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08-09-2009, 11:43 AM
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Hey all,
I've been entertaining the idea of a scooter. As a grad student living in town, it seems like it would be a cool transportation method and would allow me to keep my car parked during the week. The gas savings seems like enough of an incentive. I'm probably not going to do it right now, as summer's about over and I don't want to ride in the cold. I am seriously considering going for my Ph.D after completing my Master's in December, and I like the idea of a scooter for the warmer months, especially considering that you can pick up a bike for a dance and a song. I know they're not real motorcycles, but I don't plan on trying to be a bad ass with one. 
I'll have to get my motorcycle license. Any scooter enthusiasts here? What size would you recommend. I don't plan on riding interstates on one, but would like to at least ride main highways. I was thinking of a 250cc. Any recommendations, tips, etc.?
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08-09-2009, 12:35 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Eh? | | | 250cc requires your motorcycle licence in Canada. I don't know about your place. Otherwise, you should be aiming for one that classifies as a moped, which is a sub-50cc scooter here.
Edit: I read a little fast. If you're aiming for 250cc, go with the experts: Piaggio, Vespa, etc. Just last week, one passed me at 110 kph on the highway, and I swear he looked more comfortable than I was.
I think the Vespa 250 is called the GTS, I'm not much of a connaisseur.
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08-10-2009, 06:49 AM
| | | | Thanks for the info, L-A. Those Vespas look like fine machines. If I went the Vespa route, I'd probably look on the used market. I just don't want one with the bejesus beat out of it.
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08-10-2009, 07:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | I always thought the Honda BIG Ruckus was a pretty cool alternative to the Japanese wanaa-be Vespas. You pick them up used relatively cheap compared to Vespas, Piaggios, etc. 
Aprillia makes an excellent scooter. Their name was built on scooters, actually...the race bikes came later. Then they bought and ruined Moto Guzzi. 
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08-10-2009, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by hover Then they bought and ruined Moto Guzzi. | That they did.
You could also look used for some MZ scooters. Fantastic little East German machines, that never managed to gain a real foothold in the US.
Or, if you want to be the hippest cat around on a scooter, BMW is apparently entering the scooter game later this year.
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08-10-2009, 08:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: (M)a$$hole. | | | Yeah, MuZ scooters (as well as their "supermono" Scorpion race bike) are pretty awesome too. Do the scooters use yamaha single cylinder thunmpers like thier racebikes? I really like their take on things.
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08-10-2009, 09:04 AM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | Scooters and fat chicks have something in common....
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08-10-2009, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by MJ5150 Scooters and fat chicks have something in common....
-Mike | That joke is old enough to vote. 
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08-10-2009, 09:30 AM
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Originally Posted by hover That joke is old enough to vote. | No, it's as old as my grandpa's buckskin rubber.
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08-10-2009, 07:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | | A few friends of mine had the little 49cc ones. Those things were CHEAP! Around a grand, $100 to insure the the year and could do 80-100km on $5 worth of gas. If you are going bigger than that, get a motorcycle.
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