Greetings:
I'll bet you're liking the acceleration once the clutch hooks up?
I'm also running 9:1s, with considerably less power than yours likely makes - a mildly ported Nikasil 78cc bore. 9:1 was suggested to me as well. I have no complaints with the pace of acceleration - at all.
I was a bit disappointed that the top speed with this 9500-rpm engine wasn't much - or any - better than I got from the 65cc Malossi Flash II Aero, which had much hotter porting and much taller 7.83:1 gears. However this Elite gets to 50MPH in about
half the time. That, along with a rational upper limit of around 55, makes this scooter far more practical as an around-town ride. It'll stay with any surface street traffic pretty easily. Furthermore, Unlike the less-powerful Aero, it'll do that 55 without much regard for wind direction.
At the same time, that type of performance isn't easily conveyed to certain disapproving members of the Forum, who think in terms of peak speed above all. So, do you want to accelerate easily with traffic, enjoy the intense visceral sensations that a well-tuned scooter can provide? If so, stay with 9:1, although your bike could probably pull 8.4s almost as well.
On the other hand, if you simply must post the most-impressive speed numbers to earn yourself the Coveted Bragging Rights of the Forum's Fastest, you can do what many Forum Denizens do:
Lie.
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