New to Scoots  By  raven85 (Read 864 times)

You can't go wrong with a Honda, but the performance market for the PCX is limited. The Kymco Super 8 is an awesome ride with lots of room to grow. If you're really looking for highway speed you may want to go 250 or 300cc's, especially if you're over 200lbs.(Like myself) A 150 can do 55-60, but you don't want to be pushing it to the max all the time. Youtube has tons of reviews most all scooters, here's a good one for you.... See you on the road.

For what you describe as your needs and budget, a good used Honda Reflex should fill the bill just fine in a $1800 - $2800 range. (2004 to 2007 models being the preferred choice... better charging system) Anything left over in your budget can go to riding gear and plenty of gas. Then a service manual , oil, tires and such when you need them later.

There are no engine or exhaust mods that you should want to do or ever actually should do to this bike. Trust me on this. Only one BB kit mod done that I know of (so far) that didn't ever end badly. High flow filters make it run poorly and too lean. Exhaust kits only make it so you need to change jetting to make it run right. But you would only end up sounding differently and using more fuel with no appreciable increase in performance. They are best left stock engine wise. Honda got it right the first time with the Reflex.

It will get you up to 70 mph fairly easy. Acceleration rate eases after that but can hit 75 mph plus. (personally I've had one of mine 83 mph (GPS) and still slowly climbing... but I'm in the 160# range) And you can put it on 70 mph until it runs out of gas from full to almost 200 miles later without problem. Fuel economy is low to mid 60 mpg to a little over 70 mpg. Parts are easy to get, though naturally cost more than Chinese parts, but then you are not likely to need them very often either. That scooter would give you a pretty good bang for your buck and last a long time.

Some have done things with the drive line by using different Clutches or variators, pulley faces, K-Mod which is merely removal of some of the variator rollers or replacing rollers with Dr. Pulley sliders. These can safely be done showing a modest improvement in initial acceleration and possibly also top speed.

BTW, some come with TRUE ABS brakes, not the Chinese pseudo ABS. And just for full disclosure, I also use a 145/70R12 car tire on my Reflex scooters. First one I used was on a scooter for 35,000 miles and could have gone more, but was changed to try out a different car tire. A scooter rear tire for the Reflex normally lasts only about 5000 to 7000 miles on average. So 6 X as long. Iv'e done 2000 + miles touring with it while pulling a single wheel trailer, so yeah, the Reflex can handle long trips as well.

It is well worth considering. ................... ...................