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Elite 50cc
Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2013 9:21 pm
by 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.
Re: Elite 50cc
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 1:31 am
by maddog
Its the best scoot honda made for the u.s.
Re: Elite 50cc
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 6:21 am
by vette76
and has 3 times the acceleration as the tao tao. you will regret the chinese scoot. trust me.
Re: Elite 50cc
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 7:12 am
by Maximum223
Ok thanks so much!
Re: Elite 50cc
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 8:00 pm
by Maximum223
Oh good. I wasn't sure if 5,500 miles is a lot or not.
noob.
Re: Elite 50cc
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 1:21 pm
by Pete M
I have both. Both of my Chinese scooters are for sale for a reason. Buy the Honda.
Re: Elite 50cc
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2013 8:19 pm
by 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