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any scooter owners? how much indignity do you suffer? i want to get a repsol livery aparilia sr50 and shred like marquez i fully low sided a honda big ruckus on koh chang and almost died
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I refurbished and rode one of these bad boys around my suburban town in high school, and then on campus in college. Great memories.  (not my pic - mine was green and aptly named "the Green Machine" after the Kyuss song, in particular. Vintage stylin' enough but I could never quite get the carburetor right - at least once a month it seemed like I had to tweak something on the old fucker. And the thing couldn't really push past 33 mph, so even though I was going the speed limit I had some really unpleasant run-ins with Surburban Dipshit/Karen-types who, I guess the quirky colored bike just brought out the utter fink in them. 20 Blunts fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Nov 25, 2020 |
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Nov 25, 2020 21:29
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I bought a scooter last year and it's pretty fun. It's a 150 so I need a motorcycle license but so far I got my temps last year and renewed them this year. Not sure how long I can do that. This is Blue Lightning. He gets up to about 50mph on a flat road but realistically around 45.  
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Nov 25, 2020 21:31
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BIG AND PROUD posted:are you 15? If you live in a city they make a lot of sense. Used to have one of these until some rear end in a top hat stole it:  Over here the electric ones are capped at 32 km/h (about 20mph) but regulated like bikes, so no license, no insurance, free parking anywhere and it costs less than 20 cents for a full charge. 50 to 70km per charge so you go for days before plugging in unless you're a delivery driver or something. You also get to drive past everyone stuck in traffic.
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Nov 25, 2020 21:34
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I had a Honda Elite 80 in high school. Back then you could ride them with your learner's permit at 15 years old. Goddamn FREEDOM! Surprising amount of storage in the front, and could also carry a friend. 80 cc's is minimal though. I could maybe hit 50 mph on a flat. Up hills was much worse. Friends that had 150 and 250s could travel into the foothills and local mountains for a much wider range of exploration; definitely get something in that higher range if you want more than a local commuter.
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Nov 25, 2020 21:38
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SilkyP fucked around with this message at 21:40 on Nov 25, 2020 |
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Internetjack posted:I had a Honda Elite 80 in high school. Back then you could ride them with your learner's permit at 15 years old. Goddamn FREEDOM! Surprising amount of storage in the front, and could also carry a friend. I have an old elite 150, they're fun as gently caress to tool around on, reliable and I think they still look sharp.
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Nov 25, 2020 21:42
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I would love to have the frame of an Honda Helix with electric internals:  Status symbol: obsolete. 
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Nov 25, 2020 21:49
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I've seen one of those around here and they look super cool. SOOOO 80s futuristic style.
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Nov 25, 2020 21:51
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Pennywise the Frown posted:I've seen one of those around here and they look super cool. SOOOO 80s futuristic style. I know them because of someone having one in my former neighborhood and it was love at first sight. It's like the Delorean of scooters. Thank you for the scooter lovers thread OP.
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Nov 25, 2020 21:53
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BIG AND PROUD posted:are you 15? All of eastern Asia and a ton of Europe is 15.
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Nov 25, 2020 21:54
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When I went to India, everybody over there had like 3 scooters. One guy asked me how many scooters typical american families had. I told him that american families typically look down on scooters as baby's first motorized mode of transportation, and they had a jolly laugh while calling them morons.
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Nov 25, 2020 21:58
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Bronze Fonz posted:It's like the Delorean of scooters. It reminds me of a scooter station wagon
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Nov 25, 2020 22:09
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SilvergunSuperman posted:It reminds me of a scooter station wagon 
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Shifty gimbal posted:When I went to India, everybody over there had like 3 scooters. One guy asked me how many scooters typical american families had. I told him that american families typically look down on scooters as baby's first motorized mode of transportation, and they had a jolly laugh while calling them morons. over there i always rented a honda grom 125 cc if i could find one, clutch dump redline launch all day now thats a fun bike
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The grom is fun thats for sure. I have an old honda 250 elite. I had a vespa 250 and that was just great untill it was stolen. my first honda 250 was also stolen. Understand you want insurance.
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Nov 25, 2020 22:57
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I want to steal a scooter
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Nov 25, 2020 23:24
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I don't think they're for sale. I never really saw the appeal of scooters, I think if I had to fight through city traffic every day I'd get small bike like a Grom or Eliminator. Still slow as poo poo but look more fun (and less embarrassing). Though I suppose if you only really saw it as a way to get from A to B, scooters are more practical.
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Nov 25, 2020 23:25
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Free Cheese posted:I want to steal a scooter Next scooter I'll get a GPS tracker and loving find you this time.
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Nov 25, 2020 23:25
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mobby_6kl posted:I never really saw the appeal of scooters, I think if I had to fight through city traffic every day I'd get small bike like a Grom or Eliminator. Still slow as poo poo but look more fun (and less embarrassing). Though I suppose if you only really saw it as a way to get from A to B, scooters are more practical. I get like 60+ mpg.
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Nov 25, 2020 23:26
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If you're embarassed to ride around in a scooter, you can tell everyone it's just a way of getting to your truck and show them this:
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Nov 25, 2020 23:29
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I DIY-ed an eBike that goes around 25 mph so it's like an underpowered scooter with worse brakes but my current record from 6th and Tasker to 16th and Market (Philadelphia) is 14 minutes. I hope to upgrade to a 2000 watt motor soon and break the 40 mph barrier so I can do it in 10. I like my ebike better because I can pick it up and easily walk it on the sidewalk. Highly recommend it if you live in the city.
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Nov 25, 2020 23:41
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I always wanted a scarabeo 500: classic vespa style but with a 500cc engine.
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I would like a scooter that's basically a one seater car.
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Gaunab posted:I would like a scooter that's basically a one seater car.  Pennywise the Frown posted:I get like 60+ mpg.
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As Nero Danced posted:I always wanted a scarabeo 500: classic vespa style but with a 500cc engine. numberoneposter fucked around with this message at 01:06 on Nov 26, 2020 |
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Nov 26, 2020 01:04
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get a second hand one with a poorly maintained engine so that it sounds like a loving chainsaw when you push it past 5mph
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Get a decent looking scooter if you must get one. The ones posted so far just look like someone has added fins to a gopher.
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When I took a motorcycle safety class back in like 2001, there was this mid-40s overweight dude in the class who would not shut the gently caress up about scooters. He kept going on and on describing what he liked about this model or why that model was superior. I felt really bad for him because he seemed like a super nice guy but he was completely loving obsessed about goddamn scooters. He failed the road test at the end of the class and I never saw him again.
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a scooter is a fine thing to buy used but if youre buying one new and dont have a bunch of duis you should probably get this instead https://www.amazon.com/Lifan-Motorcycle-KPR-200-Injection/dp/B0887XPBNT gas mileage about as good as the best scooter but goes like 85mph
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I just saw a kid on a little old Honda moped bust a wheelie going through a very busy nyc intersection I like that kid
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OP, here's a song for you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGhoLcsr8GA I think that when you get one, you should get a small tank and rig it so it drips right into the muffler. Fill it with nitromethane, drip some in when things are hot, and use the muffler as a mini-JATO bottle to give you some extra takeoff speed. Pigsfeet on Rye fucked around with this message at 05:25 on Nov 26, 2020 |
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mobby_6kl posted:I don't think they're for sale. How much? How much is the scooter?! Duck and Cover fucked around with this message at 07:50 on Nov 26, 2020 |
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ATGAT, op. All the gear, all the time. A scooter accident can leave you with a clamshell fracture of the groin and half your skin ground off just as easy as a literbike. So wear full protective gear every time you ride. Because we love you
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Vim Fuego posted:ATGAT, op. All the gear, all the time. A scooter accident can leave you with a clamshell fracture of the groin and half your skin ground off just as easy as a literbike. So wear full protective gear every time you ride. Because we love you Yes. Please wear a helmet. I was a firefighter. There are no helmet laws in Wisconsin and MOST of the people here don't wear them because they're tough guy loving idiots. On my scooter I wear a helmet, this motorcycle jacket with built in armor, and gloves. 35mph is 35mph regardless of what mode of transportation you are on. You can crack your skull open waiting at a stop light and falling over on concrete. gently caress if anyone thinks I look stupid. I hear having skin is the new cool thing. Pennywise the Frown fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Nov 26, 2020 |
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It's a 60 to 100$ fine here if you don't wear a helmet. That and potentially ending up brain dead. Wear a helmet.
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Scooty boi
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