on Aug 24, 2013 0:06:06 GMT -5
Lol , take him up on that ride offer and hold your gps to show him how fast he really is going . I know the old Honda raceing 50cc class motorcycles would go that and the two strokes could do a little more ....but these are spinning 13000+ rpms with 4 and5 speed gearboxes . Scooter .....cvt trans.... MPH? Would like a video with GPS in it to show . |
|
|
|
Post by oldchopperguy on Aug 24, 2013 1:34:22 GMT -5
 Heck, I actually DID have a TINY "Go-Kart Scrambler" mini-bike in 1962 that would break 100 mph+ on 10" tires on 5" rims... BUT... That was "motivated" by a 10 cubic-inch (approx. 150 cc) McCulloch 2-stroke kart motor that put out over 30 hp at over 15,000 rpm. A little "different" from a 50cc scoot... Yeah, go for a ride with him and give him a "reality-check"... It'll be good for his character... LOL!Leo in Texas
|
|
|
|
Post by skuttadawg on Aug 24, 2013 1:45:12 GMT -5
No way that is possible . Even a modded 2T would have to have a racing engine to get ultra high RPMs . I think he is reading KPH instead of MPH
|
|
|
|
Post by prodigit on Aug 24, 2013 1:59:04 GMT -5
He's reading in inches per hour
|
|
|
|
Post by oldchopperguy on Aug 24, 2013 23:16:36 GMT -5
DX
HeHeHe... Ah... Yup!
|
|
|
|
Post by earlylight160 on Aug 25, 2013 5:10:29 GMT -5
A $100 bet would probably bring him back to reality. ;p
|
|
right from the factory. 
