Save Your Pennies By kz1000st (Read 770 times)

[kz1000st]

www.motorcycle-usa.com/789/11505/Motorcycle-Article/BMW-C-600-Sport-and-C-650-GT-Unveiled-.aspx

Forget about those cheap Silver Wings and Burgman 650 scooters. Here's something that will probably have a price tag that makes Vespa blush.

[89newbie]

I wonder how much better, opps lets say more dependable, the higher priced scooters really are. Lets face it the China bikes are cheaply built but getting improved on each year.

[Bashan]

Looks like serious wind protection:

You'd need it with 60 HP. I'm guessing 8K on the price. Rich

[kz1000st]

I don't know about that Rich. The 800 twin bike is more expensive than that.

www.motorcycle.com/specs/bmw/on-off-road/2011/f/800-gs.html

Most BMs start life at $10,000. People thought the 1600 would come in under $20,000. Boy were they wrong.

[Bashan]

Well I'm not sure what crowd they're aiming for then. They can go "upscale" and have something impossible to work on for a lot less than that in the Asian market. Rich

[trancebear]

I read somewhere the BMW scoots will start in the 14-15k range. I will try and find that site. I want the new Honda, 700cc and 77 MPG.

[Jeff]

I think the BMW scoots will be no more than 10 to 12k. They need to compete with the Burgman 650 at 10k. While they have some advantages over the B650 they are few, and the B650 still has a couple things the BMW does not. And while the Burgman isn't cheap to have serviced at the dealer the BMW will very likely cost even more to service. BMW needs to be careful they don't price themselves out of the market.

[jct842]

what I would like to see is a small scooter with flat floor boards, probably air cooled that could be ridden on 55mph highways with some head room so it did not have to be ridden WOT. A 150 gy6 just don't cut it, they are happy with a 45 mph road. I am thinking maybe around 200cc would do the trick. some thing like that would not have to sell for much more than a gy6 is priced today. john

any one who has laid a case of coke across the floor boards for a trip home will know why I like flat floor boards to say nothing of comfort.

[89newbie]

Nov 21, 2011 14:10:43 GMT -6 jct842 said:

what I would like to see is a small scooter with flat floor boards, probably air cooled that could be ridden on 55mph highways with some head room so it did not have to be ridden WOT. A 150 gy6 just don't cut it, they are happy with a 45 mph road. I am thinking maybe around 200cc would do the trick. some thing like that would not have to sell for much more than a gy6 is priced today. john

any one who has laid a case of coke across the floor boards for a trip home will know why I like flat floor boards to say nothing of comfort.

As Dave on Storage wars says YYYYEEEPPPPP! Best use for flat floor boards I ever saw was an older gentleman, lol not as old as me, with a five gallon bucket fll of catfish and his pole strapped on the 50 CC bike. He was happy as a lark and thrilled he could get 90+ MPG to go fishin. ( He also explaine he now leaves his 4x4 at home to go fishin because he can push the scoot out of the mud getting to his secret fishin hole instead of calling a tow truck.