A great scooter to start with (Peugeot Speedfight)

Member Name: LastLine

Product:	Peugeot Speedfight
Date:	03/06/09 (168 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheap to run, well priced, top brand

Disadvantages: Poor colour range.

Well I don't know technical details on scooters, so if that's what you want from a review please, save yourself some time and look elsewhere. What I will write instead is a laymen's review.

I bought my scooter (a 100cc WRC version of the Speedfight 2) new in 08. It was my first scooter, and only the second I'd ridden. I bought the bike partly because of it's size. It's not a small vehicle which is brilliant as I'm 6 foot tall and don't look completely ridiculous on it which was important to me.

Secondly the suspension seems good, which is again important as I live in the middle of nowhere with all the rutty roads that go with it.

The bike is surprisingly robust, I've had a couple of tumbles and the bike still runs really well with no damage beyond the cosmetic (or so the dealer assures me :-) )

Underseat storage could be a bit better, I can't fit my own helmet in, but I have a 61cm sized head so that's more my fault than that of the bike, it's reasonably large for a short shopping trip.

Has strong headlights so that's a perk, especially if you're not near the luxuries of street lights.

Only a couple of minor complaints - my exhaust is rusty 15 months from new, but it still works just fine. I also lost a tiny bit of chrome on my kick start but that's not uge either, probably happened in the fall.

And on a final parting shot, I get 72-80 miles to the gallon - can't go wrong there!

Summary: If this is your first go for it, great for country or town.

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