These days, you can see a lot of mopeds on the streets. Possibly, the significant rise in their number can be attributed to the economy, which currently shows no signs or little signs of improvement, and the fact that gas consuming vehicles are taking a toll on the environment. It appears that these issues have solutions in street legal mopeds.
Small in size with engine sizes ranging from 150 cc to 800 cc, and user-friendly, street legal scooters do not consume a lot of gas. In fact, a regular street legal moped can run 80 miles and eat up just a gallon of fuel. Cars already consume a gallon of fuel after running only 20 miles. Such does make them a practical investment in the light of the present circumstances.
You’d think that Honda is known for its cars and motorcycles only, but along with Yamaha, it has also earned a good reputation as a manufacturer of quality street legal dirt bikes. Honda scooters can be bought anywhere from $2,000.00 to $9,000.00, depending on the engine size. They do cost quite a lot, indeed, but there are ways you can find cheaper Honda pit bikes if you know how and where to look. If a brand new road legal pit bike turns out to be way out of your budget, you can always settle for a used scooter, earning you savings as much as 50%.
You can also try to look for good buys on the internet. Online stores, as you know, are usually able to afford selling cheap scooters at discounted rates because they don’t have a lot of maintenance or overhead costs to deal with. The problem, however, is that you don’t get to see the scooter in actual before you can buy it. If you are shopping online, the best thing that the seller can show you are pictures and descriptions of the scooters that he is selling on his site. Apparently, you would have to take some time to determine the credibility of the seller you are dealing with, and that means doing some investigative works yourself. Aside from that, you have to look into things like technical support, payment modes, warranty and shipping policies. This can be a daunting task.
If you want to be 100% sure of your street legal motorcycle, do your shopping offline, preferably at traditional bike stores not located in commercial complexes. Shopping offline can be quite physically draining as it would mean going from one bike store to the next (and there could be tens of stores out there!), but the thing is not only can you have a good look at the scooter, you can even negotiate with the seller to have you test-drive it. You have to insist that you be allowed to take it down the road for a test drive so that you can see if it is in a good condition.
Scooters of this kind are street legal as declared by the Environment Protection Agency and no less than the Department of Transportation. However, while that means they are safe for use on the road, if you are driving your scooter around town, make sure to be in appropriate riding gear to guarantee your own safety.