CRUISER or MOPED?

[davidclayton]

which would you recommend overall;
a 125 cruiser , or 125 moped?

taking into account:
-i am a bike virgin
-reliability
-ride comfort
-speed
-fuel consumption
-traffic weaving

please help...

dave

[davidclayton]

also suggestions on what type of cruiser / moped would be appreciated.

dave

[5lab]

cruiser. dont care about the reasond, you dont wanna look like a nob

[TomWilko]

Moped = Sowing (sp?) machine on wheels

[Tumble]

neither matey - go for a trailie. best style of bike to learn on imho...

[TeePee]

Second vote for a trailie.

You don't want to go around on a cruiser, which should have a big thumping engine, sounding like a sowing machine.

Nor do you want a scooter with silly little trolly wheels.

If it's a choice of only those two, then get the cruiser, since at least it's a bike, but you'd be better off, and you'd learn more from riding a trailie, or even a general purpose 125 like a CG125.

[Rave]

Third vote for a traillie, or if you're too short to manage one get a race rep like a Yamaha TZR125, Honda NSR125 etc. Do NOT get a cruiser, you'll look like a knob (although the old Yamaha sr125 is just about tolerable). Something like a Honda CG125, CB125T or Yamaha RXS100 doesn't look especially cool but they're cheap to buy and run and reasonable fun to ride.

Scooters are convinient and can be reasonably speedy (125s at least) but it's not the same as riding a proper bike.

I think you're confusing moped with scooter. A moped just means a motorbike of 50cc or less with a top speed of 35mph. You can moped scooters, trail bikes and even race reps. I had a Kawasaki AR50, in fact I'm thinking of rescuing it from the bottom of my garage and putting it back together, then tuning the crap out of it.

Rich :¬)