50cc Moped for 16 yr old

bigbill

Looking for a road legal decent second hand or new moped for a 16 year olds birthday, ideally the larger trial type rather than a scooter but anything will be considered?

Thank you

Nile

Hello bigbill

I'll move your thread to the 'Motoring & Public Transport' board.

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Nile

Keith

Depending on the type of use a 50cc could be a death trap, is he going to be using it on open national speed limit roads or just around town?

bigbill

Thanks for moving.

She will be using it around town only.

scbk

Plenty of bikes for sale on ebay/gumtree/bike trader/preloved/local paper


You also might wanna read this recent thread http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=704775

PasturesNew

As a girl, scooters can be better. You can be protected by that front visor from biting wind. Especially if it's going to/from work and you've got a skirt on.

I did once see a 3-wheeler scooter. Hardly noticed the two wheels at the back as they were quite close together, so the 4rse-end of the scooter was just a tyre-width wider than usual.

bigbill

Thanks all

Donegal_Paul

I'd go for a decent make too, please dont get one of the naff chinese copies, you should be able to get a half decent Piaggio zip 50 which would be perfect, also, they can be derestricted later on for an increase in performance / speed.