can a agility meet my needs

[joebro]

I am new and preparing to purchase my first scooter. I would like to go with a 2013 agility 50. Although I am not sure if it meets my needs, I am new to scooters but I do have some basic knowledge. Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.

-Would it be possible to occasionally (like once every month to 2 months also our combined weights only around 225 pounds) ride double on a short and fairly flat area?

-Is this a reliable scooter?

-How is its speed?

-Is there any real difference between a 2012 and a 2013? My dealership has both for $1400 and $1500.

[Vivo]

Reliability:  Very reliable

Speed:   About 40mph or less

Capacity:  Yes, it can carry 225 lbs. on a short, flat area... even a long and not so flat area...

2012 and 2013? Not sure about that...

Recommendation:  Buy it!

[tortoise]

not sure if it meets my needs

Location . . speed and use expectations . . why a 50cc?  The most frequent regret is NOT initially selecting at least a 125cc scooter.  Include Lance in your research.

[AMAC1680]

Location . . speed and use expectations . . why a 50cc?  The most frequent regret is NOT initially selecting at least a 125cc scooter.  Include Lance in your research.

Yep. I would take the advice above.
A 50cc scooter IMO is marginal for anything other than a college campus. I know that many will disagree just my .02.

I always buy leftovers. Its rare that anything but cosmetics changes.
That said they do on occasion add things like EFI so search the specs.

Be Big,
AMAC

[joebro]

Thanks you all for the advice and I would love to have something larger but right now I must go with a 50cc. I don't have license and probably will be unable to get it for another year to 2 and a half years. I was curious could a like 50 lx or a super 8 better meet my needs?

[Stig / Major Tom]

O.K., understand it has to be a 50cc.
I sure would look real hard for a very lightly used Kymco or Lance 50cc scooter.
Seems to me you will be paying about $500 too much if you buy from the dealer's new scooter assortment.
$1500 is in the price range of a lightly used 163cc Kymco !!
Save 1/4 to 1/3 or your $$ and look for a 'left-over' (brand new scoot from previous yr , with full warranty, which did not sell) or a lightly used scooter. Put that $ you saved into safe riding gear!
Stig

[tortoise]

don't have license and probably will be unable to get it for another year to 2 and a half years

Based on the sketchy context so far, perhaps another "liquor cycle" situation.  If so, future queries may include how to make a 50cc go faster because "the laws don't apply to me".

[AMAC1680]

Based on the sketchy context so far, perhaps another "liquor cycle" situation.  If so, future queries may include how to make a 50cc go faster because "the laws don't apply to me".

 

Be Big,
AMAC

[joebro]

Based on the sketchy context so far, perhaps another "liquor cycle" situation.  If so, future queries may include how to make a 50cc go faster because "the laws don't apply to me".

Haha Actually its a issue related with school where I live we must meet certain qualifications in our schooling to take drivers education and get our permit. Due to a pretty hectic year last year I am afraid I have fell behind and I need transportation for work. My current mode of transportation is bicycling and that's not working out so well.

[Vivo]

Lots of us start small, then doesnt like the "speed".. then upgrades...then buys a bigger one... then doesnt like... then buys a bigger one.. and so on and so forth... Usually ends in a 500cc...    I started with a 125cc... after 2 years, I want a 400cc...

[stoneboy]

If you live in an urban and congested area where the road speed limit is less than 35 (or 25) mph, I found the agility 50 is working really well. It could get you to places faster than cars could in the congested streets.

[ScooterCommuter]

I commuted from one side of Minneapolis to the other every day on one of these for a few years. It handled the task just fine. It became a "guilty 50" fairly quickly, simply because of the need for a little more shove uphill on a couple of stretches of my route.

[blue]

check the law in your state. they just switched the law wear a moped can be 100cc now LOve it cant wait to get my next scoot.

[tortoise]

they just switched the law wear a moped can be 100cc now

Additional context . . Michigan:
"A moped is a two- or three-wheeled vehicle with a motor not exceeding 100cc engine displacement. The moped must have a power drive system that does not require shifting gears and cannot have a top speed exceeding 30 mph on level surfaces."

[Vivo]

What's the basis? the actual engine specs? because they still call 101 cc or 102 cc engines 100cc... and these engines already exceed 100cc...