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Max6200 wrote:
The car is sort of dusty; a sign that the Vespa gets most of my attention. Gotta love my Vespa.
Boy, talk about a color match
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Lothar wrote:
Max6200 wrote:
The car is sort of dusty; a sign that the Vespa gets most of my attention. Gotta love my Vespa.
Boy, talk about a color match
Red is the new gray! Razz emoticon
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This goes quite well with my Honda SH300, Laughing emoticon Laughing emoticon am I aloud to say Honda on this site

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That comes with the DKW three cylinder diesel I think? The amazing Pushmepullyou.
The DKW was a three cylinder power plant, but it burned gasoline, mixed with oil, a two cycle. Smoked a lot on cold German winter days.
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The Mahoney Collection.

2003 VW Jetta
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My immortal 96 Ranger, looks good next to or with any of my bikes in the bed.
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Nicked from our carport at 2am this morning!!!!
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Nicked from our carport at 2am this morning!!!!
So sorry about that. I love those cars. They are timeless. Specially the black ones. I hear they are designed after the London cabs in the early 1900's.
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We have an EZ-Go 2Five LSV, and a Lexus.LX470. I keep wondering if Badonka would fit in the back of the 470. One of these days I'll have to get out the old tape measure and see!
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Sorry to here about your loss Boulty. mongrel thieves.
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f150 crew cab truck, and a 1979 mg midget.
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Great thread!

My "carbon footprint offset" to my Vespa is my Corvette Laughing emoticon

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complimentary...
2013 Toyota Tacoma
2013 Toyota Tacoma
just in case the scoot needs rescuing.
just in case the scoot needs rescuing.
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2013 VW JETTA TDI.

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15pap15 wrote:
Doug21 wrote:
I hate to drive the F-150 now....mainly for the gas costs.

I can't see having some huge motorcycle like 1000 cc's, those monsters get no better mieage than something like a Honda Civic. The 150cc works for me, if I have to drive on the highway or move something, then the Ford is there.

So far so good.
150cc is fine on the highway, full face helmet with full gear, s150 speedos at 70 mph (65 gps'd)

no speed wobble
I can't even really find out if a 150cc cycle is legal on the highway in CT, The state police don't even seem to know. I took it on !-95 for maybe a mile once....it didn't feel comfortable, at all.

I'm a big guy and my old et4-150 goes 55-60 mph at WOT.

That is just not enough on the interstate, IMO. I might run a 250-300 cc on a highway for maybe 20-50 miles, but a 150cc is too small for that. Give me something like a 400cc Burgman, then I think I could ride it 200 miles on the highway.

However as the cc's go up, the mpg goes down, so I'm back to a Civic instead of a midsize ( 400-650 cc) bike,

I can't use anything under a 150, but over 300....then a cheapo car is more practical....that's the sweet spot for me in a scooter/ motorcycle.
Most of I-95 in CT used to have speed limit 55mph in late 90's/early 00's. Is it different now?
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I'm keeping it Italian... Fiat 500 Turbo... great little car

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and here is my Vespa 300 of course... almost 30,000km on it

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It can haul any trailer with all my scoots 10 hours with one stop; no aches at all. Tre kronor!
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Reliable family car. If it breaks down out here my wife and little boys would sit in 45*C+ with no shade for hours until someone else drives past.
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I also have an old creaky Holden Commodore as a back-up, but I'm waiting for the door to fall off, so I only drive it when vital! Laughing emoticon

My other bike (Yamaha Vmax) in this pic, and also the "project" which is coming along nicely, maybe done next summer. This pic after I let my 5 yr old steer it into the workshop, so he's feeling pretty happy with himself!
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MINI Cooper S
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red for both
The Mini Cooper red is very similar to the big Red
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Re: red for both
manoscoot wrote:
The Mini Cooper red is very similar to the big Red
Also Chevy Corvette Torch Red
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My wife recently updated her car that compliments her scooter. She traded her MINI Cooper S for a Subaru BRZ.

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And she compliments her scooter, car and husband caschnd1.


I know I already posted on page one but wanted an excuse to post a video I shot of my wife's VW Beetle. Video title is wrong but it shows her car and some of my beautiful commute. I still have a big ole manly Silverado to do man things with.

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My complementary vehicle, 1999 Mazda Miata 10th Anniversary Edition, in action at a recent autocross. I finished 6th out of 90 in the PAX results.
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WLeuthold wrote:
My complementary vehicle, 1999 Mazda Miata 10th Anniversary Edition, in action at a recent autocross. I finished 6th out of 90 in the PAX results.
I can barely fit into one of those. Not tall friendly.
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I can barely fit into one of those. Not tall friendly.
I am 6'-1 and barely fit. I ride with the seat all the way back. Getting in and out is the biggest pain, but it is so fun to drive that it is worth it.
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WLeuthold wrote:
My complementary vehicle, 1999 Mazda Miata 10th Anniversary Edition, in action at a recent autocross. I finished 6th out of 90 in the PAX results.
I can barely fit into one of those. Not tall friendly.
No, but I'm still determined to buy one at some point. The only problem is that I have garage space for a car or a bike but not both (easily anyway).
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The only problem is that I have garage space for a car or a bike but not both (easily anyway).
I have a garage at home and one at my office (in a house). Both are detached and were built with the houses in 1927. Both garages are small and have garage doors less than 7 feet wide (around two meters) so our regular size cars don't fit. But the Miata feels quite comfortable in either. And I can park a scooter behind it in a pinch.

At the moment, with three scooters and a motorcycle in the house garage, the Miata has to stay at the office (only a mile from home)
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I'd need a trolley on castors so I could slide a bike in sideways I think.
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I have a black Fiat 500L with a hitch to pull a small trailer with my black Vespa 250ie.
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Nice. I was tempted by the 500L MPW but they hadn't introduced the 120bhp TDI engine at the time.
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I'm keepin' it 'Italian passion' like you guys - white GTS300 and white Alfa Romeo Giulietta 2.0 TCT Veloce 8) Not got pics of them both together so stock pics of the Alfa...
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