HotRodZilla
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Dammit Carver, you look handsome and happy in that photo. I'm glad you finally found your ride!
I bought a Vespa and I love it.
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dcarver
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Fontanaman
Robin Trower
I'm with Sports Guy here. Many years ago I met a couple of fellows on the road. One guy was riding a Wing while his buddy was riding a Honda 250 scooter. The scooter guy had 250,000 miles on his scooter and loved it. It was real interesting talking with him about long distance travel on his scooter. The only issues he ever had with the scooter was the drive belt reliability was unpredictable but he carried a spare or two and was a pro at changing them out.
It ain't what your ride it is how you ride it.
We can now continue with our regularly scheduled programming.
It ain't what your ride it is how you ride it.
We can now continue with our regularly scheduled programming.
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beemerdons
Certifiable Old Fart
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SanFranciscoScooterClub// Here you go Duane, join the San Francisco Scooter Club; Old Michael O'Keeffe is a Founding Member, Mick's damn proud of it too! Tell Hudson to suck it, Miss Debbie here is in the Group:
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Panman
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sportsguy
searchgeek - author
And I'm back!You being left speechless? I've never seen you run out of air!
...and sad to say, after pulling the logs, it appears Hudson has been visiting the Lambretta and Honda Ruckus forums!
beemerdons
Certifiable Old Fart
sports guy: Hudson is already a Member of - https://lambrettapals.freeforums.org/portal.phpAnd I'm back!You being left speechless? I've never seen you run out of air!
...and sad to say, after pulling the logs, it appears Hudson has been visiting the Lambretta and Honda Ruckus forums!
Also Duane, I see Dave posted a comment this morning to Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lambretta-Pals-Forum/201761799845302
Miss Donna and Papa Chuy Viejo LOVED the Aprilia Scarabeo 500cc we rented for a week, plenty of power for us two up!
Following right along. Sounds to be a great trip!
https://www.worldtourer.com/?p=26268 Follow along on Blog of Edelweiss Tour Guide Domenico Schiano, today's our last day of riding: We do not want it to end!
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beemerdons
Certifiable Old Fart
Here you go Hudson, fly to North Carolina then buy this Aprilia Scarabeo 500 ABS and attend EOM in West Virginia! https://www.cycletrader.com/dealers/Select-Cycle-2884800/listing/2006-Aprilia-Scarabeo-500-with-ABS-115080475
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Fontanaman
Robin Trower
I see you have been shopping Don!
Here you go Hudson, fly to North Carolina then buy this Aprilia Scarabeo 500 ABS and attend EOM in West Virginia! https://www.cycletrader.com/dealers/Select-Cycle-2884800/listing/2006-Aprilia-Scarabeo-500-with-ABS-115080475
Hudson
Well-known member
Don, I only joined the Lambretta forum because I mistakenly thought "Lambretta" was an Italian cured beef delicacy.
My bad... a Lambretta has no lamb.
Turns out the only aged meat on that forum belongs to Don. Though I did see where he rode naked at their recent flower show. Won first place for his dried arrangement.
My bad... a Lambretta has no lamb.
Turns out the only aged meat on that forum belongs to Don. Though I did see where he rode naked at their recent flower show. Won first place for his dried arrangement.
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ndivita
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OK, full disclosure time has come since the issue of scooters is on the table.
Of course my fire-breathing 2014A FJR sits in the garage waiting for the next long ride, probably this fall. But to putter around town/neighborhood, to and from work now and then, out on dates with my wife, or spontaneous goofing off or get-out-of-the-house occasions, I have opted for a maxi-scoot.
I have located a 2008 Yamaha Majesty in red with a mere 4400 miles, garage kept, well-maintained, etc. There I said it.
As was stated in a recent movie I saw, in all of its many forms and fashions, there really is no susbtitute for having fun. Scooter are fun.
Let the caterwauling begin.
Of course my fire-breathing 2014A FJR sits in the garage waiting for the next long ride, probably this fall. But to putter around town/neighborhood, to and from work now and then, out on dates with my wife, or spontaneous goofing off or get-out-of-the-house occasions, I have opted for a maxi-scoot.
I have located a 2008 Yamaha Majesty in red with a mere 4400 miles, garage kept, well-maintained, etc. There I said it.
As was stated in a recent movie I saw, in all of its many forms and fashions, there really is no susbtitute for having fun. Scooter are fun.
Let the caterwauling begin.
sportsguy
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escapefjrtist
Searching for Dry Roads
So how many more are "coming out" in this thread...?
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HotRodZilla
GOD BLESS AMERICA
So how many more are "coming out" in this thread...?
Bungie
FrostBack #2 - IBA # 44620
What's happening? First a couple guys move onto Wings, and now Scooters...
What next, somebodies gonna post up a coupon code for Light Days?
What next, somebodies gonna post up a coupon code for Light Days?
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beemerdons
Certifiable Old Fart
Been there, done her and Papa Chuy has the T-shirt! JSNS, Fat Bottom Girls Need Love Too!So how many more are "coming out" in this thread...?
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beemerdons
Certifiable Old Fart
Stay Proud and Free Duane Bro', ignore Gorgeous George and his fellow pack of Scooter Haters! JSNS, Vespas and Inflatable Ladies Rock!So how many more are "coming out" in this thread...?
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ndivita
Well-known member
"Moving on"? Hardly. Just partaking of all that two wheeled enjoyment has to offer, is how I'd put it. Don't need a Mark V gun boat to go lake fishing. Don't need to take wifey on a big FJR 1300 to go get a sammich.
mech 1 twa
Well-known member
I bought a Honda Silverwing scooter a year ago love it. 582 cc twin cylinder twist and go belt drive, 50 HP it will do 100.
Its fun and easy to ride takes a little time to get used to. No clutch left lever is the rear brake linked brakes rear to front.
Its great to ride in hot weather, all the heat is vented under or behind the scooter. 05 FJR can bake you when its HOT.
14 front wheel 13 rear stay out of road grooves tracking a issue if not ready for it.
Poor FJR only got 750 miles this year, scooter 5500. I don't commute only a weekend rider live 1 mile from work.
Fast enough to pull cars from traffic lights, corners great nothing scrapes. Passes most HD riders, some get !!!!???!!! pissed.
Its fun and easy to ride takes a little time to get used to. No clutch left lever is the rear brake linked brakes rear to front.
Its great to ride in hot weather, all the heat is vented under or behind the scooter. 05 FJR can bake you when its HOT.
14 front wheel 13 rear stay out of road grooves tracking a issue if not ready for it.
Poor FJR only got 750 miles this year, scooter 5500. I don't commute only a weekend rider live 1 mile from work.
Fast enough to pull cars from traffic lights, corners great nothing scrapes. Passes most HD riders, some get !!!!???!!! pissed.
El Toro
Innocent Bystander
Sigh ... this was a very long, and fairly old thread, that ended up having almost nothing to do with scooters, so it was funny to see it resurrected today.
It was also fun to see some of Don Stanley's antics again.
I had the Bigger Suzuki Bergman once ... for about 3 weeks in 2008. Scooter World was too much for me. I sold that bike faster than any other I'd ever bought.
But I lost no money. It was a leftover 2007, so I got it for a great discount. And then in the three weeks I owned it, gas prices shot up and the scooters sold out, and I was able to sell it to a fellow for what I had in it because he was desperate to save money on his commute.
So .... it was pretty much a tuition free lesson for me.
FWIW, I hated the scooter wheels, the scooter suspension, the scooter acceleration, the scooter braking, and the scooter comfort.
I rode it on some of our ridge roads up and down the plateau, and it is the only bike I've ever had that would literally hop hop hop in some of the more exciting corners with the stock set up. I was not sad to see the back side of it when the buyer rode it away.
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