someone talk some sense to me.

[A500leroy]

Right, the type of riding I only do now is commuting. max sped is 40mph, distance is 6 miles each way.
I don't go on 'bike meets' I occasionally visit a race track to watch.

I have two bikes, a 50cc moped and a 250 'sports bike', I feel the 50 is a little slow on the commute as I either have people up my ass or overtaking in bum clenching ways. I don't want to take the 250 for fear of having it nicked and also starting to have a little arthritis In my clutch hand which can make things difficult.

Do I :
A; Man up and just carry on as I am.
B: Man up and use the 250 for the commute and if it gets nicked it gets nicked.
C: Sell them both and buy something like a pcx for my type of riding.

[poo at Paul's]

Why not derestrict the moped so it will do 50mph plus. If you are ok with the spanners, kit will cost about £100 to £200 and (depending what you do, ie exhaust and jet or new barrel, head, piston as well) when you sell it you can take it all off and sell separately.

Smaller, more nimble in town. If it is in decent nick tweak it. What 'ped is it btw.

[A500leroy]

Yam neo 4 stroke, I think it restricted in the cdi unit only as its fuel injected. I cant find a de restricted cdi unit anywhere..

[CoolHands]

flog em both and get a 250+cc scooter.

50cc are dangerous and should be banned.

[Birky_41]

A500leroy said:

Yam neo 4 stroke, I think it restricted in the cdi unit only as its fuel injected. I cant find a de restricted cdi unit anywhere..

Do a bit of google research. Between that and YouTube you can conquer the world...or atleast find out how to derestrict

I briefly looked at a Suzuki Address 110cc Scooter. No 2 smoke oil does 60-70mph on a push and 120-150mpg

Costs about £1800 new too

Just a thought

[airsafari87]

If you have arthritis in your clutch hand I'm not sure the 250 would be particularly pleasant for your commute depending on the type of traffic / roads you have to negotiate.

As others have said, flog both and get a bigger scooter.

Or

Flog both and get a newer bike with an up and down quick shifter, then you will pretty much only need to use the clutch for pulling away and when you come to a stop.

I'm assuming you're limited to 300cc bikes (sorry, but I'm old AF and have no idea how the licence system works now) but i assume some of these newer 300's have quickshifters??

Actually don't some Honda's have a paddle type shift thingy now??

[A500leroy]

No full license, I just prefer smaller bikes cause I don't use the top end speed!

[Willy Nilly]

How much slower than a 50 would a bicycle be over 6 miles? It would be cheaper, you'll get fitter and your employer may have one of those bike deals available.

[black-k1]

Man up, sell both, buy a bike of at least 600cc and start doing at least one of:

- Track days;
- Euro tours;
- Biker meets;
- Weekend ride outs;
- Race meets;

The more of these you can do, the better!

[T6 vanman]

For what it's worth,

Keep the 250 as it appears you like it,

Sell the ped as it's not fit for purpose and get a 100~200 automatic (probably scooter as my low cc knowledge is not what it was) that will be more suitable for your commute

A good quality named bike, Cannondale, Giant, Bianchi sit up & beg hybrid commuter bike is 500~750 and even an old puffer will average 12aths18 mph road for 6 miles will be 20:30 minutes.

[poo at Paul's]

Birky_41 said:

Do a bit of google research. Between that and YouTube you can conquer the world...or atleast find out how to derestrict

I briefly looked at a Suzuki Address 110cc Scooter. No 2 smoke oil does 60-70mph on a push and 120-150mpg

Costs about £1800 new too

Just a thought

There's a couple of pretty new Moto GP colour ones for about £1200 knocking about at dealers.

I've done my little 2T Jog RR today, ready for the TT. Goes well off the clock now !!

[JulianHJ]

Dare I say it - have you considered an E-bike for your commute?

[T6 vanman]

JulianHJ said:

Dare I say it - have you considered an E-bike for your commute?

[ymwoods]

JulianHJ said:

Dare I say it - have you considered an E-bike for your commute?

Well, that escalated quickly.

[Birky_41]

T6 vanman said:

JulianHJ said:

Dare I say it - have you considered an E-bike for your commute?

[rodericb]

poo at Paul's said:

There's a couple of pretty new Moto GP colour ones for about £1200 knocking about at dealers.

I've done my little 2T Jog RR today, ready for the TT. Goes well off the clock now !!

Heh, mine was like that. 1997 Jog. Had an Arrow spanny, re-jetted and the obvious unplug of the red wire on the CDI and it'd go off the clock. The speedo only went up to 60km/h but the needle was hard up against edge of the dashboard thingy so maybe it got to 75kmh. Go whole-hog on the Polini bits and they'd get to 110kmh or something. Which is fairly well moving when you're on those little wheels. I think the forks didn't even have oil damping and the rear shock absorber was like the steering damper of a big bike with a spring thrown over the top of it! At least the light weight meant that the drum brakes worked okay with a decent squeeze.