how fast for how long

ScootLady · Post by **ScootLady** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 2:21 pm

I ride my 170i to work and it is about 22 miles. I am going on state highways and for extended periods I am at 60+mph. I am riding on the weekends and days off the same way. Am I pushing my scooter to hard to far?

I see a lot of info on folks who are not getting above 40 mph. I thought this fellow was born to run so I have been running him like crazy.

MYSCTR · Post by **MYSCTR** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 4:13 pm

My first full year of riding my scoot for pleasure and work meant about three trips a week to and from Dallas, many trips (with several stops for business) would go over 100 miles, generally not more than 140 miles in single day. Racked 9,200 miles that year.

Biggest pleasure riding day was about 240 miles riding to the North Texas Lakes Rally; McKinney through Dallas to Waxahachie, (rally rides), Midlothian, Arlington then working our way back to Dallas and then McKinney. Fun Day.

Most of my work trips included WOT for 18-24 miles at times (highway on and off again). Never had any problems from that.

I would not recommend that for a brand new scoot until you have something over 500 miles on it.

DHegg33 · Post by **DHegg33** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 4:34 pm

Well I can only offer my own opinion and experience. I run my 125 pretty hard. Maybe not quite as consistently as you do, but I do not shy away from taking it on the highway and running it at capacity (about 65-70 bmph) for twenty or thirty minutes at a time if need be. It has always performed quite admirably, but I do get the sense sometimes that I am pushing it a little too hard. The only time it really was struggling was on the way back from my cabin last year, which is about 180 miles one way. On the way back there was a 30+ mph headwind pretty much the whole way and about halfway through I was having a hard time keeping it at 50-55 bmph so I took a couple extra stops I may not have taken just to give it a rest. For that reason I have decided not to make that annual trip with it this year. But next year when my warranty expires on my 125 I am going to upgrade to a i170 and I will take on at least two trips a year to the cabin and will continue to take it on the highway whenever I want to get somewhere quicker and I am on the scooter. The Buddy is a really solid machine. I think you are fine using it the way you are. Of course it will wear out quicker but so will anything that you run hard and fast and alot.

Post by **ericalm** » Sat Jul 12, 2014 5:38 pm

Not at all. You're good.

Though hopefully, you didn't break it in riding like that.

Mbates50 · Post by **Mbates50** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 2:21 am

ScootLady wrote:I ride my 170i to work and it is about 22 miles. I am going on state highways and for extended periods I am at 60+mph. I am riding on the weekends and days off the same way. Am I pushing my scooter to hard to far?

I see a lot of info on folks who are not getting above 40 mph. I thought this fellow was born to run so I have been running him like crazy.

You 170 is basically a small motorcycle. So that speed is Ok. Actually you are probably only going 55 mph. Most scooter's speedos are dialed up about 5mph faster than its actual land speed.

Mbates50 · Post by **Mbates50** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 2:38 am

MYSCTR wrote:My first full year of riding my scoot for pleasure and work meant about three trips a week to and from Dallas, many trips (with several stops for business) would go over 100 miles, generally not more than 140 miles in single day. Racked 9,200 miles that year.

Biggest pleasure riding day was about 240 miles riding to the North Texas Lakes Rally; McKinney through Dallas to Waxahachie, (rally rides), Midlothian, Arlington then working our way back to Dallas and then McKinney. Fun Day.

Most of my work trips included WOT for 18-24 miles at times (highway on and off again). Never had any problems from that.

I would not recommend that for a brand new scoot until you have something over 500 miles on it.

Lived in Plano. Riding there can be like riding in a blast furnace during the summer.

Dooglas · Post by **Dooglas** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 5:10 am

In my experience, rides like that are simply good workouts for a Buddy. Scooters like to be ridden. The worst thing you can do to one is leave it sitting in the shed for months. The only thing that stresses a Buddy is rides of an hour or two at highway speeds in hot weather. It is air-cooled after all. In hot weather on longer rides it is good to take a break once in a while. You probably need a break anyway.

pugbuddy · Post by **pugbuddy** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 8:53 pm

22 miles at WOT won't hurt your Buddy. Over time, if you do all day road trips at WOT, it can do some damage.

sc00ter · Post by **sc00ter** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 5:59 pm

My old 07 Buddy now has 30,000miles and the new owner rides it just as hard as I did. Just keep the oil changed (start a dyno vs. synthetic debate!) and a eye on tire pessure and your Buddy will just keep on runnin' strong.

pugbuddy · Post by **pugbuddy** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 11:24 pm

sc00ter wrote:My old 07 Buddy now has 30,000miles and the new owner rides it just as hard as I did. Just keep the oil changed (start a dyno vs. synthetic debate!) and a eye on tire pessure and your Buddy will just keep on runnin' strong.

My 07 is about 400 miles short of 30k. I've burned the engine out twice though from extended cross-country rides.

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