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Haha, no, I'm definitely not standing. Standing on a P while rolling down the street at 60mph is just an overall bad idea. The GoPro is mounted on top of my helmet, so it has the illusion of being very high, but it's really not. Sometimes I am one handed, but that's because I use hand signals when I turn in addition to my turn signals.

Also, Like Rocky stated, it's just an elongated morning shadow that makes me look like I'm standing.


Matt

Yep, rode today. Even made a video. Enjoy!

Matt

Felt like weighing in on this one...

First off, I'm a pretty avid mountain biker, and you should really check out the costs of the wheelsets that that make up a high quality, durable trail bike. I feel cheap wheels will "taco" and bend out of shape in no time at street speed, since I don't have any issue destroying a cheap wheel on dirt trails, and that is with suspension on my bike. Also, when you see the bikers doing the insane jumps, pay close attention to just how much suspension those bikes have. I'll give you a hint, it's sometimes north of a foot of travel in the rear and usually at least 6 inches in front, normally more. This is A LOT... More like motocross specifications for comparison's sake.

But mostly, the biggest issue will be the heat that generates from sustained speed on tarmac. Bicycle tires are not designed to cope with this single aspect, and I think that will be where the highest probability of failure will occur. My recommendation would be to spec out some cheap scooter rims and put some street rubber on them. You'll probably find that this will be a lower cost option overall compared to the bicycle route for a trip that long.

All of this being said, have you looked at the Scooter Cannonball? www.scootercannonball.com/

Matt

On this note, I suppose I should do a video on identifying which engine you have on your scooter. You'd be astounded how many people call us up, but have no idea what it is that they own. It's just another one of those things that we walk people through everyday.


Matt

larrball - Would you believe that it's a first take? We actually shot that just joking around (Red - which is why he's not blinking either), and when we looked at the clip, I was just like: "Yep, we're going with that. Awesome." lol

Alleyoop - No worries, I appreciate the feedback and you bring up a good point. We were trying to come up with a foolproof way to determine your belt after it has catastrophically failed, but ended up with nothing. However, we also find that most belt failure isn't due to catastrophic failure, but rather to width wear. If anyone has a method that really works for a belt-less scooter, let me know and I'll be sure to turn it into a video though, as I agree, that would be THE tutorial to make.

Anyways, that being said, we went with this as we are ALWAYS explaining to people how to measure a belt on the phone. If you were to take a look at the vast majority of our retail customer base, you'd find that most of them are first time scooter owners, and one of the things we've learned is that many (most?) OEMs don't have the belt size printed on the factory belt. This gives our customers a method to determine what the aftermarket solution is for their scooter, although yes, it is a tutorial that benefits those that are thinking ahead most.


Matt

Unfortunately 8mm is going to make a pretty big difference. Best bet is to stick with the stock size. The 792 is a pretty interesting belt since the regular (Gates, Bando, Polini, Malossi) high quality belt providers don't make one in that size. It's a Chinese specific anomaly size. Anyway, here you go:

www.partsforscooters.com/106-55-CVT_Drive_Belt


Matt

How are the Bando belts working out for you? We've really seen an uptick in the sales of these belts, and I haven't had any failures yet. Bando really does make a nice belt in my experience.

Matt