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Scooters - 125 to 300 => Super 8 150 => Topic started by: spongella on November 20, 2010, 06:48:02 PM
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Well ladies and gents, the latest edition of Cycle World has our great scooter reviewed, check it out.
Sponge
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Yup he loved it! Smart guy. ;D
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I saw it and it was all favorable including the Kymco brand. Now if they only did an article or two every month.
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A lot of the reviews coming from motorcyclists are favorable towards kymco...
I'm glad I got involved with one.
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I was at SeaTac Airport on a trip to the Big Island of Hawaii and picked up this issue at a news stand.When I saw the writeup on the Super 8 I immediateley bought the magazine. I'm studying up on scooters and the Super 8 is high on my list.
jon
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Do it! Loving the torque available and the speeds I hit.
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Is the Super 8 150 any taller than the Agility 50?
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Both 31 in. :)
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Thank you, WT!! I was wondering. I sat on a Super 8 that was for sale at the local pawn shop a month or so ago. Never thought about whether it was a 50 or 150. But you know. I could touch the ground with both feet flat on that thing, and I can barely touch the ground on my Agility. I think someone jacked the back end up on my scoot before I bought it!
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My agility was the same way. I get a deeper knee bend sitting on the super8 versus the agility. Could be the shock is set softer and thus compresses more...
Love it!
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I know you are, glopezz! You keepin' up with the traffic now, right? It seems like it would feel like a safer ride with that extra speed on hand.
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I have the power to keep up and manuver around traffic. its the perfect scooter for the area I live in. As long as you're not getting on the high way...
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If you can maneuver around through the traffic on the scoot then you're not missing much on that highway anyway.
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yeah...
I can't wait to take it downtown.
I won't forget to take my camera.
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http://www.cycleworld.com/motorcycle_roadtest/first_rides_articles/10q4/kymco_super_8_150_-_first_ride (http://www.cycleworld.com/motorcycle_roadtest/first_rides_articles/10q4/kymco_super_8_150_-_first_ride)
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Thanks for the link, jmcoach! :)
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What I really liked about the review was that the Super 8 was not characterized as a "beginners" bike or a "girls" bike (not that there's anything wrong with it, Rianna), but just as a "fun" bike. It doesn't have to be big and fast to be worthy of consideration.
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I rode a Honda Ruckus and my wife rode a Honda Metro scooter for a coupls of years. I even had fun on that thing.We used to up in my Toyota pickup and haul them up to Anacortes (Washington).There we would unload,cut to the head of the ferry boat line (pedestrians,pedal bikers, amd scooters/motorcycles go first!!!) and take the ferry to either San Juan Island, or Orcas Island and spend our weekend tooling around the island.Even a 500cc Ruckus can be fun for a 50+ year old motorcyclist.And I always had someone to ride with (the wife).
But the Ruckus lost so much speed on hills that it could get dangerous.
I'm not giving up motorcycles, but I am looking at scooters and researching them.
jon
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bird...
I notice a big change going from the 50cc to a 150cc.
think about it. Its much safer in situations where traffic moves a litte faster and it doesn't lose speed on hills. I even gain speed if I hit the throttle.
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Bird- If your are coming from the MC world the Super 8 with it's bigger wheels will feel quite comfortable.
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I agree...
its been less than a week of ownership and I've just clicked past 300 miles. I didn't even notice I rode that much.
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yeah...
I can't wait to take it downtown.
I won't forget to take my camera.
You take your camera with you on any of those 300 miles, glopezz? ;D
And no offense taken, Agent Bob, give me a "fun" bike over a "girl's" bike any day. I think the Super 8 looks sporty and stylish anyway.