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This is my review of the Scootopia Fast Flow Tap #19983021blk.

The Scootopia Fast Flow is the fastest tap I've tested. I conducted several tests, between 3 taps. A stock, a "high flow" and the "Fast Flow". My conclusion is the the Fast Flow lives up to its name, where the High Flow did not. Here is how I conducted my experiment.

I tested each tap in the same way. I measured the time it took to fill a 24 fl.oz. bottle. I tested the tap with a full tank (3 gallons), half tank (1.5 gallons) at at reserve (amount varies depending on the tap). I did each test twice, the first with the fuel cap installed, and the second test with the fuel cap off. (This let me know if the fuel cap was slowing the flow of fuel)

Fuel tap #1 is a BREV. OMG. This is a common fuel tap offered by most of the local scooter shops and web stores. I have a stock BREV. on my scooter and purchased a high flow tap from a reproable online scooter parts vendor. I was surprised to see that I could not tell the difference between the one installed on my scooter and the high flow one. Both had the same shape and letters cast into the body. To my surprised there was a slight difference between the two.

Fuel Tap #2 is a Scootopia Flast Flow.

The avarage time to fill 24 fl.oz is:

Full Tank (3 gallons)

Old Tap High Flow Tap (OMG) Fast Flow (Scootopia)

1 min 9 sec 1 min 5 sec 1 min 3 sec

Half Tank (1.5 gallons)

Old Tap High Flow Tap (OMG) Fast Flow (Scootopia)

1 min 26 sec 1 min 20 sec 1 min 17 sec

Reserve amount (OMG 1 gallon) (Scootopia 1/2 gallon)

Old Tap High Flow Tap (OMG) Fast Flow (Scootopia)

1 min 26 sec 1 min 20 sec 1 min 19 sec

Results are in. The Scootopia tap is a bit faster. And faster is important when you have a thirsty motor.

A few weeks ago I did the Oregon 100 and experienced some fuel starvation on a few of the straight long stretches. I'm running a Mugello 200 kit with a Dellorto 30mm carb. I've experienced these same symptoms before. They feel like a bog, loss of power and then after a bit, a full powered motor returns to life. But about 5 minutes or so, the same thing would occur again. This would only happen along bits of road that required a full throttle for a length of time. Twisty sections of road and elevation changes did not give me this symptom only long fast stretches. Talking with a fellow rider, who's mechanical experience I really respect, we agreed that it sounded like fuel starvation. So I ordered a High Flow tap online. When it arrived, I was surprised to see it looked identical to the one already installed on my tank. The same BREV. OMG cast into the body. So I tested them, expecting the results to be close to the same....but there was a difference. Later I came across the Scootopia Fast Flow tap. It was not expensive at all, and looked like it was made in England. Once it arrived, I conducted the same exact test in the same way. Indeed it was faster flowing than the OMG.

What I like about the Scootopia tap is that it has very distinct detent clicks when the tap lever is twisted from Off to On & from On to Resv. There is an obvious click when you've hit the mark. The OMG taps, I have, don't have any indication of where you have landed. I'm sure a user could be a bit of target causing a restricted fuel flow. The other thing I like about the Scootopia tap is that body is a bit shorter and the fuel line does not touch the flywheel fan shroud. I don't like the 1/2 gallon reserve, I wish it was at a gallon. But most folks are running stock tanks, so half gallon makes since for them.

The High Flow OMG did flow faster than the stock one. But How can anyone determin if they have a stock tap or a high flow tap? Seems odd. (Other possibility is that I did have an old OMG high flow tap, but was flowing slower simply because its a bit older?)

I hope this review helps someone out. I had fun doing the tests and was surprised at the results.

Cheers, Rog.