Longest ride? By fairweasel2323 (Read 1,703 times)

[fairweasel2323]

Whats everyones longest (no stop) ride on there 250cc Scooter? At a constant speed of 55mph, will go thru some small towns thats 35mph but about a 50mile stretch that I might travel. Is that too long of a trip holding speed of 55mph note there might be half dozen small towns and one big one where I could stop to take a brake if needed? The thing is I have had my scoot in the shop getting some wiring worked on getting it done pretty cheap, glad I bought my scoot from a good dealer (http://www.familyfunatvs.com/) a brick and mortar dealer, that has moved onto the web too (what business don't now days) but It should be done tomorrow they just have to test drive it themselves before they have me come up to make sure its fixed right! I have no truck or trailor available to get it and I really want to ride with this nice weather we are having! So I thought ride it home be a nice day. Im just worried about so long of time holding her at 55mph might not be good? But maybe be ok with the speed changes thru the small towns and then stop and take a break at McDonalds or something in the big town and it will be ok? I will have my Parents , or one of them falling me in the car, and If something happened Im sure the dealer would come get the scoot for me. Im just worrying to much! LOL But still how long of trips have u guys took on ur 250cc scoots, and how long u ride it at like 55mph or do u like to vary the speed more on longer trips? any of ur guys and gals experiences will be nice to hear. Everyone be safe and have fun scooting! Live to Ride, Chose to Scoot!

[LUKE]

i did a 300 mile trip from Yuma to San Diego 55mph straight for 6hrs. not a hiccup. nice and easy.
if your trip is 3hours in a car,,make it 6hours on a scooter..just enjoy the sceneries around, no rush.,stop on some interesting places and take pictures. (and post it on scooter tag,lol)
good luck and ride safe!!

[fairweasel2323]

Also scoot is good and broke in with 2k on her, and just had new plug, oil change with some Castrol 4T Motorcycle oil for 4 stroke motors, and a fresh gear oil change she was running good. but then I noticed it started stalling out. I thought it was the stator wire had a bad spot somewhere , cause when I moved them it would stall out scoot. but I guess it was a different wire that when I wiggled them wires it moved it stalling out the scoot. think its the wire to battery with the inline fuse but not sure will find out exactly which one. but he went thru all the ones back by the motor. not sure on the connections in the front, I had already went thru some of those to make sure there was no bare spots and all connections was tight so the scoot should be more trustworthy that all the wiring or atleast 90% has been went thru and checked out. If I wanted too im sure i could get them to bring it to me but who knows when and only going to have tomorrow and Saturday that I know of back in the 70s. So I was thinking riding it home might be a nice ride!

[fairweasel2323]

its about a 45min drive in car so I think I will go for it! Got dad following plus I have rode her alot around closer to home. This is just a farther away from home ride so it will be new for me. My farthest trip so far is about 30miles away and did that there and back so thats more then my one way 50 mile journey. I will try to post pics of interesting things I see I got the GPS, so cant get lost if all seems good might send dad on ahead, unless he wants to follow me he can be my camera guy and I might just hit up some interesting looking back roads instead, for scooter tag have to see what the tag is right now aint been playing in awhile!

[ootscoot]

Check Kiwi's awesome ride through New Zealand! 1000km, 15 hours...
I did a very nice cruise on a SYM RV250 - had the luxory of delivering one to a customer a little over 300 miles away - up the coast of Ca. nice ride - averaged about 15 mph...stopped at Pismo for breakfast, Big Sur for lunch, Carmel for dinner...next day finally arrived in the Bay area, dropped off the bike, flew home (one hour)hopped on the Citycom and cruised down the coast to pick up the wife for dinner in Ventura, then back to Santa Barbara...nice road trip!

[fairweasel2323]

Well trip went Great! It was a 45mile journey from my dealer to back home. The Mechanic my dealer has, hooked me up and went thru all the wiring found out my problem was with the pick-up coil connection. He also went over the scoots fluids and did some break adjusting for me. I now actually have good brakes! But for everything he did I was happy with the price! Was a really nice trip, now that all the wiring has been went thru and I know the motor is running good I trust it more to go on longer trips! Just too bad winter is around the corner, but still suppose to be nice tomorrow so def. going to be riding all day! have to check out what the Tag is on scooter tag love playing that game just been absent with the cold weather in Ohio and then scoot being in the shop. Hope I maybe can get a good tag tomorrow! One thing I noticed is my scoot is running better then it ever has! So I wonder if the pick-up coil connection was bad the whole time not giving the motor the spark it needed, and now it is so its running better? Only thing he really did that I would think would make the scoot run better? But Im happy and now more trustworthy of the scooter. I guess u can say it just got the PDI finished. I hope for some more warm weather to get more riding in before winter now!

[LUKE]

what? you went to your mechanic??!! that defeats the purpose of this forum,,our goal is to minimize or totally prevent scooterists from going to the dealer or mechanic for repair,,we encourage DIY in this forum....bash,jr and alley will be very sad to know that they were bypassed ;D ;D ;D... anyway,,good to hear that your scooter is working A ok now...now post that pic to the scooter tag!!lol.. scoot on!!

[fairweasel2323]

yeah I had wiring issues and it was still under warranty except Labor . So when I had electrical problems with old scoot they sucked! I broke parts of the plastic stripping it down and I dont do electrical at all really even this mechanic that had a business selling Wildfire scoots here in the town I live in Marion, OH had me pick it up cause he didnt want to mess with it! It was my old Wildfire 150-s. And all it was was the regulator! I just started replacing part by part till I replaced R/R on my own. But really I didnt want to mess with plastics on my new 250cc so for 135$ I got all the wiring gone thru to now complete the PDI and found out the problem was in the pick up coil connector causing scoot to stall when I hit a bump! But also he went thru other things fixed my MP/3 wire hook up, checked all fluids and topped off antifreeze in radiator and add just a little in the overflow he dont fill it near halfway like some do so that way if it overheats it still has a place for the antifreeze to go. And I got a new battery out of it and still kept my old one it is dead need to trickle charge it. My brake light got stuck on again I fixed it once adjusting by the handlebar on the lever but must not of got it tight enough so it came back on staying on drained my battery he just gave me a new one checked it out with the voltmeter to make sure the scoot still wasnt draining it. So for everything I got done and for the price I aint mad. Besides I sold my old scoot and got more room in garge and said I would use that money to get this problem fixed right. Besides I had other things to do for a week any ways here at house before winter hits hard. Plus it was pretty cold here so wouldnt really of rode it much any ways so figure Id get it fixed by the mechanic who's fixed tons of these scoots and everything is great now! Instead of me working on it. I mean I know engines can do work but not electrical! But I was picking it up, not riding it there every bump I hit was stalling out the scoot so we took it down in my friends truck. It was in the 70s and a beautiful ride. I got it in Mansfield Ohio about 45 miles from my house I had a little interstate driving too for about 10 miles. But Jr. and Bashan have already helped me out with a few other issues I had so they needed a break any ways! LOL

[fairweasel2323]

now he went thru all the wiring that completes my PDI! I now am more trustworthy to drive farther from home! so now bring on new journeys for me and the scoot to travel! Maybe the weather will stay nice a bit longer here, if not I know its ready to roll come spring time!

[jake aka:ventoscoot]

On my 160cc, the longest trip I have been on is 200 miles in one day. The longest stretch was 55 or so miles with no stops, average speed was probably a little less than 50 mph. It was on country back roads so max speeds was 55 anyway. It was a blast. Gonna do a trip to Vegas and back next year (1000 miles round trip) with 250 miles being traveled each day. It is a charity ride for a local school for kids with Autism.

[kiwiscoot]

did a 1000km trip last Friday. You can read about it here. Great fun.
scooterdoc.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=talk&thread=2323&page=1#15383
enjoy and go on your own.

[fairweasel2323]

been looking for ur thread Kiwiscoot thanks heard u had a great trip!

[kiwiscoot]

It was awesome. Now for the 1000mile/1600km trip in a day. That will take some planning as our roads are mostly twisties. May do it later this year.
We have the TT2000 here on the south island too. Two 1000km per day days back to back. Look next years route here www.tt2000.org/ and at the fantastic scenery. Hmmm, may be in the pipe line.
Be prepared and just ride... ;D

[brndnpnt]

480 miles 14hrs from fayetteville TN to New Orleans LA