I received my new scoot last week. It sure is nice looking The crate was incredibly beat up when I unpacked it and there was some body panel damage at the left foot pad (presumably from a forklift and it was an easy fix) and the right mirror was broken. Assembly went smoothly except for the inablility to adjust the (*)^T*&%&^) mirrors! What pieces of ___! I kicked the manual start 4 times and then tried the electric start and it started the first try! I am very impressed with fit and finish except as mentioned above. I took it into town this evening (7 1/2 miles at 36 degrees..brrrr) and ran it for all she was worth (using hard break in). I reached about 64-5 mph with what I am guessing to be about a 10% error the high side. This was achieved on winding and extremely mountainess roads (not many straights here and definetly not much flat for sure) The unit is a 2006 made last month. The battery is a 9 amp yuesu (spelling), has ABS on the front disc. It was very smooth accelerating, and had some noticeable rattles in the under panel (upon inspection found it to be a bolt of unknown origin). Gas line was hooked up, the muffler bolts were tight! The headlights in the dark SUCK! First they need to be adjusted for a further reach ahead of the bike and then I will be doing a change from the 18 watt bulbs to 35 watt bulbs (all the bike will handle electrically) very soon. The radio is a waste of electronic components! If you buy a scoot with one, either upgrade or get rid of it. Mine is already out to provide more underseat storage. The radio was poorly installed and was very hard to hear due speaker mounting behind the front fairing without benefit of a grill on either speaker. The gas filler is up front in the middle for easy access. The brakes are robust and well behaved. The bike handles extremely well in the wind as I had gusts averaging 35 and some reported upward of 43 mph this afternoon and evening. I did feel what I felt to be excessive wallow in right hand turns and don't know what is causing the feeling but I am getting used to it. It feels as if the rear tire is mushy but I brought them to within 2# of specs (as shown on the tires). Oh, and speaking of tires they are Pirelli's! a first from what I have read. I changed all fluids prior to the first ride to american fluids. It is a quiet scoot, and the muffler produces deep and not unpleasant tones. Fit and finish were good with a couple of minor exceptions ie: right side body panel was rattling and upon inspection two screws were missing. I took the advise many and used rubber washers on the windhield and it is stable and quiet. The seat looked a little too forward to me when I uncrated it but when I drove it the feel was different and is quite comfortable. I am 5'9" and it was almost perfect. My wife and I had it up to almost 55 mph+- on the highway and we are not light weights. I am 220# and she is 190# a lot of beef. The rear of the seat is elevated for the passenger to see over the driver and both seats have small lumbar supports and they effectively prevent sliding back on acceleration. My wife says that it is exceptionally windy back there (well duh?). The seat is made of the same material you see on ballistic covered baggage. It is really tough stuff. The Mirrors are just junk! No other way to put it. I like having the turn signals on them but what is the point if you can't adjust the mirrors to see behind you? They seem to be ill conceived, and almost an after thought. I need desperately to come up with another arrangement, a fix or workaround to make these better. The mirror insets themselves are NON adjustable..they are fixed! How dumb is that? I just completed 150 miles on the scoot and changed the gear lube and crankcase oil. Both of these were easy to find, easy to access. The exception is that in order to refill the gear lube I needed to use a pump type oil can. I simply measured out the oil in a measuring cup (as suggested by scootdawg.com) and poured the correct amount (3.7 oz's) into the can and used it to pump the lube into the gear lube filler. I used Royal Lube 75w-90 for the gear lube and Royal Lube 5w-30 in the crankcase. A recent discovery is what I believe to be an exhaust leak. I will be checking it in the morning. All in all this scoot was very good investment ($1299.95 delivered) Not a bad deal considering that Honda or Yamaha is nearly 4 times that.