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Traded in the Lambretta DUE 50 2 Stroke for a Lambretta UNO 150 4 Stroke. The top speed of 37mph (gps) was just not cutting it. It was not only the top speed but the t.........i........m.........e it took to get there...forever. The 150cc pulls from a dead stop and can go ~65+. The MPG should actually be about the same and maybe better. I won't have to have the throttle wide open all the time like on the 50cc.

Congrats!

I used to have a 2ST and just ended up with a 125...so much better and, also, no need to worry about 2ST oil.

-SDF

Rode it 170+ miles toady with a group of 12 scoots. Mostly Suzuki Burman 400s. Pretty much kept up with them on the 150cc with speeds of 55-65 and some good sized hills.

So is Lambretta a good brand of Scooter? I have been looking into getting a nice cheap, but new scoot but I dont want one that isnt of good build quality.

My 50cc is either on or off. Even in town in japan there are roads you don’t want to get on, because you'll get run over for not going fast enough.

Lambretta is a well known line of scooters like Vespa. The original style is built with metal panels. My Lambretta is a "rebadged" Adly Thunder Bike...my 50cc was a "rebadged" Adly Panther 50 2T. It is kinda of wierd, but you want to stay away from most "Chinese" bikes because of build quality and parts...but most Taiwan built bikes are good. You will pay a bit more for a quality bike but you will also get a real warranty and be able to find shops that can service them. Look for bikes with PGO Engines (Kymco for example) or Honda Based Engines (the GY6 for example...Lambretta UNO 150).

Kymoc/People, Lambretta (150cc Model), Honda, Vespa and Genuine Scooter (Stella-old style and Buddy-new style) are ones that are known to produce quality scoots. QLink, Adly and Yamaha are a few others. You can always find "cheap bikes" that may or may not be quality bikes such as Lance, Rocketa, ect.

My 50cc is either on or off. Even in town in japan there are roads you don?t want to get on, because you'll get run over for not going fast enough.

I agree with you. I'm riding a Malaguti Ciak 50 cc here in California and avoid certain roads because of high speed traffic. On smaller roads, however, you can't beat a scooter!

-- LauraQ

Whatever you do, do not go test ride a 150cc 4 stroke...you will be spending MONEY if you do.

Whatever you do, do not go test ride a 150cc 4 stroke...you will be spending MONEY if you do.

Oooooh! Don't tempt me!;)

Those chinese bikes arrive here as a pile of parts and it's up to the retailer to put them together, from what I've been hearing, it sounds like half the troubles with them are poor assembly, possibly exacerbated by poorly translated instructions, but experienced bike mechanics should be able to put one together right. I think the issue is that a lot of places just pay some spotty kid to throw them together, then refuse to stand behind their work/responsibility in that regard. So I figure you either need to get one at a discount, unassembled and do it right yourself, or you need to pay the extra hundred or two bucks from an established motorcycle dealer and make sure they have an actual mechanic putting them together and they'll stand up for their mistakes.

Those chinese bikes arrive here as a pile of parts and it's up to the retailer to put them together, from what I've been hearing, it sounds like half the troubles with them are poor assembly, possibly exacerbated by poorly translated instructions, but experienced bike mechanics should be able to put one together right. I think the issue is that a lot of places just pay some spotty kid to throw them together, then refuse to stand behind their work/responsibility in that regard. So I figure you either need to get one at a discount, unassembled and do it right yourself, or you need to pay the extra hundred or two bucks from an established motorcycle dealer and make sure they have an actual mechanic putting them together and they'll stand up for their mistakes.

Wow. That's disappointing. For now, I'll stick with my little 50cc!

Wow. That's disappointing. For now, I'll stick with my little 50cc!

No reason to be discouraged by that, there are lots of companies that will stand behind their scooters, as well as other countries with professional scooter assemblers.

I'd so love another little scooter for driving around town. I managed to pass a few cars in tight traffic haha.

The is a difference between some "Chinese" and "Taiwan Chinese". There are also differences between "Chinese" to Chinese". It all depends on the Quality Controls put on by the company they are building for.

Genuine, Kymco, People among others are top notch. Adly/Lambretta, Q-Link (some are "Chinese Chinese"), are very good also. Others are really bad...you have to rerun the wiring, fuel lines with better tubing, ect., ect., ect. The main clue is if it sounds TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE (pricing especially), then it probably is. The Lance and a few others are pretty good "internet" scoots also.

I will be purchasing a 1999 49cc honda scoot with 1300 miles for 550$ soon. No tag or insurance required. Yeah! Just for short trips that are inefficient on my Burgman 400. I did a calculation for cost comparison...That 550 will propel my burgman in city driving about 6800 miles or 8200 highway miles. The Honda will get about 90 MPG vs the 60 on the burg but will only go about 35MPH. I look at it like this...If I ever lose my license for driving my vehicles too slow while hypermiling then I can always jump on the 49cc scoot. No license, no tag, no insurance. Just oil, gas, maint and lots of fun to scoot scoot around:) Another toy lol.