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My scooter is a TGB 303 RS 150

It is black and has red wheels. It goes fast and is fun to ride. My helmet dosnt fit in the seat, and i dont like that. But it is still good to scoot on.

 8/10

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 Thanks for the comprehensive review Tex, now get back to work you ninkumpoop.

dozer:

 Thanks for the comprehensive review Tex, now get back to work you ninkumpoop.

Top review of his review Dozer.

Gotta like a man who is straight to the point though

The front brake seems up to the task but the rear drum brake is adequate without being fantastic. It is a drum brake after all. It takes about 1 litre of oil which is easy enough for somebody of my limited mechanical ability to change.

The engine is common with a few engines in various scooters on the market. It's a 2 vavle GY6 derivitive that I haven't modified in any way. I haven't modified any other aspect of the scooter mainly becasue I was using it a daily ride thus I didn't want to break it. It performs well enough as is but I'm sure it's not the quickest in its class.

Thanks Keeper75 - that sounds like a review.

Sounds like it is a more than capable ride

i bought one of these last november...done about 2000 k's on it so far...use it to ride to the city and back from the nth beaches. i double my wife in everyday as well...

only main problem is that when we first bought it. the speedo was about 20lm/h over the limit...it has since had the cable and speedo replaced, right now it is about 10km/h over which is closer, but when you buy a vehicle/motorbike you'd expect the speedo to be accurate to a couple of k's...

 its a pretty powerful little thing even with 2 people on it...we get about 130-150 k's out of a tank (2 people the whole time) so its pretty good...

superstar0007:

only main problem is that when we first bought it. the speedo was about 20lm/h over the limit...it has since had the cable and speedo replaced, right now it is about 10km/h over which is closer, but when you buy a vehicle/motorbike you'd expect the speedo to be accurate to a couple of k's...

Unfortunately the ADR's only require that the speedo be accurate within +/- 10% 

Hi, we're looking for economical but efficient scooter mechanic in the Inner West of Sydney - have used Scooterino in Homebush, but they were hopeless:( Any ideas??

Cheers, Lorraine

My dad uses Scooterworld (incorporating Close Motorcycles)  in Regent Street (Cnr Cleveland Street) Redfern about 200m from Redfern station.  He seems to quite like them and claims they are good value.

Check out their website http://www.scooterworld.com.au/ 

or try scootering: http://www.scootering.net.au/ they have shops at cremorne,manly and brookvale...

superstar0007:

or try scootering: http://www.scootering.net.au/ they have shops at cremorne,manly and brookvale...

Lorraine was looking for Inner West,  Cremorne/Manly/Brookvale are all North Shore and probably too far.

Lorraine:

Hi, we're looking for economical but efficient scooter mechanic in the Inner West of Sydney - have used Scooterino in Homebush, but they were hopeless:( Any ideas??

Cheers, Lorraine

I agree with you Lorainne. I asked as simple question about the cooling system on a BUG Orion. I knew the answer but wanted to see what the dealer said. He got it wrong even after referring to his "mechanic". I would have thought the absence of a radiator made it obvious to anybody who is supposed to know their product.

Scooterworld at Redfern seemed better the couple of times I've looked at sccoters in there. Never had a service there though so I can't commment on that aspect.

Hey Superstar0007

I don't know if you'll check this old post, but thought I'd give it a shot. I bought a TGB 303RS 150 about 2 weeks ago & have since been trying to work out how much the speedo is out by. I'm thinking min. 10kms at 60kph & more like 15-20kms out at 80kph (so I'm going 95kph & my sister reckons I'm lucky to be going 80kph). Glad to see someone else has had a 'possible' 20km out problem, as previously I'd only seen the posts about +/-10% (not that I'm glad for the problem for me or you).

So my question is, was the cable & speedo fixed under warranty? I'm planning to talk to the dealer this week & just want some idea of what to expect. I thought I'd read another post about Aust rules saying the speedo only has to be within 10% of actual speed, but does that mean if I bought a scoot with a dodgy speedo (i.e. 20% out) then legally the dealer/scoot company shouldn't have sold it & therefore should be fixing it??

Any advice would be appreciated.

Big thanks to filski & tubsta who have already assisted with tips to test my speedo's accuracy.

hey phillipp,

yep it was all covered under warranty...they first replaced the cable, but nothing changed, then they replaced the whole speedo...its still not 100%, but a lot better...

Hey superstar0007

Thanks for the speedy reply. Wish me well with my speedo woes.

Cheers

PP