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You may be able to buy a quality bicycle with that.
We paid a lot less than that for our Treks.
Good bikes start around 400. Mine was the top level of that particular model for under 700. This was slightly before the pandemic started.
Even Walmart BSO's will get the basic job done for a lot less than that. I bought one for $50 on clearance about 6-7 years ago that ended up being not terrible.
For the OP, buying used would be key. Might be able to find a good used Honda or similar for around 1k.
Consider the Honda Super Cub which has larger diameter wheels for good stability. It's also has a 125cc engine, an automatic clutch, and a four-speed transmission
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Get a Yamaha zuma 50. I would not pay more than 1500 max. Very cheap to maintain and they are very reliable. I have a 2004 only repair was a flat tire in 3 yrs of ownership.
I had a Sym HD 200 when i lived in Florida, it was made in Twain it had 16 in tires a radiator for cooling, and a top speed of 72 mph had to use premium gas.I loved it could park it in places a car couldn’t. Best of all no helmet law in Florida. But now that i moved back to Michigan and the cold and snow i sold it before i moved.
A riding buddy of mine got himself a Vespa 250 and loves it. It's small enough he can put it on a rack on the rear of his motorhome and take it everywhere they go. Me, I don't like it. I rode it a couple of times when he first got it, but I like my motorcycle, a Honda CB1100. A scooter has those tiny wheels and they're close together, the handling is different. I suppose you could get used to it.
Here in eastern Germany, mopeds and small motorcycles are very common, more common than scooters. It is amazing to see so many 30 to 40 year old 2 stroke mopeds from the communist era still chugging down the road. They have a cult following, and nobody scraps them, they keep rebuilding and refurbishing them. They are as common in cities as in rural areas. The larger wheels of mopeds and small motorcycles are an advantage over scooters for rougher roads in rural areas. Some of the mopeds such as the Simpson Schwalbe were hybrid scooters with low step through design and the engine towards the rear, but the wheels were larger than the typical scooter from Italy or France.
There was a large factory in the nearby town of Zschopau that made the MZ brand for many decades. The other big brand was Simpson, made in the town of Suhl. Both brands had good engineers and builders, and the two stroke engines were relatively easy to service. Most of the motors were in the 50 to 100 cc range, and many of the mopeds were closer to small motorcycles. My neighbor rides a 35 year old Simpson everyday as a commute vehicle about 3 miles each way.
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I had a Sym HD 200 when i lived in Florida, it was made in Twain it had 16 in tires a radiator for cooling, and a top speed of 72 mph had to use premium gas.I loved it could park it in places a car couldn’t. Best of all no helmet law in Florida. But now that i moved back to Michigan and the cold and snow i sold it before i moved.
The SYM HD200 has a hotrod of a motor. I use to own one and it can blast cars up to 50 mph.
Now that I’m experiencing a Northeastern winter…a scooter seems plenty foolish. Too bad, it would have been fun.
For what it's worth, whether it's by desire or necessity, hardcore bicyclists ride year round, and you can buy winter tires, with studs, to get traction and avoid falls... and the same thing is probably true for scooters. Unless you have specialized clothes, you're going to be freezing your a-- off though!
For what it's worth, whether it's by desire or necessity, hardcore bicyclists ride year round, and you can buy winter tires, with studs, to get traction and avoid falls... and the same thing is probably true for scooters. Unless you have specialized clothes, you're going to be freezing your a-- off though!
Well, it’s my first “real” winter. It’s worse than I thought…I don’t do well with cold (especially with Raynaud’s disease), and I freak out badly driving a four wheeler in the snow, let alone anything on two wheels. So yeah…it makes me sad, but it doesn’t make sense to have one
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