I finally got my AK550 on the 14th (July) and it was worth the wait. Great scooter. I mean nothings perfect but It's close to it.
I have to give a shout to Clevelandmoto! Great f'ing dealer to work with. Honestly I can't give them enough praise.
But back to the scooter. I picked it up and on day where it pour so bad that quite literally all visibility was lost. So I got the pleasure of try out this new scoot with new tires and 2 miles on it, On I480 during rush hour. And it handled perfectly.
The weight of it feels non existent. Really the balance on this thing is fantastic. That being said I am coming from a Honda VTX 1800 which with my ass on it weighted over 1000lbs.
The height of it for me is pretty good. I'm 6'3" and when seated properly my feet are "just" flat on the ground.
The noodoe system as I figured, is truly useless and a gimmick. But having that center screen able to be a second speedo helps a lot in direct sunlight. As the red colored text on the right and left side "gauges" completely washes out. Where as the center with blue text and black background are still visible.
The controls are mix bag for me. The fourway flashers switch is part of the starter switch and is like a rocker switch. Push it like normal on the right side to start the bike, and in the left for four way flashers. But I the switch is sensitive enough that I tend to bump it when moving my thumb up to the other controls.
The heated grips are ridiculously hot. While getting drenched on my first ride. I started to feel "chilly". So I tried setting them to "1". Which is the lowest settings and my hands felt like they where on fire in a second. I had to just turn them off. As a side note the grips themselves feel to small or thin for my liking, my hands feel over "worked" due to the thinness.
The led lights are bright (go figure) and the high beam throws out a huge about of light everywhere. Which for my it's ideal. I need the light strong and Infront of me. Off to the sides is great and all but limits it's usage for me even more.
The window screen. Not this thing I'm not sure on. It works and it works great. But I feel like I'm always about to impale myself on it while maneuvering the bike around in say the garage or other random places. But again it works and works well enough that my hat doesn't blow off while riding and it kept my torso dry in the trench downpour. Although my arms and shoulders were soaked.
Now let's talk about it's performance. It's pretty good and it's smooth. It's not going to knock your socks off when you get to throttle. But it's also not going to feel like you're doing more than 35 mph when your doing 105 mph. It's just smooth and "quick". But not earth shattering.
Storage on it's pretty good it's enough to hold a "2 liter" of something and about 8 bags of chips or let's say a full average bookbag. The under seat storage does have a little led light (well two LEDs really). But for me they poorly light the whole area. I'll be adding a top down led soon as the warranty is done. Until then I'll just add a small tap light.
Mpg on this so far is hard to judge as it only gives you a "real" time mpg reading and not a over time. Plus I've only got 100 miles on it for far. But that being said the fuel gauge reads half empty now. And my rough guesstimation is I'm getting about 55 mpg.
The glove box storage on either side for me is basically useless. By phone only "fits" in the right side (with out the USB plug) and I do mean it just fits. And the left side with the USB fits my wallet. Not are awkward shapes, And good luck trying to plug anything into that USB port. I needed to use a long pair of needle nose pliers to plug in the USB cable.
Overall I'm happy with the scoot. It does everything I need it to and almost everything already I want it to. So money well spent so far!
Now I just need to paint it and start thinking about my pre and post warranty mods.
Side note, there is a cellphone holder for the AK that you can order from parts unknown. And the holder brackets are okay. But the powering wireless charger requires a bit of work...
