My 2008 Adly Moto Thunder Bike 50

[nittany1]

I just bought a leftover 2008 Adly Moto Thunder Bike 50 brand new. It had 8 km on it when I bought it, it's now got 118 km after one afternoon of riding. Yes, I'm in USA but the odometer is still in km.

It's a lot of fun but the exhaust really stinks, well during the first few km it really stank, but now it's getting better. The ride is really firm, I think it's actually firmer than my hybrid mountain bike, so if you prefer handling to ride, I would say Adly is the way to go in it's price range.



I think if anyone writes emails it'll be 1) how much 2) how fast so I'll just answer that right now, I paid $1876 out the door and at the moment it goes an indicated 35 mph (no I don't have GPS to verify accuracy of speedo, but I'll check it with one of those radar "you're going XX mph" signs next time) I'm 170 lbs, I'm told that after it's de-restricted I'll see 45 mph.



It's a fun scoot. Another thing I'll mention is that a beanie/half helmet fits nicely in the under-seat storage along with some tools and a snack.



There is a port underneath the handlebar bodywork so you can see your brake fluid level for the front disc brake.



There is a small locking storage bin in the leg shield. It's perfect for carrying your cell phone, small digital P&S camera or something else that's small. I don't recommend carrying candy! I melted some caramels in there.



Left control group includes: Hi-Beam Low-Beam selector, turn signals with press-to-cancel, meep-meep scooter horn.



Right control group includes: Engine kill switch, starter button.



The 2T oil tank is below the seat behind a small panel. I don't know it's whole capacity because I never let it run empty for obvious reasons. I'm guessing it's around a quart capacity. The oil cap looks like it has threads the first time you see it. It doesn't, just ribs to keep pressure.



There is access to the carb, it sits right next to the oil tank. Don't adjust anything unless you know what you are doing.

[meitianman]

looks like a nice little scooter, they are fun to ride around. one word of note tho, replace the engine oil and gear oil asap that crap they put in from the factory is worthless.

[jayhawk]

I have a Lambretta Due50 which is a rebadged and upgraded ADLY Panther 50...it uses the same 2t engine yours has. I'm 175 and have hit 47 mph. I 2 up with my 10 year old son, combined we're 285 lbs together and can still hit 42-43 mph on level ground.

You don't need to change the engine oil...it's a 2 stroke - just make sure it's full. My scoot didn't have the gear oil changed until well past the recommened 300km per the manual (the shop owner said in his experience it's not needed on ADLY/Lambretta scoots - mine was changed at 1,500km and looked nearly pristine - very little metal in it at all). The cool thing is the gear oil has a black plastic knob up top in the CVT cover, and the drain bolt is easy to spot down bottom (many scoots have a side metal bolt for the fill hole that's a pain in the butt). Just be sure not to overtighten when you change the gear oil - pastic is easy to strip, but it's a good quality plastic. Personally, I'd change it out as per the owner's manual at 300km if I had to do it over again.

ADLY are Taiwanese made - they're an OEM maker for Bombadier and have sold their own scoots in Europe and Asia for quite some time. One model, sold under the Bug name, was the #1 scoot in Australia at one point.

I love my ADLY/Lambretta scooter.

Eric

[nittany1]

I love my ADLY too! It's so much fun to ride. I'm just now getting enough on the odometer to have it derestricted. I've only had to fill the oil tank once in the first 500km and it was about 3/4 full when I bought it. I haven't changed the gear oil yet, maybe I will, what do you recommend for it? I usually use AMSOIL and Mobil 1 in cars and have good luck with them even using the cars on the racetrack.

Did your Due50 come with Michelin tires? Mine came with a brand of tire that I don't recognize but they do just fine even in the rain, I've got caught in big Florida downpours twice and haven't dumped despite going around turns and hitting fat paint lines.

I like it so much I'd buy the 150cc version of it if I were going to upgrade, I don't think it's too much more expensive than the 50cc version but I haven't been to get my motorcycle endorsement yet. It takes an entire weekend for the basic rider's course including Friday night classroom session and Saturday and Sunday ride classes.

Tom

[jayhawk]

Here's the spec sheet and pics of my scooter:

www.lambrettausa.com/files/images/DUE50/DUE50_product.pdf

It has Michelin pilot tires...they're wonderful. I ride in rain, and have ridden in slush and flat out snow with no problems.

Mine came with Lambretta's performance package, so it's de-restricted and has an upgraded pipe (but that also means I have no clue what pipe it is).

The Adly 150 is supposedly wicked fast for a 150 - has 4 valves and puts out 13.14 hp and has a listed top speed of 65+ mph. Not bad for a 50cc.

I once planned to buy one, too, but now I'm looking more at either an EFI 200 model (SYM HD200 or KYMCO Yager 200i) or a KYMCO 250 (grand vista or people). I want full freeway capability, a larger front faring, and a windscreen.

I wish ADLY made a 250...I'd be all over that.

Eric

[nittany1]

I like the way Lambretta has updated the body. The older one seems to be very similar to mine, or is there two models of Due50 available? The red one on the spec sheet seems very similar to mine. The 150 would be a lot of fun with the power it puts out, like you said 13.14 hp.

I agree the SYM HD200 is a nice ride, I'd go to school to get my endorsement to ride that puppy. It seems the only thing with more power is a Aprilia Scarabeo 200 - 180cc and 19 hp. I think the HD200 is 171cc and 15.3 hp. The Kymco People S 200, while nice, doesn't seem to really compare for power.

For styling it's rider preference, I actually kind of like the SYM better for styling, it looks really sweet in red, plus it's made in Taiwan so you know it's going to be reliable.

Tom

[jayhawk]

Tom,

the red one is basically your scoot - they call it the Uno 50. Here's the general Lambretta link: www.lambrettausa.com/default.aspx

In the downloads is the parts manual and the owners manual is better done than the pure ADLY ones I've seen - might be worth downloading for you.

It's funny, but I prefer the Scarabeo 200 looks...but I've heard of too many problems with the scoot itself and with delays in repair for Aprilia in general so I took it off my list. I love a flat floorboard (I haul tons of crud on my scoot and that flat floorboard is used a lot).

It's Friday, so I'm riding in to work today instead of taking the bus...30 minutes of joy this A.M.!

Eric

[nittany1]

My floorboard isn't flat and I do mostly just riding. The only thing I hauled was 100' of brand new garden hose. My floorboard has a rise in the middle I'm assuming for framework underneath. I'll take more pics when my son's momma comes to get him.

Oh yeah you can see on the Lambretta webstie the floorboard on mine has that center hump. I haven't ordered the metal floorboard covers yet, it seems like a worthwhile thing to have for reducing wear on the floorboard. It seems that Lambretta have gone through and taken more pictures because they have one with a luggage box mounted on the bike so you can see what it looks like. I may go ahead and get one of those now having seen it. I still haven't seen pics of the bike with the available windshield yet, I wonder if it's one of those huge ones or a smaller one.

Tom

[jayhawk]

I didn't know ADLY had a windshield for these...I'd be interested. If you get one (or see one at the dealer), post some pics.

Drizzled all the way to work this morning (not in the forecast I'd watched just 5 minutes earlier)...the pants stayed dry because of the fairing, but if I hadn't had my frogg togg jacket I'd have been rather wet by the time I came in. A windshield would be great.

[nittany1]

I'm going to ask about the windshield and see if I can get any information on them including pictures. I need to run around and do some errands today and tomorrow so it might not be until next and and it's possible he doesn't have any information or pics about it.

We have the same thing today with the weather, one min it's sunny next we're getting thundering downpour. We kind of need the rain though, it's been mostly drought the past few summers.