Sachs Madass 125 anyone ridden one ?

Im looking at this scooter/Bike for the missus, but also want it myself.
Like the bowling ball given to Marge with Homer engraved.
http://www.scootersales.com.au/News-167-mediarelease.aspx

Anyone ridden one, there are almost no reviews out there.
Information appreciated.

I think she will like the black one.

Ben

 

A local scooter dealer selling the 50cc version said it was a piece of junk:
top speed of 44kph, and nearly shook itself to pieces going that fast. I
don't have high hopes for the bigger version.

 

Haven't had a go yet but was thinking about it for a daily commuter.
I used to have a Postie which this is just a funky, cooler version of, and
it's cheaper too.
If all you need is a round town banger (ie < 90km/h, < 30 min trips) then it
certainly looks the goods.


I'm just hanging out for the 500:

http://www.vespinoy.com/images/madass500.jpg

 

Innovative design; you don't even have to raise your bum to fart

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You'd think they'd be more robust, considering they'd be used in their local
market to transport entire families.

Apart from the instability, I suppose the crippled top speed would be
because of emission conformity? I had a 50cc scooter as a teenager (don't
laugh, I had to get to school somehow!), and it comfortably zoomed up to
~65Km/h. And that was with automatic (two-speed) transmission.

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I haven't ridden one. I'm avoiding it 'cause I might get too tempted.

OTOH, I had a long conversation with a bloke whose opinions about
motorcycles I trust, and he had test ridden one from East Gosford down
to the Mt.White cafe.

He thought it was a great fun thing.

He wasn't interested in a commuter bike, although it would do that job
perfectly well, but rather a very light weight, transportable machine.

He did say that it helped a lot, when riding over bumpy stuff, for the
rider to concentrate weight down to the pegs, which seems fairy nuff to
me, given the bike could be less weight than the rider.

Another mate was last heard of planning to buy one.

His justification being that he didn't need his R1 or his wife's FZ-1 to
go from his house to his work.

Apparently, the 50cc auto model is fairly slow. To such an extent that
the dealers (or some of them) offer a big-bore kit to stretch the engine
to 80cc.

The engine and gearbox look to be knock-offs of the wee Honda family,
but whether the bolt-on goodies available for the Honda's would also
fit, I dunno.

Given the outrageous prices being asked for ex-postie bikes, I'd expect
quite a few of these machines to be sold.

As for the temptations I'm trying to avoid, one is to get a Madass and
graft in the engine/gearbox from the DX125 yammie, and the other is to
buy half a dozen and offer them for rental to learners.

The MOST seems suddenly too easy with things like the Sachs. ;-)

regards,
CrazyCam

 

There's a 'Quick Fang' on Page 50 of the May Two Wheels; Jeremy Bowdler
thinks you'd buy it for its looks over the CT110AG, which is now exactly
the same price.

 

That thing is seriously fugly.

Theo

 

I've had a close look at a couple of them, and they look as though
they're the same block as the Honda C*90 engines.

Why go to that much trouble? The Chinese 125cc motors are very cheap,
and getting more reliable all the time. I'd be inclined to buy a 50cc
Madass off a disappointed first owner and slot a Chinese 125cc motor
in. (Except that I've already got a CD90 with a seized motor awaiting
that treatment).

They look to me as though they'd be very similar to a CT90/110 to
ride, with the addition of a stiffer frame, brakes that brake, an
suspension that suspenses. ;-)


BTH

 

If you're just after an inner suburban commuter, once you got over the
novelty factor of its radical looks, wouldn't you be better off spending
your money on something that would at least offer your shoes and pants a
bit of protection from the elements?

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

This from someone who rides a Norge!

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Um, they're German aren't they?

 

The OP said he wants it for his missus.. I'm guessing she wants to keep
her shoes and pants dry and clean. YMMV.

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

That's not a bike. It's a couple of tubes welded together with a bracket for
a Chinese engine.

Theo

 

Geez Nev, _nobody_ buys things for his missus to keep her panties dry.

Theo

 

Theo Bekkerswrote:

Crikey Theo, I had no idea you were an elitist! ;-)


BTH
(Soon to commit sacrilege by fitting a Ducar 125cc into a CD90
frame...)

 

Recently bought an Ozquad 250 farm-quad for the gardening. 250cc
liquid-cooled single with full auto.

Theo

 

I bought a 2-cylinder liquid-cooled Honda "tractor" lawnmower for a
similar purpose. Only cost $200, and I'll be attempting to reassemble
the motor this weekend.


BTH

 

In aus.motorcycles on 23 May 2007 20:17:50 -0700

Have you ever bought a bike (other than The Jackal) that wasn't a kit
bike?

Zebee

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 24 May 2007 13:50:00 +1000

Hey, all my bikes were going concerns when I bought them!

(What happened to them afterwards the deponent sayeth not)

I might head up that way when the bloated multinational I work for
gives me some daylight hours... (And when I've cleaned it which can't
happen till this weekend.)

Zebee