The commands : right hand

And here are the pictures of the right hand commands...

The commands : left hand

Here are the pictures of the left command and it's description...

The passenger's pedals

So you need to take a back rider passenger?
Well, he or she must put the feet somewhere...

Here are the back pedals (view from above):

Close pedal

Open Pedal

Never took a passenger thou... :(

[I guess everyone still afraid of my driving skills... ]

Time saving machine

It's been a few weeks now that I ride my Symone to work (not all the days thou, I still have no confidence at rainy conditions).

But I can now make some analysis of the difference between riding a car and riding my Symone.


It's a really time saving machine! 
I'm so glad I've decided to buy a maxi-scooter :)

Still feel like a rookie on the road, still very afraid of cars and other motorcycles, but even so I still can make better times than ever by car.

Best time ever by car, mid summer when the city was empty and didn't stop on red lights, took me some ~16 minutes. Average time by car going to work ~20m, going home ~30m .
Best time ever with Symone, in a normal day, took me 12 minutes.
Average time by scooter going to work ~16m, going home ~15m.

These results are on the "normal" conditions...

Since the start of using the scooter I've faced 5 major traffic jams...
If I've drove the car those days none of those traffic jam could be made in less than an hour.
With Symone... It's been smooth... :)

Lets talk storage #2 - secret hideout

This is a small compartment but quite handy.
It has no lock so it's no good to keep valuable stuff.
It's where I keep a simple cloth to clean up the seat from dust and humidity.

I took the photos with a tissue packet and a 50 cents euro coin to give the perception of the dimension.

Kick start

For those who might ask about it... yes, the Sym GTS 125 Evo comes with a "kick start", even if the manual said little about it :(

(click to enlarge)

A video of the fearest machine

Took some time but finally I made a little video... enjoy!

The commander's cockpit : control panel

It's not the Enterprise ship, but sure is a futuristic and complete control panel :)

[click pictures to enlarge]

Here is the all the technical shebam...

Owner's manual

Because sometimes we need to check those specific informations about a machine, here are some links to the Sym GTS/Joymax owner's manual:

Official site:
http://www.sym.com.tw/admin/upload/download_e/dnfile/GTS.pdf
http://www.sym.com.tw/admin/upload/download_e/dnfile/20090112155408JOYMAX%20125-250.pdf

Shared File:
http://www.4shared.com/file/36927728/451f7688/Sym_GTS_owners_manual.html?dirPwdVerified=3ae00a06

Lets talk storage #1 - under the seat

I've no idea how other maxi-scooter "perform" on this issue, but I'm quite pleased and impressed by the luggage space under the seat.
The manual states that it hold a maximum of 10kg.
It can hold two helmets, a normal/modular one and another jet.
In these days I've took my laptop backpack under the seat with some other stuff, perfectly fitting. :)
It also has a little light to help on dark places or at night, and a button to cut power if motor is running.

(click to enlarge the photos)

 

 

First day to work on Symone

Sunny Monday! This is a good day to start my new life style...
Laptop on my new slim backpack, jacket all tight up, helmet on... here we go!!
So, making a long story short, took me 16 minutes from home to work, which normally takes twice as much by car, and sometimes even more :)

Maybe in a near future I'll make even less time, but now I still ride like a turtle :)
At the end of the work day I took a different road home, a little more dangerous, with a lot of fasten cars running by... but there was a traffic jam and so I passed slowly through all of them :) nice!!!
Took another 16 minutes to get home. With that traffic most probably by car would take a minimum of 45 minutes...
My Symone rules!!!

Riding Symone...

The gods of motorcycle are not with me... another rainy weekend :(
Couldn't take any photos these days, but I'll post more sometime soon...

Today I rode Symone, my Sym GST 125 Evo bike, (see my  previous post to understand the nickname) for 30 minutes or so.
I drove in the neighborhood and adventured my self a little further on to some busy roads.
Went to the riverside road where traffic was more intense (fear!!) and the drivers are less careful.
In the first semaphore I stopped behind a car, and stood there a few seconds and then I took a deep breath and thought to my self "I think I can fit there" in between the two cars... so slowly I went and pass through them and stood in first position on the semaphore.
Green light! Vrummmmm! Eat my dust suckers!
Amazing... the speed it gets and leaves all the cars behind.
I'm gonna love this in the busy roads on commuting days...
After that I went to a busy highway, always on the slow lane at 80km/h, and then home.

All went well... :)
Maybe tomorrow I'll risk it and try to go to work in my Symone..

Scooter Station review

Found a great review from a French site on scooters about the Sym GTS 125 Evo:
http://www.scooter-station.com/Sym-GTS-125-Evo.html

For those who don't know French you can always use Google Translator :)

My scooter's name :)

I tend to give name to things... even objects.
So I've been thinking of a name to my brand new Sym GTS 125 Evo since the day I bought "her" - yes, it's a she :)

Some pop my mind like VickyBitch, SheRa, Viper and so on, but none was the one.

So I've ask the help of a professional, a good good friend who his a "nickname master" (he spends 5 minutes with a person and gives that person the right nickname, it's a gift... really).

So, after small  talk in the messenger, he suggests the name that I've realize has the one.

Isn't this a girlish looking eye? (click to enlarge)

Sym the one

Sym + one

Symone

Oh yeah! I'm gonna ride Symone! :)

[ Special thanks to Mr.Wood. You rock!! ]

Specifications

A lot of people are asking me for specification details of the Sym GTS 125 Evo, so here they are:

Type	4-stroke, ceramic cylinder
Displacement	124.5cc
Cooling System	Liquid
Fuel System	Carburetor
Transmission	C.V.T.
Regulation	EURO 3
Front Suspension	Telescopic Fork
Rear Suspension	Unit Swing Arm With 5-way Preload
Front Brake	Disk 240mm
Rear Brake	Disk 200mm
Front Tire	110/90-13
Rear Tire	130/70-12
Head Light (High/Low)	12V 55W/ 55W
L x W x H (mm)	2165x870x1380
Wheelbase (mm)	1475
Dry Weight (kg)	163
Fuel Capacity (liter)	12

I've no idea of some of the stuff in this table, but hey, knock yourself out.