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Post by LUKE on Apr 14, 2013 22:30:29 GMT -6
try 250cc Rocketa, it's equally reliable.
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Post by kracker383 on Apr 14, 2013 22:51:36 GMT -6
My buddy has an MP3 400.....I really like the feel and power of that scoot!
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Post by Bashan on Apr 15, 2013 4:46:51 GMT -6
Piaggio or Yamaha is the next scoot. Cheers, Kracker My buddy has an MP3 400.....I really like the feel and power of that scoot!  ...and then I would go kill myself........ |
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Post by kz1000st on Apr 15, 2013 5:30:42 GMT -6
OK on the Piaggio, but not a Yamaha  . They're terrible scoots. Unreliable, ask John, and handle terribly, just ask Cycle World. You'd be so much better off with a Vespa. |
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Post by kracker383 on Apr 15, 2013 7:17:23 GMT -6
I'm sure it will be the Piaggio.......im hoping to swing it this year!��
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Post by kracker383 on Apr 15, 2013 7:19:58 GMT -6
Piaggio or Yamaha is the next scoot. Cheers, Kracker My buddy has an MP3 400.....I really like the feel and power of that scoot! WKRP WAS THE BEST!�� |
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Post by LUKE on Apr 15, 2013 11:11:00 GMT -6
with the same price,i'll choose a high displacement Rocketa over Piaggio or yamaha or honda or suzuki, or even BMW , it's more reliable and easy to fix,and it can cross the country with no issues.  |
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Post by jct842 on Apr 15, 2013 12:51:32 GMT -6
I would not say a majesty is unreliable as mine started and ran with a over 7mm gap in the top ring. The engine seems to be pretty good in fact....but its the idiot who took that engine and stuffed it in the majesty under a sh it load of useless plastic that takes hours to remove. And if it breaks will be out of service for a long long time due to no one carries parts in stock. john
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Post by kz1000st on Apr 15, 2013 17:46:53 GMT -6
It was a tongue in cheek shot, John. I'm sure a Yamaha is sturdier than a Chinese scoot. At three times the price, plus their motorcycle background, they should be.
Vespas and Piaggios are really solid scoots. People have done incredible things with them. I saw in Cycle World letters that somebody met a Vespa 250 rider in Alaska who rode from Florida. Piaggios have the same engine.
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Post by jct842 on Apr 15, 2013 21:27:58 GMT -6
You got to figure to, Vespa has been in business building quality scooters since at least 1946. When the japs started out every thing was on the cheap and most called their stuff junk when it first came over here after the war.
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Post by LUKE on Apr 15, 2013 22:49:28 GMT -6
my di ck looking, gay,lubricated male genital looking yamaha morphous (as some of you described it) at 25k miles never had issues with it, and to consider i am an abusive rider, i ride 8 hours non stop, meaning the scooter engine is literally running for 8 hrs, i stop at garage sale, and leave the scooter engine on for at least 10 minutes. i only stop the scoooter when i get home. and yet no hiccup. i bought the morphous for $2,300 with 7k miles on it already. you cant really say that it is 3,4 times the price of a chinese. if you know how to scout for quality scooters, youll end up a happy campers ,shyet!! i always say in my 23 scooter forums that if you are not serious with scootering and just want to feel how is it to ride ,get a chinese scooter.
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Post by kracker383 on Apr 15, 2013 23:31:09 GMT -6
Just so I don't get the Luke mentality, I'll go with the Piaggio. Like you say I'm sure I can scout around for a good deal on a used one. My buddy got 9,000 miles on his MP3 and has never had an issue as well.
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Post by LUKE on Apr 16, 2013 3:26:33 GMT -6
im talking about 25k miles here, your buddy's piaggio is still a spring chicken at 9k miles, it has barely hone its pistons yet. wait another 16k miles and you'll see. lol... but who knows, maybe it'll hold up well, im just defending my yammie against detractors. LOL!
i told you!!!! a 250cc Rocketa is the best.
cough! cough! cough!
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Post by kz1000st on Apr 16, 2013 6:11:29 GMT -6
25k, that's it? Never an issue? Wow. I love people who talk in absolutes. "If you're not serious about scootering" I guess I'll never be serious. I had my brush with Japanese scooters, wasn't impressed and got rid of it. Too much money for all the parts. I'm glad yours is so magical Luke but I hope you're saving your pennies for when something breaks, as it will. Of course you have a spare. Is that 25k on just one Morphous or on both?
And detractors? Who started this in the second post?
try 250cc Rocketa, it's equally reliable.
Is that a left handed slur against Chinese scooters? Are you saying that Piaggios are third rate too? You have a 250 Yamaha scooter, for heaven sakes. Not a Silver Wing, not a Burgman 650, not a BMW C650GT, not a Kawasaki Vaquero, Not a BMW S1000RR, Not a Victory Crossroads, yadda, yadda.
Figuring you can ride 12 months out of the year I would expect you would have 25,000 miles on your scoot. Mike test rode a Florida Silver Wing with 80,000 miles.
I rank these Anti-Chinese comments right up there with the "Yellow Peril" comments of the 1850s, until of course, those Yellow Guys built the Trans-Continental Railroad. "Serious Scootering"? What the heck is that anyway. Daytona Bike Week attracts 750,000 bikes. Every Scooter Rally in this country that I read about attracts at least 200 scoots.
Want to know why scooters will never become big here? Divisive, judgemental, "My scooter is better than your scooter" comments like yours.
But no ill will Luke. I'm glad you're having so much fun on your Tupperware Scooter (the Vespa owners name for it).
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