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Scoot Around These Gas Prices
self | 06/16/2008 | vanity

Posted on 06/16/2008 3:55:55 PM PDT by groanup

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To: rock_lobsta

I’d buy a Vespa LX 150 cc model but shortages and the high price to start with conspire against that idea. I may end up with a Kymco People S 125 instead.


101 posted on 06/17/2008 7:19:13 AM PDT by RayChuang88
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To: silentreignofheroes
Or, you might a Faggio lying around that you can steal.


102 posted on 06/17/2008 7:42:49 AM PDT by Sensei Ern (http://www.myspace.com/reconcomedy)
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To: groanup
I'm thinking the top scooter was featured on "Pimp My Ride."

Seriously, scooters are great. Anywhere from 50-100 MPG.

Of course, you can't pull a boat behind one...and you're out in the weather. They have advantages and disadvantages.

103 posted on 06/17/2008 8:30:00 AM PDT by gogeo (Democrats want to support the troops by accusing them of war crimes.)
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To: Spktyr

Nice!


104 posted on 06/17/2008 10:18:55 AM PDT by MD_Willington_1976
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To: wildbill
what brand is the cool looking white one?

Don't know. It's a custom job for a Japanese scooter show.

105 posted on 06/17/2008 11:41:54 AM PDT by groanup (Most of my cliche's aren't original.)
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To: martin_fierro

Win. This thred haz it.


106 posted on 06/17/2008 2:45:51 PM PDT by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: LuLuLuLu

107 posted on 06/17/2008 3:21:07 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: silentreignofheroes

I think we got about 10 into the thread before the obligatory “organ donor” comment. That’s so original. Ha ha ha ha ha. Didn’t see “murdercycle” though. Some of the caged monkeys are slipping.


108 posted on 06/17/2008 8:23:48 PM PDT by Seruzawa (A skeleton walks into a bar and asks for a beer and a mop.)
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To: Spktyr

You were absolutely right until you said “By the way, still safer than getting pinned in the wreckage of a Geo Metro while you bleed out, or in a Prius as the battery pack shorts through the chassis... and you.”

US fatality rate per 100,000,000 miles driven.

Motorcycle 24.10

US all vehicles, all drivers 1.5

passenger car male driver >20 0.75

passenger car female driver >20 1.56

I’m not claiming to know anything about the Prius but I googled Prius + accident. There is an automatic relay that shuts off the power at the battery if the air bag deploys.


109 posted on 06/18/2008 4:55:20 AM PDT by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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To: dangerdoc

Having been on site as they cut someone out of a Metro only to have them bleed out before they could get to the victims, I’d say that you need to do some observation.

As for automatic relays... they don’t always work in a crash. That’s why fire departments are having to train up on hybrids specifically because of this issue.

Also, seeing as how there’s a large number of idiot kids on bikes as well as idiot newbie middle-age-crisis riders out there, I’m not surprised by those stats. That *should* come down as the squids and the RUBbies lose their taste (and cash to pay for) their toys.


110 posted on 06/18/2008 5:04:12 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

I work in an ER. I see many people cut out of cars. Motorcyclists in similar accidents do to go to the ER, no need.

The risk of being on a motorcycle is an order of magnitude greater.


111 posted on 06/18/2008 12:17:42 PM PDT by dangerdoc (dangerdoc (not actually dangerous any more))
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To: dangerdoc

Yes, lots of people get cut out of cars - but there are far more cars than there are bikes. That only makes sense.

Like I said, nobody is saying that motorcycling is or ever will be a safe activity. Modern safety gear reduces the chances of injury to start with and then further reduces the severity (or tries to, anyway) of injury when it does happen.

I slammed into a stone wall going 35 mph and then had the bike land on top of me ten years ago. I’m still here because I was wearing full gear - not cheap then, but it was some of the top of the line stuff at the time. Run of the mill gear *now* is better than what I had *then*; cutting edge gear is unbelievable.

I’ve also been in a Suzuki Swift (Metro twin) when the idiot female driver ran out of talent and luck and ran it into a building at 35. We were OK as we had great luck, but we had to wait for the fire department to cut us out - 20 minutes. I can only imagine how bad it would be if, say, you’d eaten the steering column or gearshift, were bleeding, and they couldn’t get to you because of the crumpled wreckage trapping you.


112 posted on 06/18/2008 12:29:06 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: SpaceBar

Well, actually they are inherently more dangerous than cars.

I saw some recent research. Injuries and deaths were 10x to 20x higher per mile for bicycles than cars. Even when bike/car accidents are left out, the accident rate for bikes is much higher. The major reason we think of cars as more dangerous is because many, many more miles are put on cars each year in the US than on bikes. So while there are more bike accidents per mile, the total number of car accidents is much higher.

Some of this is due to many children riding bikes, but while I love biking, I recognize its inherently risky nature.


113 posted on 06/18/2008 4:29:53 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. - A. Lincoln)
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To: buridan

I’m on a 1986 Honda Helix Montana, and get about the same mileage. The Helix is capable of over 60 mph, but I wouldn’t recommend it, as a speed wobble starts at about 62 mph. Ask me how I know (;Þ


114 posted on 06/19/2008 11:41:03 AM PDT by Don W (To write with a broken pencil is pointless.)
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To: groanup
My son wanted one UNTIL I said "Show me your insurance policy for $1,000,000; and your mother is the owner...so she can afford to take care of you...."

115 posted on 06/19/2008 4:08:04 PM PDT by Wolverine (A Concerned Citizen)
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To: groanup

Kymco Bet & Win 150 bump. I like it but I’m also careful. Take the classes, be safe and use your brain. It will be tons of fun and save bucks on gas.


116 posted on 07/13/2008 8:46:10 PM PDT by AD from SpringBay (We deserve the government we allow.)
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To: AD from SpringBay

I’ve heard good things about both of those models. Thanks.


117 posted on 07/14/2008 6:02:37 AM PDT by groanup (Here, bend over and let me give you my carbon footprint.)
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