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I thought I would write a short review to post on the forum that might aid others who are considering which scooter to buy. So not thinking about cost as this is not a cheap option as second hands ones are few and far between as they have only been around about a year.
The first thing is we found it difficult to get a test ride. Dealers near where we live had endless excuses about insurance etc, however not being 17 and having held a full bike licence for 20 plus years I was confused. Anyway we bought it new from the Honda dealer in Cheltenham as he had a demo and was very helpful and allowed a good 30 min test ride, this gets my trade and therefore I ordered from him even if it was a 45 min trip to collect.
Did I say a review, oh yes. Well we love it for all the following reasons.
• Lots of power and with 2 up, we are not light people it manages to scoot along at 50mph on everything bar the hills when it will happily keep at 40mph, fully auto gear box.
• Had 65mph with a tail wind on the A420 the other weekend.
• Weighs in at 124kg approx and that was ok for our circumstances.
• It looks great and we have white as we thought the more we can be seen the better.
• It has stop start feature so once warmed up if you don't move for 3 seconds it turns off. But here is the good news when you turn the grip to go the engine starts and the movement is instant.
• It will do 130mpg but I think 110 is more realistic for the 2 of us but that's just great.
• Good under seat storage for a full helmet with some extra room..
• Excellent 25ltr top box only £140 extra and well worth it as it gives a back rest for my wife.
• Once CBT passed by my wife she can ride on L Plates and the insurance I have at £100 approx won't increase.
• My daughter loves it
• It looks great and even the big boys on their super sports machines sometimes nod at us, not sure if they regret it afterwards however.
If after reading this you have any question please ask away.
I guess they will insist on it being dealer serviced for the extended warranty, which is fair enough. Any ideas how much they charge for it???
Phil K
I cannot remember exactly how much it was for the extended warranty, probably about £200. I am not sure that they can insist it is dealer serviced, I usually do my own if it amounts to no more than an oil change. My experience with previous Hondas is that they have never asked about servicing when taking up a warranty issue, in fact they went as far as replacing front discs on my old Deauville even though it was out of warranty. This was the second time and it was a known issue at the time - Fiat take note!
One thing, on the extended warranty it only covers 90 day trips again but I complained to the dealer because I had made it clear that the reason I was taking it out was to cover extended 'holidays' in Europe. They had sent through the paperwork after we had left the UK and by the time we got back it was 8 months down the line. The dealer contacted Honda UK and were told that the extended warranty (which is through an insurance company) only covered 90 days because that was the longest period that they could get from a UK insurance company (begining to sound familiar?) HOWEVER, Honda would cover any period and sort out any problems should this arise.
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