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An update on this bike is at hand. I have a few more miles on her now and can say I still like this bike a lot. I do not use 1st gear at all and use mostly 2nd and 3rd in city traffic where I make such frequent stops. I have pretty much mastered the semi automatic tranny and have no problems shifting up or down. I will likely eventually change a sprocket, not sure of front or rear yet just to give her a bit more range and reduce engine rpms in all gears. It is not a problem in my usual riding although I have hit a few spots that I actually was able to use 4th gear and found it could be geared higher. Oil changes have shown virtually zero metal flaking in the old oil. Shifting is still tight and I still miss a gear now and then with poor foot placement.
I have adjusted the front brake to be a bit tighter and need to do the same for the rear as the pedal is pretty soft. I have had to make one panic stop and am happy to report that the drum brakes worked just fine with locking wheels evenly and no tendency to have the rear end come out from under me. It just feels a bit spongy in the pedal. I have used the basket a little bit and have used the center storage rack to carry a 10" android tablet used as a reader. That works fine but find the center rack presents a difficulty mounting and dismounting the seat as these old legs don't want to lift that high anymore so the center rack is going off the bike. A rear carrier is a good possibility and I actually have one from my Benelli m50 which could bolt on easily. It's black and silver and my bike is blue and white so the color is ok as the seat is black and white. I have not yet had saddle bags on it as my bags would touch the muffler on the right side.
I am hoping the ride softens a bit as it can be quite harsh on old bones with numerous injuries in the past. I feel the rear shocks could be softer and cannot comment on the front leading link suspension which also seems quite hard but perhaps necessary to be so. Gas mileage has been excellent. I am close to 100 mpg. but my measuring has not been really accurate. I'm running 87 Octane now and it's doing just fine with that fuel. I have not had to adjust the chain tension yet although I think it may need it as I hear some clanking now and then that sounds like the chain hitting the covers. This bike has a lot of torque in all gears.
Over all this bike has been a far happier experience than the nightmare Benelli M50 turned into. I still feel I just got a lemon on that one and it's going up north to the summer place as a slow speed pleasure rider. I also have a friend there who is a genius with these bikes and he's going to make a winter rebuilding project out of it by totally rebuilding it. Hopefully it will all work better. I would definitely recommend the BMS 110 Bi Metro to others and Superior Motor Sports treated me great all the way through the process of buying the bike. They price matched a dealer I felt uncomfortable with and shipping was fast and easy. The local delivery was simple and right into my garage despite being on an alley with narrow space and low hanging electrical wires. The driver put the bike right inside my garage, he waited as I inspected for damage and was professional and very courteous as well as personable.

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Mine came with a beeper but it really is not loud enough in busy traffic situations to be heard and I do forget to turn the signal off or push the switch too far and turn on the opposite signal. I'm considering tall rear view mirrors with built in Signals that will be visible in my side vision. More reliable than hearing the beeper. I like the idea of tapping into the brake light too. I had a medical appointment today and rode the bike to and from. Had a long stretch where I used 4th gear and yep she does wind out a bit at higher speeds so likely to make a sprocket change when I get her ready for winter storage. Still have just uner 75 miles on her. Shifting gears is getting a bit easier, not sure if they're loosening a bit or if I'm just getting used to it, maybe both. Still better than 3/4 of the first tank of gas left so she's doing good on MPG. I'm running it on octane per the manual.

I've had the bike for a short time now and did manage to get it properly registered and licensed in Wisconsin despite problems with the local DMV office. Several guys here talked about changing sprockets to give higher gear ratios thus increasing top speed and reducing engine rpms. I did consider this as the bike has a lot of torque in all 4 gears and it could use a smaller rear sprocket maybe. I have found that here in the city I don't get to 4th gear much and when I do it's usually for a short time due to the frequent stops I have to make. I find that it has good speed and acceleration is brisk enough even starting in 2nd or 3rd gear and no need to run WOT at all. I like having the torque when I need to quickly speed up to avoid a situation or evade a problem. So I'm leaving it alone as of now. The bike is running great and so far I'm happy with it. Found a couple of minor things that I dislike. One is the small, short throw turn signal switch and it's beeping alert thing. It's too easy to switch to the opposite indication if not careful to stop the slide in the middle. This switch is also very close to the horn and I accidently hit it often. I am considering changing the mirrors to the type with indicator lights built in which would make them easy to see and remember to turn off. On the right handle bar is the front brake lever which is partially blocked by the added on turn signal lights. I have very large hands and find the light in my way at times. This is a light weight bike at 180lbs and it does not absorb road bumps as a heavier bike would so the ride is not as smooth as I'd like but the roads here are in poor shape. There is an intermittent chain clank that I have not yet found. Over all I like it very much and would buy another if I needed to. I got the bike from Superior Motor Sports and must say they have been excellent to work with all the way through despite a few claims of bad service I read here. I have not tried to see what the top speed is, as others have said on this forum, this bike is too light for speeds much over 40mph. As an urban commuter she's great despite my agreement with the short gearing in all four gears. It does require quick shifting but I have found that easy to do and no problem downshifting so far. Having said all this I'd give this bike a positive review.

So far I only have about 12 miles on it, just around the immediate area as it's not yet registered or insured. I hit a snag with registering it in Wisconsin. The local DMV says they do not have this bike on their approved list (what ever that is) and cannot register it. They referred me to DMV central offices in Madison and I've had email from them saying there are several answers to my questions and I need to call them. It's extremely difficult for me to use a telephone after cancer treatments (no voice box) so I replied to their email with photos of all pertinent informational tags and stickers. It is stated on the MCO and on the attached tag that it meets all federal DOT and EPA standards so I don't see any reason it should not be easily registered. I'll be looking for a reply to my email soon. I explained to them about the difficulty with telephones so hopefully they'll understand that not every one can do the usual route. From the little riding I've done I can see that possibly taller gearing could be helpful but I won't think of any changes until it's well broken in. Their user manual would have me do less than 25mph the first hundred miles and less than 30 for the first 500 or so. I'm not likely to stay much under 30 around here without getting run off the road. I would not feel comfortable going faster than 40 on this bike. But I do all city riding so that's plenty fast enough. I'm going to take it easy on the bike for the first 200-300. I did change out the oil that came in it. Did not find any metal flakes in it but it's hardly been warmed up so far. I'll post further after I know more. Great info from all you guys.....Thanks

[replyingto=millsc]millsc[/replyingto]I just got a new BMS BiMetro110 from Superior. It arrived a week after my order date, well crated and in excellent condition. Driver was most helpful. He backed the truck half a block down my alley to get to my garage and had a pallet jack on the truck and moved it right into the garage for me. He waited while I opened up the crate enough to see if there was any damage. Superior met the price of another dealer that I did not feel comfortable with. The order had actually been placed with another dealer a week earlier but they could not deliver to the alley for some reason and I sure couldn't be unpacking and doing final assembly in a public roadway so that got cancelled. I've have several emails back and forth with Superior and chatted with Brenda. They have been quick to respond, very courteous, very helpful and I can not do other than recommend them. I'm having a discussion with Wisconsins DMV about registering it because the local office said they could not register it as it did not appear on their "list" what ever that means. I got a reply from the central DMV immediately and they asked me to call them. Unfortunately I have great difficulty using a telephone after cancer surgeries removed my voice box so I replied to their email and sent them digital photos of all the tags and labels on the bike which states it meets all Federal requirements so there really is no reason it cannot be registered and I'm confident it will be okayed. All that said, SuperiorMotorSports gets a thumbs up from me so far. Every dealer has problems with customers at some point, I have no reason to believe Superior is not committed to customer care.

I'm looking a BMS Product from a dealer called killermotorsports.com No I did not make that up Q I wondered if anyone has heard of the dealer and if anyone knows anything of the quality of BMS products. I do not know the manufacturer of the bike but do not believe it's Znen. The bike I'm looking at is the BMS BI Metro XLT 110 scooter. It is a Honda copy and has a 110cc engine with a semi-automatic transmission. It does not look like our usual scoots, it looks more like an older moped or honda Thanks for any info available!

Thank you Gentlemen! I have come to the conclusion that a different shop is the only solution for me. Since I am physically unable to do this kind of work anymore. No matter how much I want to, my body just cannot. I agree that it is very likely not the cdi since nothing electrical was changed and it's now more anemic than it was as a 50cc with the same cdi. There is no restriction in the variator, that was the first thing checked. Other riders get 45 mph out of this same model right out of the box so I doubt the variator needs to be changed. I did consider a variator with a slightly larger outside diameter which would increase the rpm to the clutch. I also considered that perhaps there is a way to change the gearing to use the additional punch from the larger bore. I'm pretty sure they would not have the piston in wrong as it's stamped right on top which side is to exhaust and they have 5 mechanics with experience. I just have to feel rather than think that it's likely a fuel issue. I have a list of 20 questions for them when I pick the bike up which I hope to do today. I suspect that I will get vague or nonsense answers but I hope to ferret out what they have done to it so we can begin to undo it. We know that the cdi controls timing and can certainly restrict engine speed which is the starting point for gearing or variator set up. Changing the weights would only affect how quickly she engages and changing clutch springs would affect how long it took to shift to higher speed. I don't think either of those is the issue here. She is not getting out of the 20's mph range. The last time I rode it I had the feeling it was bogging down due to being too rich and I thought possibly it was the auto choke or fuel enrichment valve as they call it. If that was not warmed to temp it would be trying to run too rich and choking off. One time she quit running on me before anything was done and I thought it might be electrical and that possibly I had switched the kill switch to off instead of hitting the turn signal switch, (same action, different hand) The bike sat for a few minutes and restarted. All else failing I will take her up to the summer cottage as a leisure rider around the lake where speed is not a factor. How ever it turns out, I'll post here and let you guys know the outcome. Thank you for all the great input. I agree with the consensus of opinion that they just don't know scooters. As they say on tv....stay tuned for the next exciting adventure!