| I've
had my 2007 Daelim S2 250 since March of 2008. What can we say about
this that hasn't already been said? It's a very nice scooter. Lots of
"pep" and takes corners on the dime. So far after about 1000 miles or
so, it hasn't given me a lick of trouble mechanically. I've added a top
box and tall windshield to mine. The windshield makes a world of
difference in the ride quality. Though I really like the scooter, I've
found a few things that I dislike. It's a cramped scooter. I'd love to
see about 3 or 4 more inches of foot room on the front side. The seat
gets a little uncomfortable on long rides. I've had this out on a 300
mile trip and it got a little tough the last 45 minutes of the ride.
The suspension is pretty stiff. Even with the adjustable shocks set for
the minimum pre-load, it's still a bit stiff. I've added a sheepskin
pad to help with this and sitting with a better posture helps a lot,
but it's gets tiring. The passenger seat is tough for many passengers
to get on. It rides pretty high though the rider foot pegs help some. All in all, it's a pretty nice scooter. Plenty of speed and power and agile. Not a cruiser, but certainly a zippy street machine. Getting around town and short hops, it's a great scoot, but I don't know that I would want to take a 3 or 4 day trip on it. |
| I
own a Daelim S2 125. I absolutely love the scooter. I only wish I had a
bit more power. Maybe someday I can step up. I have not had any issues
during the 3000 miles I have put on it. My only issues have been with
the availability of parts. The dealer I bought the scooter from (Zoot
Scoots) is absolutely horrible. Trying to get parts from him is like
pulling teeth. Right now, I need a filter cap and he sold me something
used and chewed up at FULL price. Personally, I see a big difference in quality when comparing my Daelim to other scooter models, such as Lambretta, Diamo, etc. You can actually feel the difference in the quality that goes into Daelim products. I wish there were another dealer here in central Ohio because I would definitely buy another, no questions asked. |
| Peter
van Hoof, of Pennsylvania, has a chronicled his experiences with his S2
250, which have been disappointing. He's had repeated failures of
some of the same components. See his comments at this link. |
| Love
it, love it, love it! Bought one of these partially because
of this website so thanks a bunch! No problems as yet, with over
3000 miles on it. Comfortable, quiet and handles a ton of
cargo. OK, maybe not a ton, but certainly plenty for my daily
commute and occasional camping. I have added a lot of the GIVI
bags to this (can't say enough good things about cbxmanmotorcycles.com,
these guys are just the best!) Added the tall windshield, but I'm
a munchkin (5'5") and it's actualy too tall. Went back to factory
and all is well. I live at 7200 foot altitude, and you can really
feel the lessening of power. On the other hand, gets great
mileage, has lots of luggage capacity (including the superbly made GIVI
bags), and looks and rides great. Can't say enough good about the
S2 250, best purchase I ever made. |
| My
Daelim S2-125 filfills it's intended mission of being a "second car". I
use it for my commute to work as a Sp. Ed. teacher here in Shreveport,
La. Top speed (without my lovely little wife on back) is around
62 mph. It takes a while to actually achieve this speed, btw. I'm
getting around 75 mpg, which validates my reasons for getting the
Daelim 125 in the first place. Love that big 3 gallon fuel tank! My wife and I enjoy riding "2 Up" around town on weekends and have managed to get up to 55 mph. BTW, I weigh in at 250 lbs, the wife is 110. This scoot adds alot of fun to my commute and serves as a fuel efficient alternative to my gas hungry truck. Problems with the Daelim S-125? Yes, the trip meter crapped out at around 400 miles. The stock battery died at around 800 miles. The former is to be replaced by the dealer under warranty, while the latter was remedied with a YUASA battery from my friendly Honda dealer for $75! I added a larger windscreen from Puig and now enjoy even better pretection from wind/buffetting. NW Louisiana is windy. The considerable fairing is a blessing as I do not live or ride in congested urban areas which presumably, are more shielded from wind by tall buildings. Make mine a Dealim S2 or Honda Reflex; gotta have the fairings. Good legroom, too. I also get my fair share of compliments from other riders and curious women when I'm refueling! Being a "good boy", I haven't invited any strange women for a ride! Boy, where were scooters back in my bachelor days!? I'd recommend Daelim to anyone having an established dealer in his/her area. I've had it for around 2K miles and the only real trouble I've had is having to tighten the battery terminal cable after it vibrated loose and wouldn't start. Took 4 minutes the first time and two minutes the second time. I love my Daelim! |
| First,
let me tell you a little about myself. I’ve been riding scooters
and or motorcycles for 30 plus years. Past bikes have been, Honda CB
350, Honda CB900F, Suzuki GS 1100E, Honda Hurricane 1000f, Honda Elite
250. After accumulating 46,000 plus miles on the Elite 250 I decided to
replace it with the only new bike I have ever owned, a Daelim S-2 250.
This review is after 4 months of ownership. 1500 miles. The Good: It’s a nice looking modern day maxi that gets looks where ever I ride it. My co-workers who used to laugh at my Elite tell me the Daelim looks much more sporty than the Elite. In fact, a few have given me crap for attaching a basket to the back of such a nice scooter. The engine is quiet and smooth. It starts right up when warm and fires up when cold with a little throttle play. The front and rear disc brakes are hand lever controlled and work great. They provide much better stopping power and feel than the drum brakes on my Elite. Great lower body weather protection. The wide front fairing combined with the flat floorboards allow you to position your legs out of the wind and rain. The mirrors are great. They provide a view of not only what’s beside you, but what’s behind you. The radiator vents direct warm air toward your hands. This can be good or bad depending on the season. Large under seat storage. Can accommodate a full face helmet and a gym bag. Good power for a 250. It out accelerates my 250 Elite but has less torque. Top speed is a GPS checked 75mph. I have been getting an average of 64mpg on my commute riding about 50mph. The passenger seat steps up from the drivers seat and both my wife a daughter like it better than the Elites. I think it makes for more cumbersome low speed maneuvering when riding 2 up. Daelim provides a downloadable service manual free of charge. A+ 2 year parts a labor warranty. A+ Excels in high speed stability. At 70mph on my Elite I was pretty much white knuckling it. On the S-2 with its larger rims and long wheel bas, 70mph is smooth and stable. I would not hesitate to ride it on any road with a posted speed limit of 60mph or less. Side and center stand, luggage rack and tool kit included. The Bad: Harsh ride over bumps. Aftermarket windscreen is still not tall enough to deflect the wind over my 6'1" frame. The wind hits me about helmet level making for a noisy ride. The windscreen is also narrower than what I like. In the rain, your shoulders are directly exposed. The speedometer is in kilometers and not miles. It reads 50mph at a GPS indicated 39mph. The high beam light on the dash is so bright, it is distracting at night. I find the seating position uncomfortable. With my feet flat on the floorboards my knees are higher than my hips making my butt sore on an extended ride. To get an idea what its like, sit in a kitchen chair, stack a couple phone books on the floor and rest you feet flat on them. This is how the S-2 sits. Other reviewers find it comfortable so just make sure you evaluate the seating position to make sure it fits you. Owners manual is confusing and poorly translated. Low speed maneuverability is more motorcycle like then scooter like. I guess that’s the trade off for high speed stability. When I picked it up the front tire was grossly out of balance and the headlights were adjusted skyward. The Ugly: This is the part of the review I was hoping I would not have to write. Both the stock and replacement trip odometers failed. The scooter has an oscillating vibration at higher speeds so the dealer replaced the variator which failed to fix the problem. 3 days after that repair the clutch came loose leaving me on the side of the road. It took 1 month to get a replacement clutch cover from Daelim. In the 4 months I have owned it, its been in the shop 1 ½ months. That’s more then my previous 5 bikes combined. I had hoped I was buying a Honda at the $3500 Daelim price. Mine has failed to deliver. Would I purchase the S-2 again. Probably not. A month wait for a part is too long for a vehicle used as a daily driver. I am going to keep it for at least another season so hopefully my luck with it will change. I will be sure to update this review as I log some more miles. I think the clutch failure was related to the dealer repair. The nut holding the CVT backed out and the clutch cover was damaged. This happened about 100 miles after the repair. The length of time to get the part I needed was both the dealers and Daelims fault. Daelim tells me if my dealer had ordered the part, marked as urgent, they would have taken it off of an existing S-2. Since the dealer did not mark it as urgent the part was on backorder and had to be shipped from Korea. When I finally got tired of waiting I called Daelim myself and they stripped one from an S-2 and sent it. Here is what I think the problem is. The dealerships servicing these scooters in my area are new into the business. The mechanic who works on my scooter is in his early 20's. The guys in the shop seem to have good intentions but they lack experience. Daelim has only been in the states 3 years. The guy who worked on my Honda's has been doing it for 20 plus years. And with the Honda if I was unhappy with my dealerships service, I could take it somewhere else. With the Daelim its really not an option. I guess I should have expected some bumps from a new business. I am by no means giving up on it. As I said, it is the first new 2 wheeler I have purchased so I am in for the long haul. Or at least until the warranty runs out. |
| Hello, I purchased a Daelim S2 in 5/07. This is my fist jump into the 2 wheeled arena. The bike has been great. I'm at 2100km and one oil change accomplished. Oil change 2 late September. I hope to be able to do my own soon. The S2 was the right fit for my short work commute and my need to get away on the weekend. I was impressed by the acceleration and handling of the S2. I like the size of the scoot. Scooters and motorcycles are invisible sure, but the S2's large taillight and size give it a road presence. Sounds silly, but I think it's more visible than some bikes and scoots. Pros...average 57 mpg. Good storage space. My full face helmet fits fine. Great acceleration. Intuitive controls. Good stopping power. FUN! Cons...The front wheel squeaked for awhile, but the dealer adjusted the breaks and that fixed it. Checking the tire pressure has been a challenge. I cannot find a gauge that seems to be good. Suggestions? Overall the scoot has been great. It will replace my car come 5/08 when my lease is up. My wife and I are going to one car and the scoot. As long as there is no snow or ice on the road, I'll be on the S2. I have the option for public transportation, if the weather is bad. Riding opens me up to sights and smells overlooked on 4 wheels. I looked at the Suzuki Burgman, but I think the S2's 250 cc engine makes more sense for my riding style and commute. Love the S2! Tips and suggestions are welcome. My thanks for the only Daelim S2 blog on the web. |
| I will tell you I only put 1800 miles on the s2 before I sold it to my son. I found it very comfortable very fast for a 250cc. It is very easy to work on. I had one problem with a clutch nut getting lose, but the dealer fixed it I had to trailer it back to him about 100 miles. They fixed it while I waited. Very nice people, Wheels in Motion in Indiana. I put a taller windshield on it and I heated the top of the shield where the bend is to make the wind go up over my head. The windshield is from Daelim it worked great. I loved that scooter I could throw it around and it would do 90 mph indicated. I found that the odometer is reading faster by about 4mph than you are going. I installed a brake light modulator, a louder horn, and a traffic light changer with no problem. All maintenance was a piece of cake to do. No vibrations on the road after geting the wheels balanced, you might want to do that. Got about 58 to 62mpg I never put more than 2.8 gal of gas in it even when I thought it was almost dry. It has the looks of a scooter and not a MC, lots of leg room. In cold weather you need to let it warm a minute or two or it will have a slight miss but will smooth out as it warms. It wants to go fast. The only thing I had any problem with was in a big head wind one time I had it wide open and it would only do 65mph. I would like to buy it back from my boy but I can only afford one scooter. I think Daelim was a little slow getting parts for awhile but should be ok now. I bought mine last March and rode it until Aug when I bought the Burgman. I wish there were more accessories from Daelim for it or after market maybe in time, they have only been her a couple of years. I think it is a great bike and should last as long or longer as a Honda Reflex. It is rommy, fast, nimble,looks good. Has good quality, I would like a little better mpg but I think the carb is the cause there but that is what makes it fast. They have set the carb up like a throttlebody I think. The rear shocks are a little hard to adjust with the wrench they give you, but they will adjust. I just don't have anything bad to say at this point besides I would like to see a 500cc and I wrote Mary at Daelim and told her she said she would pass the word on to Daelim. You can write them an email anytime and she will answer you so any questons send a email. |
| My
name is John, I am a old, short, fat, man with a little old wife (59
& 58) and we both have a (2005) S2 250 with large windscreen,
but
she has a Tow-pac MiniTrike on hers, I have over 10000 K on mine and
she has about 6000 K on hers, we love these things we ride them to
work, but can't wait for the weekend so we can ride them together, we
have had NO problems with them yet, I did replace the rear tire on mine
last fall, but it was not the scooters fault that I ran over something,
The wife has had her picture in the newspaper with her scooter, they
called her the scooter-granny, I will buy another Daelim when and if
this one wears out, easy to start, strong on hills, fast, 85 mph, easy
to ride, even with a little wind, and it looks good too, who could ask
for more. |
| The
S2 250 is my first experience with motorized two-wheelers. It has been
a great experience for this 60+ year-old. I haven't put that many miles
on it (just over 2000 mi, 3300 km) and haven't had it on a long trip
since it was purchased in December 2005. However, it had more miles put
on it last year than my car. Recently, it would not start by applying the rear (left) brake. I finally got it started by applying the front (right) brake. I contacted the local dealer who told me the problem was the light bulb. After removing the only light bulb, it was obvious that it was not the problem. That indicated a switch problem. The covers were removed to expose the switch and its wires. The wires were disconnected and reconnected. The problem still existed. I removed the switch leaving the wires connected. After "playing" with the switch, the brake light started working. I don't know what caused the problem, but it has now been remedied. Just wanted to pass this information along in case someone else has a similar problem. |