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The 55mph zone is at most going to be less then a 2 miles stretch. It's just a connecting section that crosses over I-75. I would avoid it if I could, but unfortunately it's the only and shortest route over I-75. The most I would be riding the scooter would be to my parents house which is a little over 11 miles from where I live. Other then that, the grocery store is right down the street in a 45mph zone and so is just about everything else. I could technically get to my parents in all 45mph zones but it's a bit more round-about to get there and will probably add about 3 extra miles. The only place I really HAVE to go and can't avoid the 55mph zone is to work...unless I can find some other shortcut that I don't already know about.
After I made that post I found a few other bikes that I would consider. They are gas powered mopeds, in the 50-150cc range. I know that whatever I get, if it's road legal, will be considered a motorcycle so I'm not concerned about all the stuff that goes with it. I have my motorcycle license, insurance on motorcycles where I live is < $400/year since they don't require a lot of it.
I'll keep looking around, it seems that the gas mopeds are a lot cheaper then the electric ones of equal speed rating. I found some 150cc ones for around $1300 and actually found one that is just around $900 so I might look more into those...but of course, the biggest trick will be convincing my parents they're safer then motorcycles because they said that I couldn't get a motorcycle a while back until they had absolutely no control over what I do (my dad was in a motorcycle accident in college, broke his leg), which is why I have my license and no cycle...
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