Posted on 08/31/2005 6:34:40 PM PDT by GRRRRR
The wife says I am NOT allowed to get a 'scooter' just to use to get back and forth to work...
I've never been interested in the 'big & real" motorcycles, but...what's WRONG with getting a decent looking scooter?
They range in prices from $2,000 to $6,000 with 80 to 244cc engines and some interesting safety features like ABS brakes.
So, what's the FReeper take on gettin' on a scooter? Gay, Too Italian or sensible for urban conveyance??
Who's got one like these? Are you worried about cars & safety? What kind of mileage DO they get?
G
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That's it! You have made me hungry all over again...
btt 4 L8R
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I've never been interested in the 'big & real" motorcycles, but...what's WRONG with getting a decent looking scooter?
Absolutely nuthin'!
At my local biker hangout there are always scores of top-of-the-line Beemers, Ducks, Hogs, etc.
But it seems like the guy secure enough to come putting up on a Honda Silver Wing scoot grabs the most attention.
I am all about the SCOOTER! God I Love Those Things after a 12pk
For $6k you can buy a great motorbike! I bought my Ducati used for $6k!
I ride my motorcycle all year round.
you are in texas.
the author of this thread is in illinois.
big weather difference.
I totally agree. It's like when they tried to sell "Diet Beer" in the early 70s. It failed of course. When they rebranded it as "Lite Beer" then it sold better than the real stuff. Same when the renamed "Chinese Gooseberries" to "Kiwi Fruit." This is what people think of now when you say "Scooter":
And the target market (16-30 year-olds) does not want to be associated with old people's motorized wheelchairs. In Greece, Spain, and Italy it is a rite of passage for every teenager when they first get their first Vespa. It's cool.
I was thinking more of a well-chilled can o'....
Motorcycles don't compare in fuel efficiency though. I get about 44mpg on my motorcycle. A guy on a scooter will easily double that, maybe even ease into the triple digits.
You know what security is?
Going to the local thrusday night crotchrocket gathering on my ElectraGlide, flippin' off half the crowd, then poppin' & holding a wheelie on the way out!
Oh wait.... That's what "Stupid" is!
ROFL,,, but I've done it anyway..:-)
Even a 250cc or 500cc "real" motorcycle...
Mark
LOL
I was out riding with a bunch of GoldWingers one night.
Guy on a crotch rocket pulls up at a light next to one of my guys who was on a brand-spankin' new Gold Wing 1800 with his old lady.
Crotch rocketeer starts revving his engine.
Gold Winger SMOKES him out of the chute.
I have a friend that has a Buell and loves it, even more than his panhead (Big Harley). I would get a small propper motorcycle, scooters are just too underpowered, and you MUST take a rider safety course no matter what, the skills I gained saved my life early one Arizona morning
I ride and have lost my left leg in a motorcycle vs drunk driver wreck,but I won't give it up TOO MUCH FUN. If you are going to get hurt you will get hurt no matter what. For example I stepped on a mine in Kwuait city in 1991, turned out to be a dud....just wasn't my time!
I would love to get a bungh of freepers who ride together for a conservative biker bash. We could ride by and tease the anti war protestors (LOTS "O" FUN)
Stumpy
Road Rule #483. Don't mess with 6cyl motorcycles!! :-)
(Unless you keep breaking drive belts on your V-twin and have to go to a chain. At that point anything is open game)
Beautiful pix, but they are still dangerous.
Be very, very careful.
Years ago my cousin died in a motorcycle accident, so please be careful, my friends.
I figured you've broke a few poppin' those wheelies.
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