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Have fun beating the fuel hikes<br />
KYMCO 300i G-DiNK<br />
By Sean and Kyle<br />
So! There is that old joke about scooters being lekker<br />
until your buddies see you riding one… it’s not true<br />
any more. Go and ride a new gen, you’ll see what we<br />
mean. And even if they do laugh, your wallet will love<br />
them at the fuel pump…<br />
Scooters are no longer for girls and overly sensitive bright eyed boys.<br />
New generation scooters make perfect motorcycling sense. They easily<br />
run at the national speed limit, are reliable and comfortable as the day<br />
is long, backed up by some of the biggest hitters in the industry and<br />
give you a warm, fuzzy feeling when you get to the fuel pump and to top<br />
it off, they are a lot of fun to ride, especially when traffic is standing still<br />
and you are scooting along between the trucks and cars.<br />
We wandered into Linex Yamaha Randburg and grabbed their Kymco<br />
300i G-Dink and went for a bit of a day out. The idea was to test in real<br />
world situations so we headed into Randburg CBD through the mad<br />
traffic on Malibongwe for a bite to eat, then it was a wander around<br />
suburbia to drop off a couple of prizes for some readers and then we<br />
were off to The Cradle for a bit of sightseeing and a milkshake before<br />
heading back to Linex Yamaha Randburg.<br />
The G-Dink is exceptionally spritely for a scooter, in fact… for any 300cc<br />
motorcycle, (270.60cc’s to be exact), whipping off the line and easily<br />
out-accelerating the rest of the traffic using all twenty three and a half<br />
newton metres of torque. The twelve point seven kilowatts of power<br />
then kicks in and keeps it going all the way past 120kmh and heads<br />
towards 130kmh top speed.<br />
We topped off the tank before we went out for our little day out and then<br />
topped it off again just before handing the bike back to Linex Randburg.<br />
Total fuel usage over the 81km’s that we travelled on our journey was<br />
just under 3.4 litres giving us an average of 23.8km/litre or about 91<br />
cents per kilometre.<br />
Also remember here that we are rather large, non aerodynamic speed<br />
enthusiasts and never ride anything economically, so we do feel you will<br />
get even better fuel economy if you ride more conservatively.<br />
Riding the 300i Kymco was surprisingly comfortable for my 2 metre<br />
long, 115kg chassis with plenty of room in the cockpit, so my knees<br />
weren’t crunched up against dashboard or klapped by the handle bars<br />
when swinging the G-Dink around in tight spaces. The seat is wide and<br />
soft with a huge amount of storage space underneath it, negating the<br />
need for a back pack or a top box… Oh! And there is also quite a roomy<br />
cubby in the dash for smart phones, wallets and the like and nifty hook<br />
to secure a bag between the riders legs if need be.
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