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I should clarify about the Cobra. It was built past being derestricted. But it did cross 65MPH

What I am reading in posts across the forum people are better off with the older kymcos than the newer ones.

I have decided to (try) to buy myself a brand new moped. First I will say KYMCO is the only brand I will consider spending my hard earned money on. (Please no comment or discussion on this topic as my dedication to KYMCO is not open for debate)

While doing my normal pre purchase research I had a dealer explain to me that if I want to buy a 50cc moped because I do not need to register it, I should buy a 125, or a 150 because they are the same exact size and the local law dog can not tell them apart except one says 50 and another says 150. Remove the lettering and suddenly you have a 50. (Any comments or discussion on this is appreciated, just as long as it is friendly)

The same dealer also told me I can buy a brand new 50 and de restrict it to it's full potential and it still would not go much faster than it did out of the box. When I explained I once derestricted a brand new KYMCO Cobra 50 to it's complete potential and had it up to almost 70MPH. He told me those days of KYMCO are gone forever since everything was switched over to four stroke.  (any thoughts on this is welcome)

So now I am considering stepping up to the 125, or 150 class, getting my motorcycle license,and registering and insuring it. Does this defeat the very reasons we ride unregistered 50's? Or would I be better off with the larger bike so I can actually go faster than 30mph? I do not want to buy a new machine and find out it wont go fast.