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Scooters - Big Bore => Xciting 500 => Topic started by: Oldscoot on April 24, 2013, 08:06:03 PM
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I just returned from two weeks in Italy. It had been a long time since I was there last and at that earlier time I was not interested in scooters. This visit I was happily overwhelmed by the swarm of scooters I saw. I did not do a scientific survey but I believe the larger wheeled Honda SH series seriously dominate the market – followed by larger wheeled Piaggios. Oddly –traditional Vespas did not seem to have that big a big market share. I saw a number of 500s in Rome and Florence and Florence probably had a good Kymco dealer because I also saw a number of DT 300s and People 200s and 300s. I really enjoyed seeing the numerous makes and models not available in the U.S. The rarest scooter I saw was a Gilera 800.
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The top 3 best selling scooter in Italy are: Honda Italia SH 300, Honda Italia SH 150, and last but not the least.... the Honda Italia SH 125.... ;)
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Vivo - that confirms what I thought was the situation. I was searching for a Xciting 400 but could not find one. The Gilera 800 was awesome - much more compact than I had envisioned.
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This is a picture of a small gathering of scooters in a parking lot in Sorrento. On the coast near the Vespa factory I estimate that I saw at least 500 scooters lined up for shipping.
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I have a kymco super 8 4t 50cc the reason why i bought was the good looking
and im proud of it , my kymco destroys any fuc**** scooters in my city for
good looking !
But after i rode a honda sh125i , damn there was so much power
upside i could go with 60 km/h (37mph)
and with my kymco i can run faster :p
honda sh is definetly a good choice except bad looking there is much power for 125cc
and honda lasts way longer than any kymco ever made !
Btw Italy makes best scooters around the world , so im very surprised that my kymco comes from italy too :D