TESTING TIMES

We’re not making any claim that these are scientific tests. PM Tuning loaned us two machines for an afternoon to give our opinion on their Stage 4 kit. There wasn’t time for GPS comparisons, suspension adjustment or dyno tests. As a 200cc four-stroke auto, the Scomadi currently sits in a category of is own. Comparisons with Stan’s Casa 185 kitted Lambretta and Vespa GTS300 aren’t scientific but they represent the type of machine that competes in this market space.

Stan isn’t the smallest of riders. At 6ft 2in tall and of ‘proportionate’ build (being a jockey was never a career option for him), if you’re of slighter build then no doubt things would go a little quicker. Given two scooters to test he did what most of us would – he found different roads and thrashed them! Top speeds quoted are taken from the factory-fitted speedos along a stretch of flat private road (cough) and acceleration was from a standing start to terminal speed over 200 yards/183m.