Do these mopeds look any good?

Question

http://www.scooter.co.uk/50cc-scooters-for-sale.html

Or is this like buying George from ASDA when really you need an tailored suit?

Answer 1

No, it's worth than Asda by a long way - they'll rot to bits within twelve months & you'll never be able to get parts.

Buy Japanese every time.

Answer 2

I didn't mind the look of the second one. Had a chuckle when I saw it was called 'retro' scooter - lol

The oldies are the goodies - real style with an old scoot

Sarah x

Answer 3

Stay away from the Chinese imports. No one will service them and you can't find the parts. Vespa, TNG, Genuine, Yamaha, Honda, Kycmo, TGB and Bajaj are all good companies.

Answer 4

NEVER buy bikes through the mail.

You can't get parts for them.

When it breaks, you'll have to throw it out.

It says on the web site, "Direct From The Factory + No Middle Man + Direct To You"

That means there's no one between you and the place it was built.

NO PARTS DEPARTMENT

If they're so legitimate, how come they don't even tell you the brand name of the scooter.

Spend the extra money and buy a popular, brand name machine, that you can actualy walk into a store and buy it.

Answer 5

I'd get 1st or 3rd one...

or you can always just go with a Vespa

Answer 6

I am not one to make the sweeping statement not to buy anything because it is made in China. They do produce some pretty good things out there and people who are blind prejudice to it are talking out of ignorance. In this case however I would serioulsy avoid these people as they offer absolutely nothing of substance behind the product at all. I won't go into detail as you can read the site yourself but take a look in the terms and conditions and see what they say about warranty. They rekon that a wheel is a wear and tear item if it fails in the warranty period. It is also a parts only warranty, so you have to fork out for the labour charge plus you need to send the bad to part for evaluation at your own cost before proceeding with any claim. They also state that it needs to be serviced every 1000km (600 miles give or take) and for any warranty claim they may need to see papers proving that this had been done. In other words you would have to have a mechanics report which they would approve of, so you need to pay someone to look at it every 1000km ! That smacks of sell and walk away in my opinion.

For the money it may be worth a punt, run it for a year or so until it falls apart and then get another one. It would be a cheapish mode of transport. I personally would not touch this site with a barge pole. I would consider the bike if the seller actually stood behind the product and offered a concrete back up. After all if the bike really is good enough for a year and they truly believe that, then they should be willing to honour that commitment as there would be little chance in the thing going wrong.

Answer 7

best thing to do is if you can afford it, buy a 'branded' bike like yamaha honda peugeot etc. Reason is then any problems and parts and help is easier to find. Nothing worse than buying a cheap japanese bike with an unknown name, VERY HARD TO FIND PARTS, and not as good quality

Answer 8

Firstly "packed with street-cred" eh? its a 50cc Put Put.

Secondly i recently bought a 50cc Aprilia rs50 and id easily reccomend it, if you buy a 2005 - 2006 model there quite cheap and they look fantastic. £1.5k for a very good condition, £1.2k for a good condition and £0.9k for a not so good (which i would'nt reccomend.)



The Yamaha TZR50 is also a good buy but since yamaha doesn't make them anymore it will be hard to source the parts.

Answer 9

They look fine, but the engine is more important to consider when buying one.

Answer 10

The guy before me is right these are no good