Elite 50cc

[Maximum223]

Hi this is my first post and first moped, so here goes. I recently found an ad on Craigslist for a 1995 Honda Elite moped, with 5685 miles on it. The ad says its in excellent condition and my buddy has a 1997 and he loves it. I barely have any mechanical experience, so I don't want to have to fix it or mess with it a lot. Does this sound like a good first moped? My budget is pretty small and it's either this, or a Taotao, I will only need it for 4 years or less. Advice? I will go and test drive it.

[maddog]

Its the best scoot honda made for the u.s.

[vette76]

and has 3 times the acceleration as the tao tao. you will regret the chinese scoot. trust me.

[Maximum223]

Ok thanks so much!

[Maximum223]

Oh good. I wasn't sure if 5,500 miles is a lot or not. noob.

[Pete M]

I have both. Both of my Chinese scooters are for sale for a reason. Buy the Honda.

[MetalMilitiaXV]

i just bought an 89 elite for $375 the day before yesterday and i love it. at first it liked to die when it stopped and not start after sitting for a few hours but a quick tweaking of (i believe) the idle screw and she works *mostly* fine now (still died a couple times but started right back up). also, the throttle seemed delayed from a dead stop but it gets up and goes right away now. now the electric start doesn't like to fire right up so i'm gonna try to pick up a new battery tomorrow