# Moped - Yay or Gay? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 11, 2012, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359 "2012-04-11T10:49:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 10:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/1 "2012-04-11T10:49:30Z")
I’ve been increasingly getting the desire to buy a moped that does like 60mph and just cruise on it to work and such. I was thinkin something like this: [http://albany.craigslist.org/mcy/2896911300.html](http://albany.craigslist.org/mcy/2896911300.html) ---
**Author:** ![sbardy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@sbardy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sbardy)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/2 "2012-04-11T10:52:21Z")
Sorry Ilya, soooooooo gay. Buy a bicycle. ---
**Author:** ![d\_gage](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/d_gage/32/6321_2.png) [@d\_gage](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d_gage)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/3 "2012-04-11T10:56:09Z")
You need to go to confession? ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/4 "2012-04-11T10:59:42Z")
:rofl Really? Come on…can’t be that bad. Some of them (Yamaha Zuma and Honda Ruckus) look pretty manly. ---
**Author:** ![MGs4me](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@MGs4me](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MGs4me)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 10:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/5 "2012-04-11T10:59:45Z")
I’d have to vote Yay…Sort of…Although at the very least I’d refer to it as a Scooter…Mopeds should have pedals, like a bicycle to start off with… ---
**Author:** ![HudsonFalcon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hudsonfalcon/32/6460_2.png) [@HudsonFalcon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HudsonFalcon)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/6 "2012-04-11T11:01:07Z")
![http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj96/jrmydvr/Moped.jpg](http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj96/jrmydvr/Moped.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/7 "2012-04-11T11:03:26Z")
:rofl :rofl Isn’t scooter weaker/slower than a moped? Mopeds are the ones that do almost 70. No? ---
**Author:** ![indy440](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@indy440](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/indy440)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/8 "2012-04-11T11:03:37Z")
i think the ruckus looks cool. but they only go like 30 i think… my gf wants a scooter. i told her shes better off just getting an 80s jap bike, but she insists on a scooter. ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/9 "2012-04-11T11:08:44Z")
> [@Curious on what ppl think about using nos in there cars?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/curious-on-what-ppl-think-about-using-nos-in-there-cars/48537/24): > > You need to go to confession? :rofl :rofl :rofl ---
**Author:** ![McBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@McBitchin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/McBitchin)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/10 "2012-04-11T11:09:17Z")
Get a 250cc motard, good mpg and doesn’t look totaly gay. ---
**Author:** ![d\_gage](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/d_gage/32/6321_2.png) [@d\_gage](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d_gage)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/11 "2012-04-11T11:11:20Z")
> [@\*\*\*\*Official: Southgate Meet Thread\*\*\*\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-southgate-meet-thread/29171/2304): > > Get a 250cc motard, good mpg and doesn’t look totaly gay. This. ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/12 "2012-04-11T11:12:44Z")
If I’m going to get a 250, I’ll just get a Ninja :lol. ---
**Author:** ![RTrac1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rtrac1/32/6312_2.png) [@RTrac1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RTrac1)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/13 "2012-04-11T11:13:26Z")
yeah, just get a motorcycle. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/14 "2012-04-11T11:17:40Z")
gay and dangerous. TAPPED most of them might do mid 50’s… anything past that and the little ass wheels and tires are unstable as fuck. Most of them have DRUM brakes! lol total death traps. I wouldnt take one out of 30mph city roads. Just becasue one COULD do 55+ doesnt mean its ready for the highway. LOL ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/15 "2012-04-11T11:25:25Z")
See…I didn’t know stuff like that. I think I’ll get the ball rolling on getting my cycle license at the Hudson Valley thing and go from there. I’ll need to get my permit first before I can do that course from the looks of it. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/16 "2012-04-11T11:30:52Z")
yep. Get on a Honda rebel that they let you rip around on… you will see (if you have never been on a manual transmission 2 wheeler) its alot harder than you think. those mopeds are just chincy machines all around. They are for fucking around on the boardwalks, vacation beach cities and car show parking lots… they dont belong on the the streets with real traffic. ---
**Author:** ![indy440](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5ac83/32.png) [@indy440](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/indy440)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/17 "2012-04-11T11:37:56Z")
im not sure if you have much experience on two wheels, but if you cant get in the hudson valley thing the motorcycle road test is really easy anyway. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/18 "2012-04-11T11:40:38Z")
lol specs: 2012 Honda Silver wing 600CC scooter $9200!!!: 551lbs! LOL HOLY SHIT THATS HEAVY 30+lbs MORE than an average 750cc cruiser bike! HELP I cant pick up my scooter! LOL 4.2 F and 4.5R inches of travel 14" wheels little disks front and rear 46mpg PCX 125cc 2 stroke $3300 220mm front rotor drum in the rear 3.5 F 2.9 R inches of travel (no fat chicks on this one boys) 14" wheels 280lbs 110mpg CBR250R $4100 250cc 4 stroke fuel injected 296mm front and 260 rear rotors. the FRONT rotor on the scooters are 40mm SMALLER than the REAR on this bike! 17" wheels with 70s tires (bigger tire dia + easier to control for the most part) 357lbs 77mpg Looks like a normal sport bike from 10 feet away. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/19 "2012-04-11T11:45:19Z")
> [@why do YOU love John Donavan? (TURBOCIV)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/why-do-you-love-john-donavan-turbociv/49132/13): > > im not sure if you have much experience on two wheels, but if you cant get in the hudson valley thing the motorcycle road test is really easy anyway. I dont know but the figure 8 is actually a challenge for a noobie on a bike. :skid ---
**Author:** ![Ilya](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ilya/32/6404_2.png) [@Ilya](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ilya)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2012, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359/20 "2012-04-11T11:48:12Z")
I’ve never ridden a bike (motorcycle) of any kind. I’ve ridden a scooter/moped for a quick lap around a parking lot and that was it. Haven’t ridden a bicycle in like 10+ years… :lol [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/moped-yay-or-gay/263359.md?page=2)