Scooters and scooters with disc brakes, 2 wheel drive, high speed and more!

[restorer-john]

I hit about 50'ish mph when the brakes failed on a ride

At that speed, just the tiniest movement of your body to make it more 'aerodynamic' makes a huge difference. Just tilting my head up a to look at the speedo, shaved off several km/hr. The downforce on the few mm of rubber on the road diminished so much the bike floated.

This is the road:

It's now a lovely road, back then it was a narrow barely two lane thing with no guard barriers or runoff.

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[pablolie]

With nice Michelins and those brakes I am guessing that ride stops on a dime.

It brakes very hard, problem is you have to worry about someone hitting you from behind. The other nice thing is that it is nearly impossible to lose the front end over whatever grime is on the road. It will fall over though, like any motorcycle - and it is heavy.

 

[Doodski]

It breaks hard, problem is you have to worry about someone hitting you from behind. The other nice thing is that it is nearly impossible to lose the front end over whatever grime is on the road. It will fall over though, like any motorcycle.

Yes, I am very curious about road snakes (Those long cracks in the road they fill with tar/butylene.) handling and small rocks from embankments falling onto the road. Your wonderful ride has those two front wheels and I watched a science video about this new layout and geometry.

 

[pablolie]

Yes, I am very curious about road snakes (Those long cracks in the road they fill with tar/butylene.) handling and small rocks from embankments falling onto the road. Your wonderful ride has those two front wheels and I watched a science video about this new layout and geometry.

Now Kymco has caught up with the tech, and they make a bike that may be more advanced. https://kymcousa.com/2024-cv3/

But mine is a 2019 model and only has 12k miles on it, so no way I'll flip it anytime soon.

And California roads are shockingly abominable in many places, those two front wheels are cool to have for insurance indeed.

 

[Doodski]

Now Kymco has caught up with the tech, and they make a bike that may be more advanced. https://kymcousa.com/2024-cv3/

Looks like a very nice machine.

But mine is a 2019 model and only has 12k miles on it, so no way I'll flip it anytime soon.

@ 19k miles people are looking for that and it would sell fast.

And California roads are shockingly abominable in many places, those two front wheels are cool to have for insurance indeed.

Up north we have extreme frost every year and so the road snakes are au plenty. I read very good things about the dual front wheel setup.

 

[pablolie]

... I read very good things about the dual front wheel setup.

It gives one awesome confidence, especially in tight downhill turns on moist roads with leaves or grime...

I had a situation where I surely would have lost the front with my other bikes, but that front end made it a non event. Might have saved me from bad injury or worse. Car ran a red light really late as I was committed to turning onto that road, saw it from the corner of my eye, hit the brakes with werewolf grip... one front tire gave but the other kept braking...

 

[Cogito]

My little scooter... Only 1854cc.