Saturday, May 9, 2009

The Gen on Gas Powered Scooters.

By Colin Jones

Have you been thinking about getting a gas powered two-wheeler? If you have, gas powered scooters are probably the best machines to start with. Most people who purchasegas powered scooters are worried about whether a gas powered scooter is street legal in traffic. This is not surprising " every car driver has had the bad luck to get stuck behind a slow gas powerd scooter at some time or another and has wished that the scooter would get out of his way.

The speed of those gas powered scooters was virtually non-existent. However, modern gas powered scooters can keep up the traffic. It may not be recommend to take a gas powerd scooter or any scooter on the highway, but they do have the power to travel at high speeds, although the speed necessary to keep up with the flow of highway traffic may overwhelm a gas powered scooter. They are just not designed for sustained high speed travel.

Having said all this, gas powered scooters are almost like mini motorcycles. They can attain a top speed of something like 75 mph. Thats not so, eh? However, it is perfect for shooting around town like they were meant for doing.

As far as fuel consumption (goes|is concerned, most gas powered scooters are able to accomplish 65 mpg, which is really quite exceptional millage. And they usually have a fuel tank with a capacity of about three gallons of fuel " giving a range of about 200 miles.

Or to put it another way, if you used your gas powered scooter every day, every month you would probably have to fill the gas powered scooter up 3 to 4 times " say, once a week, if that. If you compare that to a cars mileage per gallon, it is probably between a fifth and a quarter of the cost, or even less if you are talking about big cars like SUVs. Thats a huge saving with the way gas prices are bound to be going.

Gas powered motor scooters are so very easy to operate too. Riders will not have a problem with changing gears as with a motorcycle, as they are mostly automatic or semi-automatic these days. All the rider will have to do is: get on, turn the key and twist the grip for gas. Thats it and the scooter will smoothly take off in the direction you point it.

The maintenance of a gas powered scooter is pretty much like the maintenance of a motorcycle, car or truck. The motor scooters oil should be dumped responsibly and changed every 2,000 miles or so and a complete service|tune-up should be carried out every 5,000 miles. This may vary slightly according to the manufacturers manual. It is recommended that one of the higher grade fuels be used for gas powered scooters.

It is of course up to you, but a general guideline is that 87 octane fuel is cheaper than all the other choices because the lower the number the less refined is the petrol, so it is therefore not as clean as 91 or 93 octane fuel. 93 octane has an agent added to the fuel that will help guard the moving parts of the engine and help to keep it clean over your gas powered scooters long lenth of service.

Last but not least, change the fuel filter often as this will help keep muck and build-up from entering your engine thereby producing friction and check the spark plugs every 2000 to 3000 miles and, if necessary, adjust the gap with feeler gauges, if they need it. This should help preserve your gas powered scooter and keep it on the road for many years to come.

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