I took the scooter on its first real ride today, into SLC to see the BSU. I took the back roads, except that I forgot that highway 89 actually joins up with the interstate 15 for several miles. Oops! 52 mph isn't enough when its posted for 65 mph! Anyway, I got back onto secondary roads for the remainder of the trip with no difficulties and it turned out to be a perfect day for a ride.
And it really did take 1.03 gallons to refuel when I got home with 90 miles traveled! I fueled up before leaving at the station at the bottom of the hill from the house and refueled again upon my return. That's incredible mileage considering that most of the trip I was running at wide open throttle.
Top speed does seem to be about 53 mph on flat roads. There are a couple hills that reduced me to below 40. For those hills, more power would be a really good thing! Overall though, its a very good ride, stable and pretty smooth. The step in the seat is just about 1 inch too close for comfort really, if it was further back there would be a bit more room to stretch out.
But its not designed or intended for multi-hour extended trips but for short hops and commuting and I'll start doing that tomorrow. I have an appointment for my driving test in the morning and after that I'll be able to get my license updated and my base pass stickers. With those, I'll be completely legal.
I've already figured out where there might be a few more horsepower hiding in my scooter but first I've got to get a few more break-in miles on it!
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