Watch A KTM Stunt Rider Turn His First Scooter Into A Wicked Wheelie Machine

Scooters are awesome, you guys. I'll just come right out and say it. Sure, not everyone agrees with me, but that's fine; it'd be a boring place if we all rode the same things, right? And a lot of riders might get started on scooters before moving on to bigger machines. Me, I think they're different facets of the same thing, and that's a general, unreasoning love for what it feels like to live life on two wheels. But, as usual, I digress.

While Rok Bagaros might be known for his KTM freestyle stunts and his YouTube channel now, once upon a time, he was like a lot of riders. He was a teenager, and he started riding on a 1998 Yamaha Aerox two-stroke back in the day. For those unfamiliar, it's a little 50cc scooter that made around 3 horsepower from the showroom. Three. Great for someone just starting out, but once you learn how to handle yourself, you will probably start looking for a little more from your machine.

So now, over 20 years later, he and a buddy went out and found a very similar 1998 Yamaha Aerox 50 to the one he had back in the day. Only this time, they decided to go all out, tuning it to show what kind of beast you can unleash under those bright, unassuming plastics. While I've rebuilt the top end and swapped out belts and CVT parts on my own scooter (Malossi, wooooo!) in the past, they take it much further (plus, mine's a four-stroke while this is a two-stroke, and mine is also injected and not carbureted). 

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How much further? All the way, baby! We're talking a much more robust racing crankshaft, forged connecting rod, big bore kit (up to 70cc from the stock 50), obviously a bigger racing piston to fit the new big bore, adjustable racing suspension, better brakes (including a 280mm front disc), new racing exhaust, new Dell'Orto racing carburetor, and more. Just about the only thing they didn't touch is (kind of strangely) the tires, but since they don't really look too bad, maybe that wasn't strictly necessary.

10 horsepower might not sound like much, but it's all relative. When you started with three, and now you're at 10, that's over three times the stock HP! Enough to have some serious fun, but hopefully not so much that you're going to have to worry about twisting things you shouldn't by putting all that power to the ground. 

How does it ride? Watch the video and you will get to see it do a couple of different runs to see how fast it can go, as well as how quickly it can get to 100 km/h. You'll also get to hear how it sounds with that new exhaust, and if you love two-strokes, you're in for a treat.

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