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Post by ThomasTPFL on Sept 12, 2016 19:48:32 GMT -5
How do you answer this question?
I just tell 'em my speedo doesn't work and I don't know.
It's funny because if I'm trying something out I GPS verify my top speed, so I do know the legit top speed and the non-tucked wide open cruising speed of my bikes. I know that most of the scooters I've played with the speedo runs around 10% high.
I also know there are a lot of scooter riders around this town that don't know the difference between kph and mph. Its funny when the dude with the stock ATM50 tells me his bike goes 60 miles per hour. Dont they question why when they're running 60 in a 35 zone EVERYONE is still passing them.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2016 20:31:24 GMT -5
I often wonder the same thing. Last week, a girl told me her 49cc 4T stock scooter hits 65 mph. She said, the dealer told her it would, and it does. Alrighty then.
Bill
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Post by ryan_ott on Sept 12, 2016 20:45:46 GMT -5
I just tell the truth, 60 something. 2T baby!
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Post by humanshield on Sept 12, 2016 21:06:41 GMT -5
I often wonder the same thing. Last week, a girl told me her 49cc 4T stock scooter hits 65 mph. She said, the dealer told her it would, and it does. Alrighty then. Bill I can see her scratching her head then when people are always passing her doing "95+" when she's doing that assured "65"  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2016 23:22:11 GMT -5
As fast as I care to go on a chinese scooter with 10" wheels, fake shocks, cheap steel and amateur welds ")
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Post by gsx600racer on Sept 13, 2016 1:53:38 GMT -5
When they are in my rear mirrors, and they ask how fast at the next stop light I say "its faster than you".
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Post by 90GTVert on Sept 13, 2016 12:29:23 GMT -5
Depends who's asking and how. It's always slower if it's a cop asking, with the exception of the TaoTao because it genuinely is slow. Sometimes I just say "it's slow". Sometimes I say how fast it goes.
I told some people that knew me from my cars that my scooter did about 50MPH and they thought I was sandbagging and it was way faster. That was my first scoot and first BBK, so I was kinda sad like I was an underachiever or something.
I did a BBK for a guy and the scoot went about 52MPH with me on it. I asked how it was doing later and was told it's still running strong and does about 65MPH. I asked what else he did to it. Nothing, hadn't touched it. Hill or wind? Nope. I'm heavy, but no way the thing picked up 13MPH. He was part of a local group though. Everyone and their mother had a 70MPH scooter, till I found them with my 60MPH scooter and destroyed them all. That's actually how I got them all as customers. They literally said "F&*% ____" (the name of their mechanic at the time) and took my number down. I met their mechanic later and he was even on some forums. Nice guy and competent mechanic. I'd feel bad that they dissed him so quick, but after dealing with some of them I may have done him a favor. lol Some were nice and good customers, but some were a pain.
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Post by just1artist on Sept 14, 2016 13:09:13 GMT -5
I plead the 5th! Lmao
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Post by AtariGuy on Sept 16, 2016 11:25:00 GMT -5
"Its a 4poke, it gets us around. Its fast enough to put a smile on our (my wife and i's) faces"
That will change when my venice is running - i hope
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Post by ThomasTPFL on Sept 16, 2016 13:19:44 GMT -5
45mph with the rear brake on.
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Post by AG on Sept 16, 2016 13:45:26 GMT -5
I say it tops out at 35mph or so, since that's all the faster it's allowed to go here.  |
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Post by oldgeek on Sept 16, 2016 14:56:32 GMT -5
Around 55 with my phat ass on it!
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Post by Raizer on Sept 18, 2016 7:59:39 GMT -5
It's limited to 50k max officer...
It can't have been me you picked up doing 90, must have been that car that was passing me!
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Post by aeroxbud on Sept 18, 2016 19:25:21 GMT -5
When people used to as me how fast the Xerox used to go I genuinely did not know. It used to go off the speedometer right round to the temperature gauge
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Post by 90GTVert on Sept 18, 2016 19:42:52 GMT -5
When people used to as me how fast the Xerox used to go I genuinely did not know. It used to go off the speedometer right round to the temperature gauge "How fast does it go?" "About 180 degrees."  |
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