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Post by ricardoguitars on Jan 22, 2015 21:03:33 GMT -5
I could use one of those  Taller, better suspension and threaded tires |
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Post by wheelbender6 on Jan 22, 2015 21:20:41 GMT -5
The Yamaha Zuma is somewhat of an off road scooter. For serious off roading, get a scooter with a manual tranny. like an olderVespa or Genuine Stella. CVTs wear much faster when dirty, I've read. The Vespas that finished the Dakar rally had manual trannies. Zuma  Dakar Vespa  |
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Post by wheelbender6 on Jan 23, 2015 20:10:02 GMT -5
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Post by psychedelicode on Jan 23, 2015 20:45:03 GMT -5
I've had tons of fun just throwing knobbies on my old scoot (My avatar). You can find knobs that fit for honda xr50's and the like for about $25. Scoots are way rear weighted though so they are kinda hard to jump smoothly. but i have not had any issues with gunk in my clutch or variator. The only time i got worried was once, I jumped my TGB right into a mudhole and it sunk to the taillight. It ended up just fine. Don't think you can straight up mx though. The front ends are not the strongest suits on a scoot. They are plenty of fun though.
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Post by scooter on Jan 23, 2015 22:46:37 GMT -5
That is impressive. It looks like someone stripped the bike of EVERYTHING but what was needed to make it go. I think a chain cover and rear fender would be nice though. It looks like it would spray water all over you. It doesn't look like it could handle a 150 motor, looking at the brakes and everything. Doing 60+ on that thing looks like certain death. I'd like to chat with the engineer that designed it. |
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Post by psychedelicode on Jan 23, 2015 23:01:48 GMT -5
Ive ridden one of the motopeds in my motorbicycicling days and they are insane! I would just buy a used pit bike in hindsight if i were to go mad offroad. Most of the pit chassis available are xr50clones and are very modifiable. Long rear swingarm (recommended if you want to rip on a pit bike), lifan 125cc, etc.etc. and you can use honda hop ups on them for the most part. forget about the giant wheels (which are great!)
They are a conglomerate of minibike, pit bike, mountain bike parts all rolled all into one. the last scoot i built had a roxshox fork modded to fit the triple tree of a scoot and it cost very little.
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