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50cc amounts to around 3hp ... you can invest in a big bore kit ... derestrict all you can and maybe get it up 5 or 6 hp? Acceleration depends on weight and power and the power band. Speed (top end) wind resistance and hills are limiting factors. 50cc gy6 engines are good for 25 to 30 mph. that's about all they were intended to be and still be reliable long life scooters. Much of this is my thinking... I've got a 50cc scooter and I weigh around 200 lbs. It's OK on residential streets but no way acceptable on heavy traffic main streets, the most I've gotten out of it was 32 mph and it took a whole block to get it up to that speed. I've also got a 150cc scooter, it is much more able to run with city traffic but 45 is about the limit for it because it is geared a bit low. I'm not sure what I'll eventually do with the 50cc. Probably give it to the neighbor for his kid. I might put a 150cc GY6 in it but knowing me I'll never get around to that. OK, that was my two cents on the matter, maybe a whole nickle.
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