Quote by: day

Hi all, just wondered if anyone out there can offer advise on which automatic scooter is the best value at the moment, i want a low fuel consumpsion bike and it needs to be automatic those are my only 2 musts everything else i am open to advise on. (my house to work is only 7km) any advise would be very helpful as where i live the dealers do not speak English and i am struggeling to get a recomendation.

thanks in advance.
Day

If fuel-economics is something you think about, than you best god for a Honda Wave 110i. The Honda Wave is a semi-automatic, which means it has 4-gears without a clutch – basically very simple to change gear, you put it in gear and open the throttle, and if you want to switch to higher gear you close the throttle gear-up and open the throttle again.

In all situations a transmission motorcycle will outperform a automatic if it comes to fuel-economics, also performance is more direct, so if you ride in the mountains or riding on a dirt road a motorcycle with transmission is probably the better choice.

Second thing to look for is electronic fuel-injection, motorcycles/scooters equipped with a fuel-injection system are more fuel-efficient. Also EFI motorcycles/scooters can better handle new fuels like gasohol, E20 or E85.

And as last advice, which dealer from which brand is the closest to you – Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Tiger, Sym or Lifan – the most important is the distance to your service center... every meter more to your dealer is to much if your motorcycle/scooter has problems.

Thanks for replying,

yeah i will only be using to go to work really ( the wife will prob use to go to the market thats 200meters from our front door but hey she is Thai so thats expected right??) i have a pickup truck but dont really want to use that (unless it rains). I also got a honda wave semi auto as someone suggested but the daughter uses that to go to college.
i think the wave is ok but i just fancy a rev and go bike this time so when i stop at the bar at the end of my street on the way home from work and have a few drinks changing gears is one less thing to worry about.

Thanks Again
Day.

I bought the Suzuki Hayate 2011-Model and I'm very happy with it.
The speed is more than 110 km/h and for 100 km it takes 1.9 liter E10 Gasohol. With the red 91 Benzine it takes round about 1.8 liter for 100 km.

Yamaha Fiore, probably your wive will like it, too! :-)