What should I know about a scooter before I place an order, the brands, models, prices, replacements, and what else? Among all of these, what matters most, the parts, engine, brakes, or just the style?I‘m a motorcycle beginner and want to start with a scooter first.
What matters most? USAGE. What will you be using the motorcycle for. A 50cc scooter is useless on touring the Interstate. A 1300cc cruiser is overkill taking a 2 mile trip for shopping. For general usage, a 250cc motorcycle/scooter is easy to learn while capable of going anywhere.
That is the way my daughter started she go a Kawi BWS scooter, the 50cc ones are mostly 2 stroke so you have to deal with mixing gas if they don't have an auto injector. Scooters are good for in and around town as long as you don't have to do highway speeds. The however to this is that there are larger scooters that will do highway speeds just fine. It really boils down to what you want to use it for. If you are looking at a scooter in the 125 to 250 range then I'd look at a bike unless there are physical problems, (buddy's wife had problems with the bike he got a 650 scooter) that prevent you from slinging you leg over the saddle. As a beginner I always recommend that you don't get anything larger than a 250 until you have some time in the saddle because bigger bikes will get you into organ donor territory quite fast with lack of experience. The smaller bikes will get you there too but you really have to do something spectacularly stupid to go there.
Screw the scooter, if you want a motorcycle buy a motorcycle. Like saying you want a car, buy a go-cart. Honda Rebel 250, go from there.
