As I'm watching the Rose Parade I notice that every float has a white scooter running alongside it.
I Googled "Rose Parade Scooters" and found out they are all Hondas.
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![]() As I'm watching the Rose Parade I notice that every float has a white scooter running alongside it.
I Googled "Rose Parade Scooters" and found out they are all Hondas. |
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Dutch wrote: As I'm watching the Rose Parade I notice that every float has a white scooter running alongside it. I Googled "Rose Parade Scooters" and found out they are all Hondas. |
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The important thing is that we have scooters patroling. Viewers noticed them. That alone will change peoples minds about there versatility. It looked like a Vespa or one of those scooters with the pointy rear end. But ,the good thing is that they were not Harleys as seen in the past.
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erich51 wrote: The important thing is that we have scooters patroling. Viewers noticed them. That alone will change peoples minds about there versatility. It looked like a Vespa or one of those scooters with the pointy rear end. But ,the good thing is that they were not Harleys as seen in the past. ![]() |
![]() Ellen wrote: Those are Honda Metropolitians. Honda is a major sponsor of the parade and they use the Metros every year. After the parade, the dealers get them and sell them at a discount. ![]() ~Deborah |
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Ellen wrote: Those are Honda Metropolitans. Honda is a major sponsor of the parade and they use the Metros every year. After the parade, the dealers get them and sell them at a discount. |
![]() Yep, post links to stories all you wish, but those were Vespas I saw on the teevee.
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![]() Maybe, just maybe there were both in the parade and everybodys right?
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![]() http://www.anaheim.net/images/photoAlbum/viewall.asp?img=Rose-Parade006.jpg&directory=/images/articles/2092/
Appears to be a Honda Metropolitan in front of the Angels float. The float passed the Metropolitan shortly after the photo was taken. |
![]() Same s___ differnet year. Who watches parades? You should be out riding. This was posted last year. I think maybe same scooters???
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![]() 175mws wrote: Wow that scooter is small or that man is huge ![]() |
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![]() According to this website Honda supplied 166 Metropolitan scooters for the parade. Metro are 50cc scoots and I just looked at their site and the wheelbase is 46 inches and they are a tiny 176 pounds.
So.. I would look like a gorilla on trike on one! Here is a shot that shows the size of one relative to an older Vespa ![]() ![]() |
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![]() The Met's seat height is 2.6 inches lower than the LX and it looks like the Met's handle bars/leg shield is lower than a Vespa's too.
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![]() 175mws wrote: Wow that scooter is small or that man is huge ![]() I thought the scooters were Vespas also, but it seems clear from the photo that they were not. |
![]() Baudler wrote: Same s___ differnet year. Who watches parades? You should be out riding. This was posted last year. I think maybe same scooters??? ![]() ![]() |
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![]() Baudler wrote: Same s___ differnet year. Who watches parades? You should be out riding. This was posted last year. I think maybe same scooters??? |
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