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Motor Scooters vs Used Cheap Mopeds
Author: Bill E. Sheers
If you are trying to save a few buck in your transportation expenses these days, you may want to consider a moped or scooter. Obviously if you don't live near your work or have a large family this may not be possible. But for single people, students, or someone who has just a short commute to work, these vehicles can save you a ton of money when it comes to what you are paying at the pump each month.
Many people interchange the two terms, but they technically are not the same. Here are some of the differences between the two:
#1 The Look.
Some of you reading this that are a little bit younger may have never even seen a moped. They look like a heavier duty version of a bike. They have a motor, but they also have pedals.
The scooter on the other hand, has no pedals and looks like more like a mini motorcycle.
#2 The Motor
Mopeds are going to tend to be a lot less powerful than most scooters. They will usually have a 1 gallon gas tank with no more than a 49cc motor. Don't get me wrong, they will usually get you over 200 miles on a tank, but they are limited on power.
The scooter, on the other hand, has evolved over the years. Scooters come with many different engine sizes ranging from 49cc up to 250cc.
#3 Speed
The mopeds are hindered by their smaller motor, so they only get going to around 30 mph tops. The scooter can go anywhere from 25mph up to 60mph depending on the size of the motor.
#4 Availability
Honestly, there are going to be many more options available to you if you are choosing a scooter over a moped.
#5 Affordability
A moped might be a little less expensive because a) the are usually not as high tech; or b) you may actually have to find a used one if the moped is the way you want to go.
Scooters are much more advanced nowadays, but some people like the old school look and feel f the moped. Either way, they are both going to save you massive amounts of money at the pump if you decide to use them.
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90′s kids…?
You’re a 90′s kid if:
You’ve ever ended a sentence with the word “PSYCHE!”
You can sing the rap to “The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air”
You remember when Kurt Cobain, Tu Pac, River Phoenix, and Selena died.
You know that “WOAH” comes from Joey from “Blossom” and that “How Rude!” comes from Stephanie from “Full House”
You remember when it was actually worth getting up early
on a Saturday to watch cartoons.
You got super excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.
You remember reading “Goosebumps”
You know the profound meaning of “Wax on, wax off”
You have pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.
You took plastic cartoon lunch boxes to school.
You danced to “Wannabe” by the Spice Girls, Females: had a new motto, Males: got a whole lot gay-er. (so tell me what you want, what you really really want.)
You remember the craze, then the banning of slap bracelets and slam books.
You still get the urge to say “NOT” after (almost) every sentence…Not…
Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? was both a game and a TV game show.
Captain Planet.
You knew that Kimberly, the pink ranger, and Tommy, the green Ranger were meant to be together.
When playing power rangers with friends you fought over who got to be who…………and still all ended up being Tommy.
You remember when super nintendo’s became popular.
You remember watching home alone 1, 2 , and 3……..and tried to pull the pranks on “intruders”
“I’ve fallen and I can’t get up”
You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates
Two words… Trapper Keeper.
You never got injured on a Slip ‘n’ Slide
You wore socks over leggings scrunched down
“Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, all dressed in black, black, black, with silver buttons, buttons, buttons, all down her back, back, back” SHE ASKED HER MOTHER MOTHER MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS CENTS CENTS TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS PHANTS PHANTS JUMP OVER THE FENCE THE FENCE THE FENCE
he jumped so high high high he touched the sky sky sky and he didnt come back back back til the forth of july ly ly he jumped so low ow ow he stubbed his toe toe toe and thats the end end end of the elephants show show show
You remember boom boxes vs. cd players
You remember New Kids on The Block when they were cool
You knew all the characters names and their life stories on “Saved By The Bell”
You played and/or collected “Pogs”
You had at least one Tamagotchi, GigaPet or Nano and brought it everywhere
You watched the original Care Bears, My Little Pony, and Ninja Turtles
NANCY DREW AND THE HARDY BOYS WERE THE BEST MYSTERY BOOKS
Yikes pencils and erasers were the stuff!
All your school supplies were “Lisa Frank” brand.(pencils.notebooks.b
inders.etc.)
You remember when the new Beanie Babies were always sold out.
You used to wear those stick on earings, not only on your ears, but at the corners of your eyes.
You remember a time before the WB.
You’ve gotten creeped out by “Are You Afraid of the Dark?”
You know the Macarena by heart.
“Talk to the hand” … enough said
You thought Brain woud finally take over the world
You always said, “Then why don’t you marry it!”
You remember when everyone went slinky crazy.
You remember when razor scooters were cool.
When we were younger:
Before the MySpace frenzy…
Before the Internet & text messaging…
Before Sidekicks & iPods…
Before MIKE JONES…
Before PlayStation2 or X-BOX…
…Back when you put off the 5 hours of homework you had every night.
When light up sneakers were cool.
When you rented VHS tapes, not DVDs.
When gas was $0.95 a gallon & Caller ID was a new thing.
When we recorded stuff on VCRs & paid $3.50 for a movie.
When we called the radio station to request songs to hear off our walkmans.
When 2Pac and Biggie where alive.
When the Chicago Bulls were the best team ever.
Way back.
Tag.
Get Over Here!!!! means something to you.
Hide-n-Go Seek at dusk.
Red Light, Green Light.
Heads Up 7 Up.
Playing Kickball & Dodgeball until your porch light came on.
Hopskotch.
Slip-n-Slides.
Tree Houses.
Hula Hoops.
HELLO….HOT WHEELS!!!!!
“POWER OF LOVE” BY CELINE DION..ONLY COUPLES COULD SKATE TO THIS.
The annoying Giga Pets & Furbies.
Running through the sprinklers.
That “Little Mermaid”
Crying when Mufasa died in the Lion King.
Happy Meals where you chose a Barbie or a Hot Wheels car.
Getting the privelage to sit in the front seat of the car.
Drinking Sqeeze It “Squeeze The Fun Out Of It”
CAPRI SUN
Watching Saturday Morning Cartoons in your PJ’s still wrapped up in your TMNT, Power Rangers, Barbie, Fairy Princess comforter.
The original Power Rangers
Or what about:
Hey Arnold.
Rugrats.
The Secret World of Alex Mac.
Ren & Stimpy.
Double Dare.
Rocco’s Modern Life.
AAAHH!! REAL MONSTERS.
Wild & Crazy Kids.
Clarissa Explains it All.
CAMP NOWHERE
Salute Your Shorts(CAMP ANAWANA)
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
The original cast members of All That.
Kenan & Kel.
“CITY GUYS”…ROLLW/ THE CITY GUYS
Doug.
Magic School Bus.
Nick Arcade.
Flash Forward.
The Adventures of Pete and Pete.
Legends of the Hidden Temple
Hey Dude.
Dinosaurs.
Alladin.
Mummies Alive
Pinky and the Brain
Sailor Moon.
Blossom.
Hangin with Mr. Cooper.
Martin
Beavis & Butt-Head
Wishbone.
Bill Nye the Science Guy
MR RODGERS!!!!
Who could forget Snick? & Nick @ Nite with Bewitched, I Dream of Jenie, The Facts of Life & I Love Lucy.
Where everyone wanted to be in love after watching The Wonder Years.
or Nick Jr. with Face
Gulah Gulah Island
Little Bear
Busy Town
Under the Umbrella Tree
PEE-WEE!!!
The Big Comfy Couch
Kool-Aid was the drink of choice.
Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school.
Class field trips.
When Christmas was the most exciting time of year.
When $5 seemed like a million, & another dollar a miracle.
When you begged to go to McDonalds for dinner everyday.
When Toys R Us overuled the mall.
Go back to the time when:
Decisions were made by going ‘eeny-meeny-miney-moe’.
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming ‘do over!’
‘Race issue’ ment arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was banker in ‘Monopoly.’
It wasn’t odd to have two or three ‘best’ friends.
Being old referred to anyone over 20.
A chance to skate as a couple at the local roller rink was like winning the lottery.
Scrapes & bruises were kissed & made better.
It was a big deal to finally be tall enought to ride the ‘big people’ rides at the fair.
When playing Nintendo was the hardest thing ever.
When Ninja Turtles ruled the world.
Another Baby Sitter Club and Little Sister (Karen) book came out and you put your name on hold for it at the library.
When Aladdin was new, before the trilogy was complete.
Before we realized all this would eventually disappear
Who would have thought you’d miss the 90′s so much!!!!!
Wow I LOVE the 90′s
should I buy a hybrid or a scooter and why?
I was thinking about getting a scooter bcuz they are better on gas and Im single with no kids about to start college… but I would like a car so that I could have ppl ride with me if necessarry… whats better? and whats a good used hybrid go for these days?
You’re probably best off buying an inexpensive small car AND a scooter.
A Honda Civic costs $5,000 less than a Prius, and a Yamaha Vino costs less than $3000.
Then you have the fun and economical scooter for local trips, and a low mileage vehicle for highway and longer trips (where Hybrids tend to be less economical anyways.)
The downside is that you have to deal with two separate salesmen.
—–Edit——
Ack, I just re-read your question. You have no kids, and you’re about to start college? I thought you had no kids who were about to start college, which was dumb of me.
SO, if you can have two vehicles, my advice stays the same. A scooter ans a small car can share a space if you are allowed to do it.
If not, I’d go with the car, because it has to rain sometime.
What are your thoughts on all of us PARKING our cars and getting scooters? Using when car is not a MUST……
Meaning, if we do not have to use our cars, we use Scooters that get at the worst 60mpg! Gas is rediculously priced no matter WHO you are. If you can, leave the kids at home with a responsible party and take a SCOOTER!
Cars used for winter driving, if needed. Taking children to the Dr. etc. . Meaning we ONLY use our cars/suv’s when truely needed.
Just a thought , whats yours?
Personally, I commute 90 km to work every day (on one of the most deadly highways in North America… Hwy 63 for those that know it). Given that a scooter could save plenty of petrol for those that work in the city, I know that it would be a death sentence for me (and my three passengers, who’d have a helluva time fitting in the back). And just a side note; I work in the second largest crude producing area in the world (Alberta oil sands), and somehow I’m still paying $1.40 a liter. How does that work?
One last thing. I don’t know why people keep blaming the govn’t for the taxes on gas. Blame big oil for setting the price per-barrel. They’re the people that are costing you guys (the great thing is, they’re paying my bills) sorry. Look into it though.
Separate lanes for motorcycles: how can we lobby for this?
I own a 250cc motorcycle (Kawasaki Ninja) which seats two and gets 70-80 miles per gallon: better than virtually any hybrid car on the road…plus it can go up to 100mph so it can easily do highway driving.
Scooters can get over 100mpg and still travel the 35-40mph needed for most city travel and have seen booming sales recently.
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So…why don’t people who want to contribute to a better environment just buy a small motorcycle for $3000-$5000 instead of an inferior MPG hybrid for $25-$40K?
The only consistent answer I have heard is “ride one of those things on the road…are you crazy?…I’d get hit by a car weighing 8 times as much and die.”
Which brings me to the point…most people I have talked to LOVE motorcycles minus the above safety issue.
If you make simple dedicated/separated/blocked-off lanes for motorcycles (even fairly narrow ones which barely make roads wider), you can make sure the worst thing a motorcyclist can run into weighs about 500lbs instead of 3500-5000lbs. and likely convince MANY more people to use them for virtually everything beside transporting kids. After all, the scooter market has already BOOMED since fuel prices have shot up even with the safety issues…and continues to as people worry gas prices may shoot up again.
Why are people spending so much money on hybrids that are mileage-wise far inferior to motorcycles when we could have such alternatives?
Is there a place where I could sign a petition to promote separate/safer lanes for motorcycles and/or vehicles under 700lbs.?
When I say “even fairly narrow ones which barely make roads wider” I am also implying such extensions to highways and roads would be relatively cheap to construct vs. the full-width roads needed for cars.
–First off, it’s not the road widths that are a –problem. It’s the intersections.
I am still not completely convinced as, last time I read, injuries coming from other cars switching lanes is nearly as major a cause of accidents as intersections.
I am not arguing or trying to chat…I am just trying to get back to the point of the question IE “how can we lobby this?” If your point is “we can’t”, then my point is I agree to disagree.
–pay for your hobby
I guess paying essentially the cost of a bike lane is really that much of a problem for you…
We pay MANY more times to enlarge roads for cars and manage traffic because of the size of cars than we ever have for motorcycles. On top of this, less accidents would likely mean less tax money needed for trauma centers. Most motorcycle accidents are caused by cars not seeing a motorcycle who is driving well and carefully (source: my MSF course).
If your point is “we can’t”, then my point is I agree to disagree.
Thanks to all who participated.
There’s so much bias in so many answers (and lots of answering things that were anywhere from very sidetracked to the opposite of what I asked) I can’t choose a fairly biased best answer…so I am leaving this one for voters.
Also to note…when I said extra lane I meant separated by a median IE like an HOV lane but also on public streets.
Many motorcyclists (myself included), check our sides and mirrors every 5 seconds or so to see if a car is moving into our lane straight toward us from our blind-spot. In fact, every near-collision I have had so far is a result of someone failing to yield right of way IE cutting into my lane while accelerating from behind me.
Also, I agree the anti-cell-phone bill would make a huge difference.
However, I don’t agree it evenly hurts cars and motorcycles (someone nudging the side of a motorcycle while on a cell phone can instantly KILL a motorcyclist…while only causing costly damage to a car).
I don’t think they would ever go for it. Because not only will it cost billions to make interstates and roads to have a single bike lane in every direction. It wouldn’t really make you any much safer. Plus inconsiderate drivers that would try to to probably pass someone in that lane if there was enough room. Second off weather conditions even in heavy rains you got cars and trucks driving all over the shoulders and lines now on the freeway let alone if motorcycles were traveling down it. I understand your point of view on the situation that cars don’t see us but what makes you think that having are own lane down a freeway would make any difference they would still not see us and probably try to merge in that lane anyway. Usually most of them happen at intersections or where there turning out because the motorcycle doesn’t have the same eye appeal as a car. That’s why i would have a very very loud exhaust put on mine so they could actually hear me coming up or around them. plus you have alot of inconsiderate motorcyclist who like to pass cars in non passing zones around turns in which the car hits them.
How to use headlights, blinkers, brakelights, etc. without key in ignition on gas scooter/pocket bike?
So my friend and I bought a pocket bike off his friend without a key for 20 bucks. Kid thought it didnt run, we put some new gas and starting fluid and started right up. But to start it, we had to disconnect the ignition wire. So now, no headlights or anything. Is there a way to get them to work without having the key? thanks.