Got back from a 90 miles ride yesterday and I think the little engine is finally broken in. 55-60mpg for two up with 51L Trunk going 70-80mph is pretty darn good. Think I toped 92-95 couple times on the down hill. This scooter's power is unbelievable, just keeps giving and giving, mind you this is at 5800ft above sea level too. Got about 3k on it now and boy is it sharp looking. No head shake and steering is perfectly straight even at the speed I was going! Get a lot of surprised looks when on highway with scooter, even compliments at the parking lot(never happens on my other scooter).
Now the grips: People just do not like scooter in front of them. Even if I was kept pace with the traffic and not hindering anyone and minding my own business, I could feel them following closer to me then with cars, as though they think I am taking up too much space ahead of them! lol, not to mention they pre judge at the light when I am first, they usually changed lanes behind me afraid that I was going to cause traffic jams or just have something to poof. Worse of all is when turning!! they don't show the courtesy of tape the brake a little bit or give you room/time to slow down when turning, like they see all that space ahead of them and they just want to take it... can't tell you how many times they would just over take on the same lane as soon as they see me scoot over and signal to turn!, forces me to brake harder turn faster when I am making turns, sight. Last but not least is in traffic, if I don't sit in the middle of the lane, they would inch ever so closely like they want to squeeze me out of my lane. When I sit in traffic, I like to be a little closer to either side, because I don't want to be rear end and sandwich, not to mention get out of the way easier if need to be. Little do they know, it's more of opposite for me, I see the gaps between cars when standstill and just wish I could split lanes to get upfront, like in Asia/Europe.
Cons:
wish the floorboard is bigger, barely could fit anything.
Refuel is such hassel too, compare to People250, have to pop the seat every time and it is in the center of the bike, so when I use fuel canister, it would spill unless with funnel. Cracked my Tail light assembly due to gasoline spill not cleaned up!! some how the gasoline had a chemical reaction with the plastic tail light assembly and you can see all the micro fracture at the corner of the tail light assembly, wish I have know this, now I am extra careful when using fuel canister.
They could of use aluminum rear grab bar instead of plastic, doesn't feel too secure with my 51L trunk loaded up, especially when I pushed it back as far I think is safe with factory steel bracket and 1/4 thick aluminum sheet as base mount.
I do get occasional stumble(miss) when the engine is cold and sometimes it would shut off at the light, but fires right back up though, not sure what cause this.
