Everything You Need to Know to Ride a Scooter
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Do you want to learn how to ride a scooter? Are you anxious about it or don't know where to start? Watch this! I am a self-identified Good Scooter Driver; I have driven for 2.5 years and over 20,000 km (about 12,000+ miles).
I, too, was very anxious to ride a scooter, but once I got the hang of it, it became my favorite form of transportation. With a scooter, you are able to access many places easily (and it's easier to find parking too!) Also, it's just fun.
*I originally created this guide to help people preparing for the Taiwanese scooter driving exam, and I make many references to Taiwan in the video. However, the video content can be useful to many for good driving basics! I am driving a Kymco GP 125cc scooter (year unknown) that I rented while living in Taiwan. Now, I own a 2009 Genuine Buddy 50cc scooter in the US.*
I hope this guide is useful; please enjoy~
00:08 - Step 1: Know your scooter
02:39 - Step 2: Trust your scooter
03:17 - Step 3: Be safe
03:46 - Step 4: The 3 'SH's
06:07 - Step 5: Try try see & trust
08:41 - Step 6: Mentally prepare
09:12 - Step 7: Prepare materials
10:11 - Step 8: Be confident & cautious
11:17 - BONUS: me trying the Taiwanese driving test
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Official Taiwan Driving Test Explanation (in Chinese): • 機車路考全攻略(怎麼考?表演給你看!)
Driving Test Animation: • 普通重輕型機車路考流程動畫
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Nice video for new scooter people, but when your red light comes on, your scooter is low on oil and you shouldn't ride it or you will damage your engine.
You can top up your oil making sure you check in the hand book the type of oil to use. You should check your oil every week or after a long ride.
This is a great reminder. I had scooter troubles because I disregarded the oil light for a long time. Please check your oil everyone!! (And yes, make sure you read the scooter's manual - I found mine online - to pick the proper kind of oil for your machine.)
@@rachelinkinmen can you share your scooter troubles with us?
My Piaggio Fly 150 will shut off the engine when it detects (very) low oil. It will let you keep going just until you come to a stop, like a traffic light. Then, turn off. A soon as it cools a bit, and you get oil back up to acceptable, it will re-start - maybe not first try or two, but it will finally sense the better oil level, and you will be good to go. I'm pretty sure Vespas and Piaggios are not the only makers to build in this engine protection. ......Conclusion : carry a 6-oz plastic bottle of the correct oil in your luggage.
@@jamesconner3437 Thanks for the tip on carrying oil in the scooter. Just bought my first scooter the other day and didn't think of that yet.
@@jamesconner3437 No, you won't be "good to go". By letting the oil get that low, you've already done damage to your engine. This system just shuts the engine off before it totally destroys itself. Check the oil EVERY TIME you gas up! It only takes a minute to check it and ruining the engine because you let it get too low on oil is not covered by the scooter's warranty.
"You need to trust this machine, this machine will take care of you" - if you knew my anxiety around scooters or motorcycles. But I really wanna learn how to ride one. Thanks for the video.
I also struggle with anxiety what I've found helpful is giving the anxiety a name and talking to it directly tell it you hear them and you understand the concern but you will take precautions to keep yourself safe
You don’t need to learn how to ride a scooter just throttle and break. The learning happens on your ride.
@@ayvon1111 that’s very helpful I’m planning on getting a scooter for my birthday next year! I struggle with ADHD and anxiety issues! Everyone out there I hope you are well and stay awesome! I hope what you are going through gets better!
It killed my cousin 😕😞
I’m wanting to learn so I can drive a bigger size when vacationing in Europe, want to be able to go on my own in the country side and see the amazing views😀
The sign of a successful video. It appeared in my search results almost a year after I watched it. She has about 6,000 subscribers, most of her videos don't reach 1,000 views. She hasn't posted anything new in over a year. But this specific video is at 805,000 views (at the time of this comment) and people are still commenting on it to this day. Good job, Rachel!
thank you!!!
If you are starting out or even been riding for a while it is good to spend some time on gravel and dirt, and grass, this will teach you a lot, and could save your live if you are ever forced of the pavement. I had a blue jay hit me in the chest while going around a sharp curve, then flap around in my face, by the time I got it out of my face I was on to some wet grass, so was very glad I new how to handle it, When I was learning a older man told me to take my street bike out on to a wet field and practice, very glad I took his advice, it paid off more than once in the 55 years I have been riding. Much better to be safe than sorry.
i'll try this out thanks
this is great to know, I have been practice driving on our gravel drive and yard. my friend and I will be taking a Vespa tour in Italy and want to be ready for anything. thank you for your words of wisdom
Thanks for sharing, I'll try this out sometime too
Everyone else: "It's just like riding a bicycle."
Rachel: Instructive guide on how to actually learn, and fix mistakes.
5:33 folks don't EVER squeeze the brakes this way unless you wish to lock the brakes and crash. Firm gradual pressure will prevent wheel lock
" Two-wheelers are not inherently dangerous.....but lack of experience sure is..." Practice stops and slow curves a LOT before getting in traffic of any kind.
Yeah I learned the hard way on this one doing 40 in a parking lot and I locked up both my brakes and I ended up doing a belly slide across concrete and nearly getting hit by the scooter itself 😂
@@darwoodfeet4842 that sounds brutal 😧
That's true. But I thinks she was showing where the brake is and the motion...
@@patrickcharles7190 Exactly! The exact motion which causes crashes!😂
Great video, but take a tip from an old motorcycle/car mechanic. Don't put a heavy ring of keys into your scooter's ignition switch 0:50 (or any vehicle's ignition switch). The constant bouncing of the keys will ruin the switch, and could leave you stranded on a scooter (unless you know how to bypass the key switch in the wiring). The same applies in a car...all that weight will ruin the car's ignition switch and it'll be expensive to fix.
this is a great tip thank you!!
Really smart. This wouldn't even have occurred to me. Maybe get a quick disconnect for the keychain then?
Changing that right now. And I guess there is a risk you catch those keys and switching off your engine by mistake?
@@patricksslkpatricksslk2624 That has happened to me before!!! 😶so spooky. Be careful!
Yup, had to replace an ignition switch on an old Civic back in the 80's. My current bike keys are on a ring where you can detach one ring from the rest, so my keys for the house, side and top cases, disk lock etc separate from the ignition when I'm on the bike.
Actually, gloves are good even when it's warm. To protect yourself in case of an accident. I know most people don't ride in full gear on a scooter, esp in warmer countries but your hands are the most important thing you want to protect after your head. Because if you fall, those are the most likely to get hurt and you don't want to lose all the skin of your hands. So, get some summer gloves with skid pads if you're in a hot climate. And for winter, don't just get fluffy gloves, get ones that have a bit of protection as well.
As a longtime scooter rider, it's nice to see more people riding them here in the US. They're great as is, and as a segway to motorcycle riding too. China has been making Navi-like automatic motorcycles that have gy6 (scooter) style engines that are more affordable and fun to ride if you don't like the step-through style.
Thank you for the information, i have always wanted a scooter but me and my fiance are doing baby steps forst with e-scooters and we...or i (idk about him) home to update to a scooter
An amazing tutorial for absolute beginners like myself! I love how you went into every tiny detail and gave some solid practical tips, like riding in the cold weather. I just moved to Vietnam and realized that here all the infrastructure is designed for bikes, not for cars. I never ever operated the motorbike myself, and this video helped me to overcome the anxiety for trying out the bike. Thank you so much!
Glad to hear it! Enjoy and be safe! :)
How's your riding now? I'm getting a scooter tomorrow. In Vietnam as well.
@@rehobothadvisory8083 Pretty good actually, completely different from what I expected though. I bought a semi-automatic bike for better engine breaking downhill, so it requires shifting gears manually but doesn’t have a clutch and can crawl like a fully automatic transmission.
Speaking about riding in Vietnam, it’s different from what you can expect in Western countries: it’s slow, but it’s so forgiving to any mistakes you can make: people mostly give way to each other without any problems. So even if you pull out in front of someone, they just drive around you or yield to you, even if it means doing a complete stop. As a downside of this, though, you must be always prepared to any sudden moves anyone around you can make, with little or no warning. So be ready to honk your horn to show your presence, and don’t accelerate if your visibility distance is less than your stopping distance. It’s uncommon that people ignore traffic lights and road code.
And what else I would definitely add about riding the scooter: learn about counter steering. It will save your life some day. I already learned that lesson when I could not steer into the corner because I was turning the handlebars into the curve. I was lucky there was a really large intersection and no traffic. Otherwise I would not be writing this.
@@rachelinkinmen I'm getting one very soon and I'm from Texas I don't know what's the difference I have to get it registered and with insurance and I have to have a license for it it's big like a motorcycle
@@anewf8724 It depends on the state! In Massachusetts, I needed to register it but only needed a normal drivers license and no title. If you Google your state it should show what you need!
As a riding instructor, I teach 4 ket fundamentals in the first beginner's class. 1. Know your scooter.2. Control your scooter. 3. Ride your ride, not letting someone else push you to do what you can't or ride faster that you are ready to ride. and 4. Follow the traffic laws. We have a full curriculum for beginner and intermediate, including verbal quizzes and written evaluations.
Hey since your a instructor I'm trying to buy one as a teen. And I would like to know how much on gas I have to waste on a moped scooter and also what model is best for me to ride.
@@dalmaortiz869 - I guess the first thing you should know is how to tell the difference between a moped, a motor scooter, and a motorcycle. As for mopeds I have not even seen one since the 1970’s. A moped had bicycle pedals, a 50cc motor, and no transmission. They also had step through frames and unfortunately because of this many people now mistakenly refer to any motorcycle with a step though frame (underbone frame) as a “moped”. In Southeast Asia motorcycles with step through frames like the Honda Wave made up more than 95% of the 2 wheeled vehicle market. That is until about ten years ago when motor scooters started gaining in popularity and now scooters make up about 75% of the market in Asia. The difference between a motorcycle and a scooter by the way is as follows: a scooter has a foot pan rather than foot pegs, smaller diameter wheels and tires, and an automatic CVT transmission. But the most important difference is that on a scooter the engine/transmission unit is part of the rear suspension and so it moves up and down with the rear wheel. On a motorcycle on the other hand the engine is solidly fixed to the frame and a chain or belt drives the rear wheel. Because of this scooters are tail-heavy and have a high unsprung weight at the rear. And because of this they have horrible handling characteristics compared to a motorcycle. Anyway, when I’m in Asia I much prefer a Honda Wave to a motor scooter but since you cannot get these in the USA (assuming that is where you are) your only choice would be either a motor scooter or a full sized motorcycle with a standard transmission and clutch.
I just my scooter for the first time today
I made sure to watch your video twice before riding
I used my hips
Thank you
please make more videos
Great to hear! you got this!!
Countersteering is a better way to input steering. Its faster and more effective.
This video is what TH-cam was created for. One of the best videos I have ever seen, and I started watching in 2006! Bravo! 🤘😎
Oh my goodness,you are a professional speaker!!!
This video is my first dive into getting mentally prepared to learn one day. Thanks for keeping it natural and funny ☺ saving this in my video tool box to watch again!
You did a very good job with this demonstration. I am 73 years old and I am concidering buying a scooter. I feel more confident about it now
Good luck and thanks for the nice comment!
Ο Τhis was so helpful. Thank you. I just bough one and I is my first time. I am 64 years old.
Today I had my first lesson. I never learned to ride a bicycle but I’m determined to learn how to ride a scooter. It was very intimidating but fear is not going to make me back off
Today will be my 3rd day of training and I am loving it ☺️
@@nuclear9977 good luck !! I did my training but it was 4 months ago now i forgot everything 😭😂
In the uk it’s just so unbelievably easier than this I went from zero bike experience to on the road after 8 hours in one day, show up don’t fall off drive on the main road with instructor for 2 hours and there’s your license 😵💫
Where did you purchase yours ?
I've been riding 50 y⁹ears and found this video of great value.
Thank you
Frank
GREAT VIDEO! I'm in charge of safety,training, and orientation at work, and you reminded me so much of myself (I go into deep detail and demonstrate). I really like how you executed this one, best video I've seen on the subject so far I'm looking into purchasing my first scooter. Greetings from Dallas, Texas U.S.A..
That's so sweet and I appreciate your kind words and that you enjoyed the video! Best of luck and have fun! :)
Really appreciate the video Rachel. I watch this a few months ago to warm myself to the idea of riding a scooter in Vietnam, then watched again the morning I rented one. I felt more comfortable hitting the road and operating the bike and had a super fun afternoon zipping around Phu Quoc on the highways and through the fishing towns. Really, this video made me feel more at ease, so thanks for publishing it :)
So glad it helped you! Have fun :)
Thanks so much for this video. As a beginner to scooters, this provided me with very useful information and confidence!
Hi Ms. Rachel! Last year I watch your video like 5 times and taking down notes, I am thankful that you thought me how to before, during and after you use Ride a Scooter, it only took me 2 days to learn, and now I have my own Electric Scooter, I am using it when going to school 😺💖
So proud of you - congratulations!!!
Just about to move to Phuket, Thailand and will be riding a moped/scooter for the first time... this vid is great and your delivery/style is very natural and engaging! Keep up the good work! 👍🏼
Sharing my experiences… (1) be aware that in an emergency stop, that if you have the front wheel turned you will be going down (2) engage the chin strap to keep your helmet on because as in my situation my head bounced twice and after the first bounce the helmet probably would have come off & the second bounce I would have done me in!
Great video.. got my BB Revival on 18 march 2022.. learned the basic controls, starting and electrinics while standing on top the stands in my garage. Took to the road the next day never having rode a bike before aside from a teen on a bicycle and i have been since every day. I love the feel of the open space. The vid however will help for my partner who bought the same and is not as confident but seeing another woman explain the ease of it will make her at ease as she may be feeling intimidated by my progress as i am trying to teach in a controlled environment and not to say im better or perfect, just adapted quicker.. Good job on explaining safety which is so important and to trust your own wheels and abilities. SAFE RIDING ON THE ROAD TO YOU AND ALL FELLOW RIDERS 😁
What's BB rival?
@@shaysfashionablejewelry9859 its a Big Boy revival retro style shaped scooter made primarily by South African Motorcycles
I got my first scooter 4 days ago and I’m petrified of riding it,thank uuu so much I feel more confident now that I watched ur video super helpful especially on the turns.👏🏼👏🏼👍💯❤️🙏🏼
I've been riding for 40 years and the best advice I can give is: "Point your nose where you want the motorcycle to go".
How much did it cost can you send me a link I want one and need one
I just got one today and now I'm scared to ride it .I was in a bad car accident and fractured my spine a little over 4 months ago sick of being cooped up so decided to get a scooter but now I'm scared to ride it because my back still isn't all that good ! Yikes.
@@shaysfashionablejewelry9859 I just bought one for 1650$ out the door Included tax tag and tile and they did it all right there.
Read my comments
I’ve been doordashing for about a month now and the idea of getting a scooter to help with costs is really getting to me!!!
Buying a Scooter soon and this was exactly what I wanted to watch!! Very Helpful Vid 10/10👌🏽
Good job Rachel, this was a great idea and you executed it really well. 👍
This was an impressive video!
Seriously, you covered all of the basics.
I bought my first ever scooter, just two days ago:
Looking for advice on riding, and regular maintenance.
Your personality made this video informative and fun. The parking tips was the best lol
I really can not thank you enough dear Rachel for this lovely video that took all my anxiety and stress before my test for A2 this morning…i passed :) and i will trust my scooter foreverwith all my heart❤😊love and kisses from Istanbul! Pelin
By far the most detailed tutorial I have seen. I have been scouring youtube videos about driving a motorcycle for 2 days and none of them so far even mentioned the hip detail. Thank you for this!
Tips: counter lean when turning below 10 mph/16 kmh.
DO NOT TURN HANDLEBARS IN THE DIRECTION YOU WANT TO TURN ABOVE 10 MPH/16 KMH, USE COUNTER STEERING TECHNIQUE.
Always always always LOOK where you want to go to avoid target fixation.
WEAR GEAR-gloves, helmet w/eye protection and armored motorcycle jacket at least.
Ride as if drivers (cars, trucks, etc) can't see you, never assume they do, be ready at intersections for drivers to pull out in front of you.
Keep your arms loose, keep your weight centered at your bum or through your feet to the floorboard.
For strong crosswinds, stick a knee out in the direction the wind is hitting you, it acts as a "sail" and will lessen the push from the wind. Leaning a bit the same direction helps too.
In traffic at a stop, stay to the left or right of the vehicle in front of you, leaving yourself an escape route and keep an eye on your mirrors for cars behind you.
Safe riding!
Great tips - thanks for sharing!!
@@rachelinkinmen thanks, great video! 👍
You are awesome. Nice psychologic well balanced teaching. Now I feel so much better to start driving scooter....
Finally, an actual scooter-related video! And not a kickscooter (which is annoying to keep finding when looking for scooters)! I've just entered the 2-wheeled world a few months ago, so my TH-cam feed is slowly adjusting itself to my new interests.
Subscribed! 👍
EDIT: I just realized you haven't uploaded in about a year. Too bad, because with 3 times the likes as subscribers, and over 681K views, it says a lot about the quality of the video. I guess I'll be going backwards through your videos.
I always wnted one and now I finally have enough money to buy a decent one, that was a great vid ! Thanks
Very thorough video. I love your explicaciones. Debes ser una maestra.
What a great and beautiful teacher, clear and confident 😊
I’m getting my first scooter in a few days or maybe Tuesday of next week. Today is Tuesday your video was the absolute best. Thanks for sharing.
This is a great video! It’s super helpful for me cause I just got my first scooter last week and have been pretty nervous but you gave really good tips.
As a scooter veteran, this was a great video and I love your outfit. ☺️ It matches the scoot.
I'm 67yo and I've rode both motorcycles and scooters most my life. Quit 10 years ago due to health reasons. I'm finally able to ride again. Sold my truck and am putting my baby back on the road. Had her gone through and made sure everything is road worthy. Glad you put this video out. I'm never to old or experienced to pick up new things or brush up on old ones. Great video, thanks. I'm riding a 2009 Yamaha Vino 125 which I bought brand new before I got sick.
Thanks a lot Rachel Marie!❤️
Well composed and very educational video. I learned a lot.
You have a talent to make educational/instructional videos, because you have good teaching skills.
Thanks a lot! ❤
I watched the video, because tomorrow I'll rent a scooter for a first time.
Really clear and helpful. Thank you so much. I've always driven cars in the UK, but I've lived in Rwanda for many years and can't afford one here as they're really expensive. I'm thinking of getting a scooter so I can escape for the weekends, but feeling a bit nervous about it. This has given me confidence ☺
I'm glad to hear it! Best of luck :)
In slow maneuvers drag your back brake slightly under power you will find the scooter is far more stable. This is the same you do on a large motorcycle, if you're an expert you can virtually balance at a standstill. As some others have said slow progressive braking, 70% rear 30% front pressure bias, just buy a bike with a combi braking system or if you can afford to ABS.
Great little video.
The part about the seat really helped me as I had crash bars pushing it up,
I thought I broke the seat, but once I pushed down, the seat popped open ...Thanks!
This video was uploaded on my birthday lol. Great video, very informative, and I can easily drive a scooter now!
Clear explanation!! Thank you so much!
Great video and very informative. I’m from the US and would have never thought to practice slow turns, figure eights and donuts. Thanks for sharing
Do you not need a license where you are?
In my state you only need a learner's permit to drive a scooter
Girl, you out here doing the lord's work. I just moved to Myanmar. I crashed into a parked car on my first lesson.
you teach a lot better than all uk youtubers together. thanks.
Thank you so much for the tutorial! I can finally now go try try see riding a scooter ❤️
eep! good luck!!
Thank you for the helpful tutorial i gonna get my license at age 14 and my scooter too 3 months from now
I love your explanations! You are very thorough with all the details. Thank you so much! I hope I'll be able to ride one soon in Vietnam 😊
Thank you Rachel.. I'm an old fart that has not been on a scooter since the 80's, it was nice to have a refresher coarse. You tips all very helpful. Thanks Again 😊
Thank you for the video. I’m buying my first moped tomorrow. This was very helpful.
Congrats! Glad the video helped :)
@@rachelinkinmen where did you get your moped from
@@gameboypop7719 This one was rented in Taiwan. I bought a used one in America from someone on Craigslist!
Thank you so much for this video! It helped tremendously with my new scooter!
As a person who is a new state that has more mopeds and now considering getting one, this video is very helpful. Thank you.
I already ride a Motorcycle but her voice is just satisfying to hear at. Kudos to yah!
damn u sound like a really chill person , thnx for the tutorial
Awesome keep it up.
Thanks! Will do!
Thank you for the video, my friend and I will be driving Vespa's in Italy and i needed the basics. I had no idea how important the very slow part was. my friend has a reg scooter and we have been practicing, I didn't practice SLOW. I will be going back out to do that. It was also helpful that you said that about the knees. me and my bad knees I was worried I had to have them in the right place for balance. I read others peoples comments and since we will be going on a tour and I don't need to know the oil changes etc. I'm glad you just stuck with the simple RIDE.
I just booked my scooter. Never ride a scooter before. Found this helpful video. Thanks 👍
you explain very good and detail u should be a teacher
Allow me to make a correction, steering at speed should NOT be done with the hips.
The correct method is to push forward on the handlebar grip that matches the direction you want to go in.
Once this becomes second nature, you can refine it further, but preloading the suspension for tighter turns.
This is achieved by shifting the body weight to the opposite side, before making the turn.
So if you are turning right, shift your body weight to the left.
This serves two purposes.
First, it prevents the bump that can occur on a tight turn when the suspension isn’t preloaded.
Second, it allows the scooter to lean over further into the turn.
This will increase the speed at which you can ride through a tight turn.
Don’t be afraid that the bike will go down, counter steering - as the combined technique is called - operates on centrifugal force that will prevent this.
Think about the wheels on a supermarket cart, the principle is the same.
Obviously, practice the techniques thoroughly on quiet roads, before using on the open road.
Once you are comfortable with this way of riding, your ability and confidence will soar.
Yes. I was thinking that right away when she said it. Yeah sure leaning your body works, but counter steering is much easier, faster, and effective.
I want to get into scooters and every video about it is kind of intimidating so ngl seeing a girl do a review is actually really really cool, thank you !
That's really sweet to read! :) best of luck to you and your future-scooter-filled life!
Great video!
I think a comfortable helmet might be the best choice as you will be more likely to hear it, you don't sweat as much so it won't mess with your hair and makeup. The great thing with the smaller ones is that they don't cover your ears, so you can hear what direction sound is coming from, like a cinema with speakers all around. That awareness and ability to hear can prevent an accident. The big chunky is more uncomfortable, you sweat a lot more, and you can no longer hear what direction sound is coming from as all the sound is coming in through the front of helmet meshing all the channels into one or two muffled channels.
I feel like you could have a great career in teaching things to people. Maybe about how to ride motorcycles (or anything else really, whatever is your passion). Most people don't have this talent. Anyway, good luck.
Wow, this was such a nice message - thanks so much :,)
I'm 14. I don't think I want to buy a scooter already or do the license for it, because I don't want to make my Parents pay for it. Instead I want to wait until I'm 16 to buy a 125cc bike with my money. And I have seen a lot of videos of bikes so I know how to shift gear or how to use the throttle, brakes and other stuff. My uncle has a 125cc scooter of Piaggio, and his 14 year old son already knows how to drive it. My uncle asked me if I want to try to ride it and I said yes because I really wanted to but never asked. So we went for a ride and then he let me drive it, its an automatic bike so I didn't have to shift gear or any other thing. So it was easy, just use the throttle and brake... well at least that's what I thought. The problem was, I didn't know how to keep the bike in balance. We wanted to start driving but just a second after I used just a little bit of the throttle and wanted to start, I almost let the bike fall. I don't know if it was because I'm skinny and I can't keep a heavy bike on its tires, but I'm feeling really embarrassed that his son that is just 5 months older than me, can do it and I can't. Does anyone have some tips on how I can hold the bike without falling? Like, if I can't keep it while standing than how is it going to be when driving and turning...
This is humbling, I used to be a biker. Now I ride a scooter, since my stroke this is really something. Your video is done very well
Thanks for enlightening us. "Tramps like us, Baby, we were born to run."
I have a 50cc orange and white kymcho super 8 scooter at the minute but getting a black 125cc kymcho. My scooter is quite a big scooter with thick, biggish tyres which does really well in wet weather a brilliant scooter i cannot fault it.
But now i want faster than 30mph.
But as winter is approaching, as carful as i am, am i ok to go on icy roads to work on it?
Okay! I don't know! And I would love if anyone could share their experience with driving in snowy conditions. This is my first winter with a scooter in a place where it snows and I'm also nervous. I was even debating selling the scooter because I don't have a covered garage and don't know if I can drive it for months, but that might be a ridiculous response. Does anyone have thoughts??
Avoid riding in icy weather as much as possible unless you can't avoid it. I've stupidly done it before thinking that I would be fine, next thing I know i've come off at 40mph. Ever since i've taken way more caution than what's necessary, just be more cautious than needed and you should be fine!
I've came off already. 3 days after getting it.
I let my niece sit on front of me not riding was just sitting there in cold sac chatting but with engine running, that was a big big huuuge mistake.
Its twist and go and she twisted it and we went full throttle straight across rd into a parked car, then still going we went along this parked car then it went over with my foot under it.
I broke my big toe, had a sprained wrist, some cuts and bruises as my leg and hip that was hitting the car, not the ped the ped was fine and so was my niece tho car bit dented. He wanted £1000 by morning or police called. I gave my name address said go thru insurance. We did.
Ive had this ped now for 5 months and not 1 accident since that one thank god tho been no icy weather.
I'm going up to 125cc soon tho so hope aint just jinxed myself lol
I've been driving 32 yrs no accidents but im bored with driving now thats why chose a ped over a car.
How do you want me to trust THE scooter If I can't even trust my self
@@mazx855 oh NO im glad everyone is okay. that is scary
Awe. Beautiful 🥰 Thank you. Where did you got the helmet from?
I bought it from a shop in Taiwan, but you can buy helmets in many places!
Thank you for this video Rachel Marie, very good job!
Countersteering is paramount, push left handle bar you will turn left, push right handle bar and you will turn right. This countersteering practice is essential once you give the scooter enough throttle. Braking should be done progressly, like squeezing an orange, if you squeeze too quickly, you run the risk of locking the front tire which will make you crash because your front tire will loose traction. Be smooth with inputs while turning to keep traction. If you loose traction you crash which sucks anyway you look at it. Love the video!
I already know how to drive scooter but.. This is nice
First step: BUY A SCOOTER
Yeah bro😂😂
Great tutorial, helped me with my first ride on Bali!
Thanks a lot girl! You gave me confidence!
How to pick up a fallen scooty please 🥺
Oh no! I hope this doesnt happen often to you. One way that I do it is stand over it with one foot down on either side and lift up, so that you have a good foundation and you can sit on it once it's up. Another way is to grab the handlebar closest to the ground and the back hand and pull up. But if anyone has any other suggestions, please share!
@@rachelinkinmen lol believe me I know. what if someone has weak legs then riding a two wheeler is out right ? Because you need poweful legs to balance such 100kg machine n pick up if fallen.
@@suchhun I think it takes practice and there are also much smaller scooters/vespas that could be lighter. Perhaps try a 50cc scooter! I will try to make a video about it
@@suchhun legs, and especially your buttocks (which are used when picking stuff up)are the biggest muscles in your body. Even if you don't weigh a lot, you normally can do squats with a rucksack full of stuff, right? Then your legs are strong enough to pick up a scooter. The thing that might be too weak could be your hands, but for your legs, 100kg are nothing. Always push through the legs and buttocks when lifting heavy things and keep your back straight, you'll be fine.
There are videos of short little female riders who maybe weigh 45kg picking up the huge BMW adventure GS (200kg+) motorcycle on YT. They all push through the legs and use a bit of technique.
@@TheFeldhamster ay e I know but wasn't really gifted in butt strength or legs. Have to build up legs first then will ride a two wheeler
First time viewer of your vids. I wasn't sure what to expect. This video started off weak, but got better as it went along. Technically not the best how to ride a scooter video, but you did an overall good job. Cheers! :)
as someone who rides a Ninja 400 motorcycle you explained things here very well!
Thank u, the best 101 scooters video on utube.
That's the center stand not a parking brake
Her : knees not important
Me : removes my one end from my leg
Trying to get the new vespa gts super and i needed this video. Thank you very much
I watch yr video and that give me full confident.. i ride my scooter for the first time before watching yr video.. and also i don't ride even a bicycle.. thanks a lot❤❤❤❤
and then pop a wheelie
The video was very educational and as a experience writer myself her tips were simple and right..but the only obstacle is that the young lady is so pretty wasn’t able to concentrate…had to go back a few times To listen
Watching from Ireland 😉,
Loved it,
Thanks Robert.
What a helpful video! Great explaining
Very well explained, nice video. Thank you 😊
I'm gonna try driving scooter for the 2nd time in my life (1st time ended in a terrible accedent,I'm fine😁) thanks for your help😍
I watched this video a few times before i bought my own scooter and it helped me a lot.
Thank u very much for this video🥰🫶 greetings from germany.
Glad it helped!!! Enjoy!
I truly appreciate the tips on the scooter 😊
as an anxious scooter rider, i thank you rachel
The cutest instructor! Thanks, that was very beneficial! ;)
I'm a new scooter person grandma and I loved this video.
You're a great teacher. Thank you.