macp wrote: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...

macp wrote: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.

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.

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!

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)...

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

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.

Waldorf wrote: 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!!

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

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.