12-07-2020, 09:20 PM | #2 |
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For about 7 months when I (attempted to) move to L.A., I worked for a restaurant that had two scooters, delivering food on the weekends. I was scared at first, so stuck to the Honda Metropolitan 50 until I got used to the conditions. Then, I upgraded to their SMax. Wow! That thing had waaaay more power than a 155cc should have. I even got to ride it on the freeway a few times. It got up to an indicated 80 mph. I was impressed with its power.
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12-08-2020, 12:31 PM | #3 |
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Location: Houston area
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The Yamaha SMax is a great scoot for the money, so the Kymco will need to be priced considerably less to be competitive in the States.
Some guys conjecture that the KRV is a repackaged Yager 200. That wouldn't bother me. The Yager was a good bit faster than the current HD200.
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12-11-2020, 10:15 AM | #4 | |
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I rode the scooter on the weekend days, but there was a delivery guy who lived near the restaurant and worked pretty much 6 or 7 nights a week (the place was open until 2 AM and did deliveries), so I know the bike was getting beat up. At one time, it developed a coolant leak and was indicating that it was running hot, but that was literally a few weeks before the restaurant's partners up and closed the restaurant to change the concept to a Tennessee chicken fast-food/fast-casual concept and they were not going to deliver anymore. One of the cooks ended up with the Metro 50, and the delivery guy ended up buying the SMax. I considered buying it myself, but I knew how beat up it was and they wouldn't budge on $1500...
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02-07-2021, 01:26 AM | #5 |
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I know this is an older thread, but if it's a Kymco you can't go wrong!
Just my 2 cents...
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