Fast Gas Scooters
Fast Gas Scooters are
scooters that can get you to where you want to go in a hurry.
Although individual people may disagree on what the optimum speed should be for a scooter to qualify as a fast
one. I would say anything that can be used on the highway could be
described as a fast gas scooter. To do this in the
U.S., the scooter must go at least 85mph.
Since most 150cc scooters top out at 60 to 65mph, this means that to find fast gas scooters you must look for
ones with engines larger than 150cc. Here, we take a look at the
top scooter companies and see what they have to offer in terms of optimum speeds:
Honda Scooters
Honda has several
scooters that fit the bill as fast gas scooters. The Honda Helix
which has 244cc engine is the slowest of these speedsters. It has a
top speed of about 75mph which makes it just fast enough for highway use. However, Honda Scooters also have two other scooters which provide even faster
speeds. The Honda Reflex has a 249cc engine and it has a top speed
of 80 to 85 mph. There are a number of people who are really
impressed with this scooter and believe it to be Honda’s finest.
However, the heavyweight speed title for Honda scooters goes to the Honda Silver Wing which has a gigantic
engine at 582cc and can reach top speeds of 110 mph.
Vespa Scooters
Vespa has a wide number
of offerings that fit the bill. The slowest of the bunch is the
Granturismo which has a 200cc engine and has top speeds of 70 to 75mph. This may be just fast enough for highway use, but is probably pushing
it. Other Vespa scooter models which have top speeds of at least 75
include:
- GTS 250 which has a 250cc engine and has a
top speed of 75mph
- GTV 250 which has a 250cc engine and has a
top speed of 75mph,
- GT60 which has 250cc engine and has top
speeds of 75 to 80mph.
In addition, Vespa
Scooters own parent company has several Piaggio models that are plenty fast:
- MP3 250 has a 250cc engine and has top speeds
of 75 to 80mph.
- MP3 400 has a top speed of 90 to
95mph.
- MP3 500 has a 492cc engine and has a top
speed of 90mph.
- BV 250cc engine and top speeds of 75 to
80mph.
- BV 500 has a 460cc engine and a top speed of
95mph.
- X9 has a 500cc engine and a top speed of
98mph.
Yamaha Scooters
Yamaha scooters also has
some fast scooters of their own. The Majesty has a 395cc engine and
a top speed of 90mph and the TMAX has a 499cc engine and top speeds of 100 to 105mph. These should be more than fast enough for most scooter
drivers.
Aprilia Scooters
Aprilia Scooters which
is another Italian scooter company has its own version that it has introduced to the US market. The SportCity 250 Scooter. It has
a 250cc engine and can reach top speeds of 75 to 80mph.
As you can see there are
a number of different fast scooters to choose from and you can choose from some of the very best scooter
companies: Vespa, Honda, Yamaha, and Aprilia. Also, if you were
studying the above list, you will notice that almost all the fast gas
scooters have engines of 250cc or higher.
Interestingly enough, many smaller engine scooters can actually be tweaked to go faster using racing
kits. However, to stay in compliance with the law, we recommend
stick with the models that are fast as is. In this case, this is
mainly the 250cc engines or higher.
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