Post by captainiiii on Sept 24, 2007 8:59:22 GMT -5
Review: Road Runner Classic 150cc from EVO Sales
1. Shipping: My scoot was delivered on Friday, 8 days after I ordered it. It was shipped with Old Dominion Freight Lines. They were wonderful to deal with and very accomodating to me. The box arrived in what I would call a 'deteriorated condition.' However, upon inspection of the scoot itself, I discovered it was intact and undamaged aside from a medium sized scratch on the front fender. We will see what Rony says to do. I hope he will just send me another front fender so I don't have to fool with the shipping company.
2. Assembly: I was expecting to have to do a significant amount of assembly. Handlebars, front wheel, etc. However, to me great pleasure, the entire scoot was pre-assembled for me. All I had to do was attach the mirrors and connect the battery. Of course I did go ahead and check all the screws/bolts to make sure they were secure. Despite the fact that the directions were, as expected, unintelligible I was impressed with the stickers all over the scoot. They contained good information in plain English making things easy to understand. Seems like these scoots have come a long way in how they are shipped. Odo had .6 kms on it, so I guess they must have at least rolled it around the factory a couple of times.
3. Start-up: After adding some gas to the tank and connecting the battery I checked the fuel lines. Everything was connected properly and seemed secure. I ran the engine through a couple of kicks on the manual starter to make sure everything was loose and oiled. Then cranked the electric start and she fired up the second try. Idle was set a bit low and it died a couple of times (Probably also due to air in the lines). Adjusted idle and warmed it up, ran fine. Had to adjust rear brakes, they were too tight. Front brakes were already set and didn't seem to have any air in the lines. Was happy to see that front brakes are equipped with ABS.
4. Registration: Got my MSO and Bill of Sale the day before my scoot arrived. This made me happy since I have heard of some people having trouble getting these from online sellers. Took it to the DMV and had no trouble at all registering the scoot. Apparently I have the first Road Runner scooter in my county because she had to call a whole bunch of people in order to get the manufacturing company into the system. In total, registration (including sales tax!) cost me about $100. I did have some trouble attaching the license place to the scoot since the mount is made to accept a slightly larger plate. That notwithstanding, a drill and a couple of minutes later I had it mounted.
5. First Ride: Took the scoot around the neigborhood a couple of times at first. I was immediately impressed with the ride quality. Scoot 'feels' much heavier with regard to balance than it actually is. Feels nothing like the moped that I've used a couple of times. Brakes worked very well. I will have to be careful on the road because the scoot stops MUCH faster than a car. Overall ride quality is good. Also seat seems to be quite comfortable. Tested speedometer with GPS, it reads quite accurately. Probably about +/- 1-2 mph. Usually scoot reads about 1 mph less than actual on mine.
6. Oil Change: After first 20 Km (Yes, odomoter measures in KM) I changed the engine oil and gear oil. Both smelled good still and were not burned. They were filled with metal particles of various sizes. A few large partcles in the filter (that's what it's for I guess) and then a suspension of fine particles. I found the engine to take slightly more than the .8 L advertised in the manual. But then I did tilt the scoot on it's side to get out all I could when I emptied it. To me changing the oil often during breakin is a no-brainer. CHEAP protection. After all, who wants all those little metal particles being pumped through the engine?
7. Second Ride: Since my scoot is for riding to work I decided to do a run over there. It is only about 2 miles and speed limit of 25 mph. Scoot did very nicely. Kept it at 20mph most of the way. Sticker says to keep it under 30mph during breakin. I tried to approach 30mph but got some mild resonant vibration around 25-26 mph so decided to take it easy. The vibration felt a lot like when I take my car into high rpms...this worries me a bit. (Edit: After a couple more rides, the vibration no longer occurs at that speed and occurs a bit higher (30mph). I think it is just the engine breaking itself in. We will see.)
Conclusion: So far, I would recommend EVO Sales and the Road Runner Classic 150cc scooter. For what I use it for, it works very nicely. I was initially afraid of buying from a company online but my budget was the deciding factor. So far, I feel like I got my money's worth.
1. Shipping: My scoot was delivered on Friday, 8 days after I ordered it. It was shipped with Old Dominion Freight Lines. They were wonderful to deal with and very accomodating to me. The box arrived in what I would call a 'deteriorated condition.' However, upon inspection of the scoot itself, I discovered it was intact and undamaged aside from a medium sized scratch on the front fender. We will see what Rony says to do. I hope he will just send me another front fender so I don't have to fool with the shipping company.
2. Assembly: I was expecting to have to do a significant amount of assembly. Handlebars, front wheel, etc. However, to me great pleasure, the entire scoot was pre-assembled for me. All I had to do was attach the mirrors and connect the battery. Of course I did go ahead and check all the screws/bolts to make sure they were secure. Despite the fact that the directions were, as expected, unintelligible I was impressed with the stickers all over the scoot. They contained good information in plain English making things easy to understand. Seems like these scoots have come a long way in how they are shipped. Odo had .6 kms on it, so I guess they must have at least rolled it around the factory a couple of times.
3. Start-up: After adding some gas to the tank and connecting the battery I checked the fuel lines. Everything was connected properly and seemed secure. I ran the engine through a couple of kicks on the manual starter to make sure everything was loose and oiled. Then cranked the electric start and she fired up the second try. Idle was set a bit low and it died a couple of times (Probably also due to air in the lines). Adjusted idle and warmed it up, ran fine. Had to adjust rear brakes, they were too tight. Front brakes were already set and didn't seem to have any air in the lines. Was happy to see that front brakes are equipped with ABS.
4. Registration: Got my MSO and Bill of Sale the day before my scoot arrived. This made me happy since I have heard of some people having trouble getting these from online sellers. Took it to the DMV and had no trouble at all registering the scoot. Apparently I have the first Road Runner scooter in my county because she had to call a whole bunch of people in order to get the manufacturing company into the system. In total, registration (including sales tax!) cost me about $100. I did have some trouble attaching the license place to the scoot since the mount is made to accept a slightly larger plate. That notwithstanding, a drill and a couple of minutes later I had it mounted.
5. First Ride: Took the scoot around the neigborhood a couple of times at first. I was immediately impressed with the ride quality. Scoot 'feels' much heavier with regard to balance than it actually is. Feels nothing like the moped that I've used a couple of times. Brakes worked very well. I will have to be careful on the road because the scoot stops MUCH faster than a car. Overall ride quality is good. Also seat seems to be quite comfortable. Tested speedometer with GPS, it reads quite accurately. Probably about +/- 1-2 mph. Usually scoot reads about 1 mph less than actual on mine.
6. Oil Change: After first 20 Km (Yes, odomoter measures in KM) I changed the engine oil and gear oil. Both smelled good still and were not burned. They were filled with metal particles of various sizes. A few large partcles in the filter (that's what it's for I guess) and then a suspension of fine particles. I found the engine to take slightly more than the .8 L advertised in the manual. But then I did tilt the scoot on it's side to get out all I could when I emptied it. To me changing the oil often during breakin is a no-brainer. CHEAP protection. After all, who wants all those little metal particles being pumped through the engine?
7. Second Ride: Since my scoot is for riding to work I decided to do a run over there. It is only about 2 miles and speed limit of 25 mph. Scoot did very nicely. Kept it at 20mph most of the way. Sticker says to keep it under 30mph during breakin. I tried to approach 30mph but got some mild resonant vibration around 25-26 mph so decided to take it easy. The vibration felt a lot like when I take my car into high rpms...this worries me a bit. (Edit: After a couple more rides, the vibration no longer occurs at that speed and occurs a bit higher (30mph). I think it is just the engine breaking itself in. We will see.)
Conclusion: So far, I would recommend EVO Sales and the Road Runner Classic 150cc scooter. For what I use it for, it works very nicely. I was initially afraid of buying from a company online but my budget was the deciding factor. So far, I feel like I got my money's worth.
