Totally agree with you on the battery situation.

Great video explaining the truth about using lifepo4 batteries in motorcycles/scooters 🛵 and warning people not to buy.

Thank you very much for the video. Great to see Hope back on the road. 🙂

Interesting to know...I'm trying to find a middle of the road cause I bought a cheap replacement and it's already dead

Go with a Gel battery for your scooter, you won't be disappointed. I did a video on how I modified my battery box to accept a larger battery now I use a ytx12 gel battery by chrome pro. I have no complaints this is my second season with the same battery.

I'm not real knowledgeable but I have been thinking about Lithium - Iron batteries ( not lithium- ion ). I run a Buddy 125 for delivery so lot's of short trips and frequent starting. I just buy Weize batteries as they last about as long as the expensive YUASA AGM ones. The Lithium - Iron are popular with boating applications from what I've read and last much longer than lithium - ion. I need to do a lot more work ( needs a new harness as it's hacked up ) before I get to that point and the Weize ones are cheap - I just charge it every single night as my kick start rarely works.

It's unfortunate. I wouldn't use a Lifepo4 in a motorcycle. I would expect one to last 1 year while the sla should last 2-4 years. If I was rich, I would throw a lifpo4 in everything. Anyways, it's good to see Hope out there. I'll probably be selling my Lancer soon after I take the driving test on it. I haven't been riding for a few months, but 6 months is a long time. I would be having withdrawals.

I went with a lithium cuz they were lite wait I got about 14 months out of mine for the price nowhere near worth it so I went gel cell old-school heavier I'm on two years and 8 months give or take a few weeks just throwing it out there half the price way more longevity I have in my 73 Ironhead my 2002 heritage Softail and my boat thanks kid just like you this is just my opinion but I have had great luck with the gel cells

You should always remove the center stand on scooters I think it's the first thing I do when I get a new one removes weight leans better and don't have to worry about the rubbing of it wearing out and causing damage and seriously you never need it

When are you gonna post Hopes new top speed after the variator and bbk? I just got a 169cc kit and I am waiting on an overdrive belt to hopefully get 70mph out of it. I think Hope can do 80 but I want to see it!

Heya bud. I spoke to you for awhile when I first my cy150. I sure wasn't able to keep mine as nice as you kept yours. I need some more help, got a problem I cannot figure out, maybe you can help me. It starts ok, runs normal then after like 1 mile it stall out like its out of gas. But it starts right up again and goes another 1 mile or so, stalls like out of gas, then starts right up again then sure enough about a mile it stalls. Any ideas plz ?