[kz1000st]

Taotao has built an incredible machine. What you have to remember is that it cost 1/3 the price of a comparable sized Japanese scooter. YOU CAN'T FLOG IT LIKE A RENTED MULE AND EXPECT IT TO SURVIVE. Pardon the caps but I'm trying to get a point across. I had a 150cc Chinese scooter for eleven years, put 10,000 miles on it with little trouble. You can run these scooters at 3/4 throttle all day, every day but if you run wide open all the time it won't last. The metallurgy just isn't there yet.

I have a 2009 CF Moto 250cc. I have done three hundred mile trips on the Interstate with it several times. I have to keep it at 62/63 mph or I know it will fail. 17,000 miles without a problem, so far, and it just keeps chugging. I know if I test its top end for a lengthy run it will blow. CF Moto sold them for $1500 at the end of their time. A Honda Helix, which it's a copy of, cost $5500 at the same time.