Medium Pimpin'

[anomoly40]

I got this a couple weeks ago. It's a Chinese cookie cutter knockoff(not the actual brand name) 150cc scooter. It's cheap, it gets 85-ish mpg and it'll do 60 on a flat stretch with me on it. (Checked with a Toyota Camry speedo)

My friends and I are starting a scooter club called "Medium Pimpin'" just for fun. I plan on making this as "ghetto fabulous" as possible. My friend Jay is going to build me a box for my sound system that I'm putting on it. It'll have a MP3 player hooked to a 250watt amp thats pushing 2 6x9's and a 10" sub. I'll have a 12 volt lawnmower battery to help prevent the extra drain and when the scooter is off to run the system. The secondary battery will be tied in to charge while the scooter is on and the whole setup will be removable.

Here are a few links to pictures that I took today messing around at the local speed shop. I can't resize the pictures without IE shutting down for some reason.

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h85/anomoly40/DSC_0379.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h85/anomoly40/DSC_0380.jpg

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h85/anomoly40/DSC_0382.jpg

Look hard enough in the first one and you see I'm doing a burnout and not throwing up over the front of the scooter.

And yes, everyone inside thought it was cool after they quit laughing. One guy went and bought one later.

[rolla4me]

nice! I can't wait to get my Honda Ruckus too.. It is backordered at the moment....

[anomoly40]

The Ruckus and Zuma were all sold out. Not a single one in the state. Those two were the only 50cc scooters I'd drive. I caved in and bought this one. It's faster than both of those too.

[25Horseplay]

Haha!!! I am in the middle of restoring a 1969 Honda Mini trail (street legal!). I have a 88cc upgrade on the engine and a 4 speed auto tranny on it. It is being painted now!

[freshtiva]

^ Here's one with ape hangers.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1974-RESTORED-HONDA-Z50-MINI-TRAIL-CHOPPER-Z-50-Z50A-A_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43972QQihZ013QQitemZ230270854041QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

[anomoly40]

I had a chance to buy a Trail 70 for $400 that needed work but passed because I REALLY wanted a Honda 50. 50's bring back memories of the summer of '97 when dad had 3 in his small engine repair shop. I got to test them whn he fixed them. Probably my first experiences with mini bikes/scooters.

[25Horseplay]

I have 3 50's myself! An 82 that is a pit bike, an 86 Christmas special (all chrome) sitting in my house. and the 69 that is being redone, I have a title for this one too!

[xanthinic12]

to get it compeplty ghetto fablous you need rims about five sizees too big

[SnotRocket]

I have a Honda Met and I want a 150cc scooter. The Metropolitan is nice, I got mine about 2 months before the rush. All scooter prices have jumped since stock 2008 is gone.

Hey we don't need a Scooter war but you get what you pay for. If you take care of the Chinese scooter it should do fine, but when it breaks... it could be all over.

Any info or opinions of the Tomos? I know the company has been around for 40 years. A new 150cc Tomos (4 stroke) lists for $1500.00.

[ruppenduro]

now i miss my Rupps, had 10 back in the day mostly roadsters, a few enduros, and a black widow. i also had a green trail 70 manual clutch, and many many scooters and no name hard tail minibikes. it was so fun restoring those small bikes.

[anomoly40]

I bought it because my SRT4 gets around 18-20 mpg and about the same mileage per tire. It was $1200 so in about 3-4 months it'll pay for itself. If it breaks i'll just make a "chooter" a chopper scooter.

[xanthinic12]

sweet, theres a bunch ofpeople driving scooters here in miami. but i bought this instead


and in a day's work, got it running well and made this

[anomoly40]

They had one of those for sale at the scooter store.

What brand is yours?

[anomoly40]

Got the myspace up. It's a little blank right now.

https://www.myspace.com/mediumpimpinscooterclub

[rolla4me]

I'll drive 550 miles tomorrow to pick up a Honda Ruckus.. yaaaaaaaayyy!