Hi all,

I have been riding an 09 Swing 125 which I bought 2nd hand over a year ago and have used it for my daily commute. I love the practicality and economics of the scooter but as I have now changed jobs which means I now have 2 jct of motorway in my commute I am wondering if I should trade up?

I do about 12 miles of motorway and the swing 125 is happily sitting at 60mph. 65 at a push but I don't like running the bike at almost the Rev limiter.

I have a full bike license so no problem to get a bigger scooter.

here are my options:

- keep my swing and live with the left lane only on the motorway
- get a bigger scooter like a Burgman 400, Forza 300, Xmax etc.
- or something exotic like a BMW C1 200 or a Helix?

what do you guys think?
thx GP

Generalpurpose wrote:Helix?

Hello to you,i use a Honda sh125i,yes it does get passed by [nearly] all on the a-2.But then I pass them,i would keep it,because, using a bigger scoot/motorbike is going to cost you more/I wouldn't get to work any quicker.If I used a bigger scoot/motor and at 125 m.p.g. that's what I like.

Or what has just been posted on here Yamaha t-max.Never ridden one,but I am sure lots of people on here have,

welcome

yes the tmax mk1 will do the job just ... easy very clean and well looked after... in the showroom at muppets

Thx guys for the comments so far and the welcome.

500 and 600cc scooters may be too large and don't get enough mpg.
I used to own a silverwing 600 which did about 55mpg.

I am looking for something doing 70 to 80mpg. I commute 200 miles per week.

Your S-wing will be fine running at high rpm on the motorway so long as you are on top of the maintenance.
But if you want to go faster and retain a bit of economy get a 200 or a 300
The Sym HD200 and Joyride 200 are both less than three grand.

http://symuk.co.uk/sym-model-details/HD+200i+2015/
http://symuk.co.uk/sym-model-details/Jo ... 200i+2015/

Yeah, a 250 or 300 is all you need. My J300 sits comfortably on the motorway easily keeping up with ( or passing) other traffic, yet still gets me 76mpg and is easy to filter once in town.

I used to do the same commute on a 150cc but it was tough on the poor thing and after 20k miles it was really feeling tired.

I did a bit more research on the web last night and I think I may take a test ride on a 2014 or 2015 Yamaha Xmax 250 Abs. I do like that one.