Goodbye to Florence!

Hey all,

I know I dont post much here, but I just wanted to say, in the next few days i am saying a sad goodbye to my Pulse Lightspeed 2, 125CC scoot, the engine has 9000 KM in a year, many tweaks it has finally got to the point where I need a more reliable bike, I will be selling her as a project sooner or later, but thats another story!

As I cannot be without a bike, I put the cost of bits to the replacement, A Yamaha Riva 125CC of 1994 vintage

Just needed to get that off my chest, anyone got any comments on the new lady?

Sean

 

Dont knock it till you have ridden it

 

Florence was a chinese scoot, and 9250 KM in a year, she has no engine faults, what killed her was a poor garrage where I got her serviced and work done, with a chink scoot, its all in the maintenance, however, for a first scoot, they are really nice, also they offer a cheap scoot if you wanna learn to modify and tinker...

 

Mark; Finally someone understands... I rode Florrence for over a year, just shy of 10.000 miles, she is a bloody good friend....

Accyuklad;
the chinese scooters are fine if they are maintained ad sericed properly, the nail in the coffin for Florry was the garrage I was with for service work, the sid they had done things when they had not, and by the time I found out the parts in question were shot, since that was done and the replacements were looked after, hey were fine, but the damage had been done to the rear wheel support, which is fractured and bowed so the axle is now missalighned, and the transmition at that end also damaged....

Nowt wrong with a 2 stroke, but personally, I have riden both, and the 4 stroke is better for fuel economy, and sounds much better!

Sean

 

Must say my 2 stroke is better on fuel than father inlaws 4t thats thirsty as anything and how can you say a 4t sounds better
Cant beat sound and stink of 2t first thing in the morning waking neighbours up or is that just because im a thoughtless yobbo haha

 

HAHAHA

I am a 4 stroke man, I had a 2 stroke to start, and the 4's in my book just sound the dogs bits

there in waking the neighbors us ALWAYS a bonus

Sean

 

you have clearly never heard a well run in and tuned 4T with its pipe off

 

As fun that is that sound, you give me a 4T engine and Im a happy man! Mum has a collection of anchent mopeds, so I had my fill of 2T before I was 11!
Sean

 

I don't care if its 2t 4t,2 wheels what matters to me.i prefer 2t for simplicity.

 

Ahhh, My mother is a petrol head too, so its in my blood from an early age! 2T engines are easy to work on, but for reliability, I have had more fun with 4T, I wouldnt not ride a 2T, but if I had the choice I would always go 4T

that said anything with two wheels is better than 4!

Sean

 

I will say that your right there, Florence (4T) reguarly did 75+ mile trips and never once skipped a beat

 

aye I was amazed as I had herd so much crap about the chinese bikes! If I thrashed her it was 75 miles per tank, I once took her out VERY gently and got nearly 140 to the tank!

Still waiting on my yammy being delivered