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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stig / Major Tom on August 18, 2020, 02:05:32 PM
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Kymco X300ABS $4500.
Or, for $150 more, throwing a leg over a new Honda …..CB300F-ABS
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Just curious.....now that scooters have got you back to riding.....
Stig
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Not me Tom. Got one of each anyway!
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for $499 more you can get a Kawi Z400 ABS
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Not at this point---81 and had everything from new Harley Sidecar outfit on down, like the easy to get on scooters, their centerstands, enclosed drive train, under seat storage, do not like the poor air management on modern maxi scooters! My last bike, Honda CB300F, Thai made, nice motorcycle at 18,000 miles got tired of no centerstand and open chain flopping around----did have perfect air/wind management, done with 2 Puig windshields combined= still pocket of air/perfect look over with my 3/4 Helmet with old fashioned long bill. Rode it to James Bay Road in Quebec and the easy way to Alaska, Hyder. Bike was comfortable for me and Dog.
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I enjoyed riding my scooter so much that 1 year later I purchased a motorcycle. I thoroughly enjoy them both but ride my motorcycle about 10:1 vs my scooter.
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No, because I already have several of each. If I go to Colorado I take the dual sport for back roads in the mountains. For some spirited cornering the scarver. For a leisurely ride the maxi scooter, for errands around town the Lambretta 150. The older I get the more I appreciate the maxi scooter. The only bike's I know longer have are the dirt and motocross bikes. Just to hard on the body when you get older. I liked the XR 600 for the trails and hardly rode the YZ
Because I don't purchase new I can afford some clean low mileage bikes and scooter's . Variety is the spice of life.
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Just curious.....now that scooters have got you back to riding.....
Stig
I switched from V-twins to scooters about 15 years ago after I retired. The scooter is just so darned useful, especially for local errands, post office, free parking everywhere, much easier to park downtown than the big bikes. And my feet stay dry in the rain. Surprising, my Kymco Sento 100 gets the jump on traffic when the light turns green. I'm still impressed how it does that.
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Yup!! For the GF> Once she went tthru MSF MC safety training she prefered using the clutch and the smaller size of the new 2018 Kymco Spade 150 so we sold the 2011 Kymco Downtown 300... She is much happier now even though it has LESS HP she can handle it better.
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Yup!! For the GF> Once she went tthru MSF MC safety training she prefered using the clutch and the smaller size of the new 2018 Kymco Spade 150 so we sold the 2011 Kymco Downtown 300... She is much happier now even though it has LESS HP she can handle it better.
That's cool!
I had what some consider to be the perfect scooter - a new Burgman 400 - but sold it and bought a 155cc Piaggio big wheel scooter.
Not that I had trouble handling that 489lb scooter - and a Burgman rides like a Buick - but am much happier on my lightweight Liberty150i.
Stig
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I have ridden for 50 years, from little 2 stroke Yamahas all the way to GS1100 Suzuki. My current rides are a 4 cylinder Suzuki, a California II Moto Guzzi, and my recently acquired 500 Kymco. Every one of them has it's strengths. I prefer, at my age, 71, to ride the scooter. On a long haul, the Guzzi. I trust the big Suzuki and the Guzzi to go absolutely anywhere. The scooter we shall see.
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Absolutely not. Can't see ever selling my scooter, unless to buy another one.
But I did consider adding a motorcycle, and ended up doing so. Very glad I did.
Enjoy the variety/change of switching between the two, they'll each last longer, and
the cost--after the one time purchase price--is just an additional $35/yr (tag and insurance for the 2nd vehicle).
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You got it Monkey! Best of both worlds. Yay