Cool new scooter

[paigeoliver]

Everything like that is a toy and not a true vehicle. Everyone I know who has ever bought ANYTHING like that and then tried to seriously use it has found out that the top speed is based on a 75 lb rider on a perfectly flat surface with no wind, the range is based on the same, and the whole thing wears out after you put a few hundred miles on it.

If it doesn't have a gas engine, and a brand name from a builder of large motorcycles then it is just a toy. A small engined gas scooter from a REAL motorcycle maker (Honda, Suzuki, Yahama, Vespa, Kawasaki, etc), will last 10,000 miles+ and will have a much better range, speed, and won't attract nearly as many tossed rocks, and will be much cheaper to operate because you'll buy and break 50 of those things before you wear out one decent gas scooter.

[shmokes]

See, now that's your head talking, though.  If your arms and legs could talk they'd say, "Don't get anything that can go faster than this little toy.  Please, for the love of god, don't by a fast bike."   

[Sephroth57]

paige is back again with his scooter toting knowledge, yayyy

[Stingray]

paige is back again with his scooter toting knowledge, yayyy

Nearly snorted Mt. Dew out my nose.

Carry on.

-S

[Havok]

If I see that thing where I live, I'm going to let the air out of the tires...

[DrewKaree]

If I see that thing where I live, I'm going to let the air out of the tires...

I have a feeling that it's designed to carry someone far less substantial than Weaselicious, so he'll flatten the tires plenty.  Better to remove the front wheel entirely.  It'll still do about 2 miles an hour, only he'll have to carry it

[CCM]

http://www.retrothing.com/2005/08/surgical_steel_.html

I might just get one of these.  It's cheap and for a scooter, damn cool looking.  And at only 18 Mph it's pretty safe for a motorbike.  I live in a pretty small town and share a car with my wife.  This would erase most of the inconveniences that go along with that sharing.

The thing only weighs 70 lbs and folds up pretty small.  A helluva a lot better than a Segway, that's for sure.

edit:  Oh yeah....it's $1000

Cool and scooter are mutually exclusive and cannot be used in the same sentence.  It doesn't matter if it's gas, electric, hamster-powered, brand-name, no-name, moped, scooter, you will never look cool or be described as cool for owning one or riding one.  Who would pay $1000 to look like a dork and get rocks thrown at you?

[melarky]

I just got another scooter that I think is pretty cool looking.  It's a classic old Honda C200 (http://www.dropbears.com/m/models/honda/c90c200.htm).  It is a blast to ride around town.  I actually stuck a 70cc engine in it (from my Honda C70) and it zips along faster than my old scooter did with the same engine (difference in wheel and sprocket size I guess).  I have no problem keeping up with traffic and I get alot of people coming over and asking questions about it when I ride it (not throwing rocks )

[Stingray]

I just got another scooter that I think is pretty cool looking.  It's a classic old Honda C200 (http://www.dropbears.com/m/models/honda/c90c200.htm).  It is a blast to ride around town.  I actually stuck a 70cc engine in it (from my Honda C70) and it zips along faster than my old scooter did with the same engine (difference in wheel and sprocket size I guess).  I have no problem keeping up with traffic and I get alot of people coming over and asking questions about it when I ride it (not throwing rocks )

That has two things going for it. Number one, it looks like a motorcycle, not a scooter. Number two, it's 40ish years old. Classic & antique vehicles always command at least a small degree of respect. Neat looking little bike, IMO.

-S

[Bones]

Anything less than 600cc is a toy. Even 600cc borderlines on toy factor. If you can't get the front wheel off the ground at 200km/h the vehicle serves no purpose.