FJS600 Silver Wing

[MrGrumpy]

Thinking about it a little more its one heck of a chunk of scooter and massively over the top for what I really need it for especially when a 125 or 250 would more than suffice.

Now you say! One thing to consider is that whilst little scoots are pretty confined to a few particular roles (eg in town), bigger scoots can do a lot more, even up to long distance tours, and are still pretty good round town etc. Obviously they cost more to run, but you pays your money etc etc...

[bioshock!]

Thinking about it a little more its one heck of a chunk of scooter and massively over the top for what I really need it for especially when a 125 or 250 would more than suffice.

Thats what i meant earlier, how many miles is your comute to work?, what sort of roads...dual carriage ways /motorways?, my 125 suits my needs, and i still have fun just think what suits your needs mate, and whatever you decide on have fun.

[poldark]

Although the Silverwing may be cheaper to run than the car it's likely to be marginal when you add in maintenance & tyres, whereas a 125/250 could use half the fuel of the Silverwing let alone the car & be cheaper to run too.

[Waldorf]

Belated reply:
That's an excellent picture and it show that there is no ABS ring.
Mileage: I use my Silverwing purely for pleasure - no commuting - so don't keep a careful note of consumption.
At a steady 50-60 MPH I get up to 60MPG on a very good day but it drops appreciably at sustained higher speed (up to 80+MPH).

There is a great temptation to wind the throttle open when the lights go green; not recommended for economic riding but it'll beat most other bikes off the line!

[Drago]

Personally I wouldn't use anything over 500cc for commuting. The silverwing and B650 are more suited for touring/pleasure use.

A 400cc gives best compromise between the lower cc scoots economy and larger cc performance.

But tbh a 250/300cc is more than adequate for commuting, unless you spend most of the time on uncongested
motorways at over 70mph (which is illegal anyway)...

[mitmoor]

I am sure o3 is to early to have abs, I had an o3 that did not have abs, have a piaggio x8 250 at present its a great scoot and its quick and very good on fuel, plenty
of legspace I am 5 10.

mitmoor

[macp]

Yep call me fickle mr grumpy I got carried away as it was close and I got shiny bike syndrome.

Sorry chaps my commute is mostly NSL B roads with a little bit of town work but only about 15mls round trip. I have decided to calm down and look at 125 - 250cc maximum.

[MrGrumpy]

There is a great temptation to wind the throttle open when the lights go green; not recommended for economic riding but it'll beat most other bikes off the line!

...but there has to be some fun in life!!

[R1K SU]

Dont bottle it now, go for it.......go one

[Waldorf]

I went on an X9OC Rideout today in the West Country.
I stayed with a friend in Windsor overnight so we had an 80 mile ride to the start in Devizes.
The Ride itself was leisurely, only 80 miles, so we had a mixture of motorways and country lanes.
We filled up a mile or so into the journey and again on the A303 just after the Ride finished - a total to that point of 164 miles.
I put in 10.78 ltrs of petrol; by my calculations, the Silverwing did 69.15 MPG.