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Hi,

So I bought a brand new LX50 in 2007. I always cherished it and actually: I still do. It's still in great condition, except for some rust because of salty road, but I'm going to fix that this Summer.

However, of course, it was too slow. So I bought a 1000cc Kawasaki Versys motorcycle three years ago, only to have it stolen end of last year. Insurance was top-notch, so I could buy a brand new Kawasaki a month ago. It's a great machine!

But.

I've always wanted a GTS. My head says NO, my heart shouts YES! And actually, I've already decided I'm going to get myself a nice GTS Touring, besides the Kawasaki. (The LX50 is ready for my daughter to cherish now.)

How will I divide my attention between the Kawasaki and the GTS?! How can I give both of them the love and cherishment they both deserve?

I feel like a happily married husband who wants to start a second relationship with his high school sweetheart...

Thanks for reading .
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You can rest assured that you're not the only one with this dilemma

One thing to consider is that a GTS can do quite a lot. Heck, just look the US side of this forum, it's been succesfully used as a touring bike!

Scaled back to Europe, if you'll tour accross Europe regularly, or ride longer trips, or frequently ride with a passanger, that's where you'll continue to appreciate the Versys.

But if you'll do mostly short trips, ride alone and have interest in using backroads instead of the main routes for longer trips, GTS is a versatile all-purpose bike.
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Re: Please tell me I should NOT buy a GTS!
Mopmop wrote:
Hi,

How will I divide my attention between the Kawasaki and the GTS?!
How can I give both of them the love and cherishment they both deserve?

I feel like a happily married husband who wants to start a second relationship with his high school sweetheart...

Emotional consideration:
Affection is the only thing humans have in unlimited supply.
The more you give, the more you have to give.
You will manage to cherish the GTS too.

Logical consideration:
The optimum number of motorcycles to own can be expressed mathematically by the following equation:

N = Nn +1

where:
N = Optimum number
Nn= the number you currently own.

PS: Send us pictures of your high school sweetheart!
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Re: Please tell me I should NOT buy a GTS!
Fudmucker wrote:
Logical consideration:
The optimum number of motorcycles to own can be expressed mathematically by the following equation:

N = Nn +1

where:
N = Optimum number
Nn= the number you currently own.

PS: Send us pictures of your high school sweetheart!
N has a practical upper limit of S-1.
S is the number at which your Spouse kicks you out and you find your highschool sweetheart is a large small time drug dealer living in a trailer with eight kids and three teeth. And you join her.
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Re: Please tell me I should NOT buy a GTS!
Mopmop wrote:
Hi,

So I bought a brand new LX50 in 2007. I always cherished it and actually: I still do. It's still in great condition, except for some rust because of salty road, but I'm going to fix that this Summer.

However, of course, it was too slow. So I bought a 1000cc Kawasaki Versys motorcycle three years ago, only to have it stolen end of last year. Insurance was top-notch, so I could buy a brand new Kawasaki a month ago. It's a great machine!

But.

I've always wanted a GTS. My head says NO, my heart shouts YES! And actually, I've already decided I'm going to get myself a nice GTS Touring, besides the Kawasaki. (The LX50 is ready for my daughter to cherish now.)

How will I divide my attention between the Kawasaki and the GTS?! How can I give both of them the love and cherishment they both deserve?

I feel like a happily married husband who wants to start a second relationship with his high school sweetheart...

Thanks for reading .
It is an opportunity to experience a double relationship, one quiet and the other stormy ... but which one do you want to combine with which vehicle?
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Sorry that is impossible, believe me , I tried.

I had a Honda Deaville but lusted after a GTS. So I bought a GTS250ie. The GTS did the road riding just fine but I got the adventure riding itch, so exchanged the Deauville for a Royal Enfield Himalayan. The euphoria of the Himma clouded my judgement thinking that the Himma does it all for me I sold the GTS. Well was a mistake.
I bought another GTS and brought it down home at the start of March this year. So here is a link to help you make up your mind that you do "not" want one.
2000 kms to collect a scoot in NZ

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znomit wrote:
Fudmucker wrote:
Logical consideration:
The optimum number of motorcycles to own can be expressed mathematically by the following equation:

N = Nn +1

where:
N = Optimum number
Nn= the number you currently own.

PS: Send us pictures of your high school sweetheart!
N has a practical upper limit of S-1.
S is the number at which your Spouse kicks you out and you find your highschool sweetheart is a large small time drug dealer living in a trailer with eight kids and three teeth. And you join her.
Attila wrote:
It is an opportunity to experience a double relationship, one quiet and the other stormy ... but which one do you want to combine with which vehicle?
I have a unique relationship status.
I have a 41-year marriage (+2 years courting) with my wife.
I have a 52-year relationship with my high school sweetheart of which 48 years have been purely platonic (yes, it is possible!).
When I met my wife I made it clear it was not a 'one or the other' situation. The two became firm friends and now gang up on me!
The wife calls her my 'girlfriend'.

At my 40th birthday party my 'girlfriend' asked me what kind of 4x4 I was planning to buy. I asked her to explain (she has a PhD Psychology) and she said:
"When men get to your age, they go through an identity crisis and do one of two things - either find a mistress, or they buy a 4x4. As I have known you since the age of 13, I know which alternative you will choose."

Well, I didn't buy a 4x4 - I bought a BMW R80/7 motorcycle instead.
She became known as 'The Mistress".
My wife doesn't ride pillion at all so I really can have weekends away with my mistress.

Time marched on and my crisis deepened. I met a younger mistress (R100S) and passed my first one off to a work colleague. Then I was seduced by a 1981 R80G/S and I got involved with her twin sister as well ! A 1996 R80GSPD came my way too and I succumbed again. Further down the line, my path crossed with a 2004 R1200GS that I kept for a few years on the side as well until I callously traded her for a 2009 virgin model...

I managed to resist temptation for a few years, then a stunning Italian girl distracted me from my Bavarian harem and a Vespa 300GTS came into my life - to my utter joy.

For two years I was mostly faithful, but again a nubile virgin Bavarian
fraulein crossed my path and (for the last time I promise!) I took her into my stable.

So,here I am, 65 years old with a wife, a girlfriend and 6 mistresses!

Regarding the S-1 situation, my dear wife once asked me:
"Hypothetically, what would you do if I told you to choose between me and the bikes?" To this I replied:"That is a question that neither of us wants to know the answer."

But I did sit my wife down over a bottle of red and, at the right moment, I said:
"Motorcycling will always take me away from you and the kids... but YOU are the reason why I come back every time!"

The S-1 subject now rests, with a solemn promise from me that, as long as I have two-wheeled mistresses in my life, there will be no two-legged ones...
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the only thing I can say is go for it. I acquired a decent 2007 GTS a couple days ago. Has only 9500 miles. needs typical stuff like tires, oil change, belt and rollers. This is my FIRST vespa BTW. I have all its cousins though.
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You should buy a GTS...probably weighs less than your old high school sweetheart, too. 😉
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the only thing I can say is go for it. I acquired a decent 2007 GTS a couple days ago. Has only 9500 miles. needs typical stuff like tires, oil change, belt and rollers. This is my FIRST vespa BTW. I have all its cousins though.
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Hey guys,

Each and every one of your replies brings a great smile on my face, thanks .

I'd say: keep 'em coming. There may be something in there that can convince me to not buy it .
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Vespa 300 The Scooter for All
I have always liked the smaller Vespas. Classic design with Urban riding
excitement.

The 300 just gives you more power and opportunities. To get anywhere around my Metro-Plex, in a reasonable amount of time, you have to get on the Freeway. The Vespa 300 gives you that ability and the same back road slow riding enjoyment.

As many on this forum have stated, "even if you have a larger motorcycle, the Vespa is the best second machine to own".

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"Please tell me I should NOT buy a GTS!"

Hmmm, I can't think of a reason. IMHO the GTS is pretty much the pinnacle in the evolution of the classic motor scooter. If you can only own 1 scooter, I recommend the GTS.
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I'm having the opposite version of the same problem. I ride a GTS300, but my heart says I need a motorcycle (or larger scooter), too. I'm doing my best to say "NO" to the motorcycle - one scooter and one car is enough for one person. But if the right deal comes along...

Here's my practical advice - If you can afford a GTS300 (and insurance, maintenance, taxes, etc.), you should get one. If paying for a GTS is a difficulty, stay with the Versys only.
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Great thread. LOVE your senses of humor. Beautiful machines, every one of them.

I'm stricken with the novel Vespa13 virus as well--the 300GTS strain.

Also have a beautiful Harley Davidson Road King for the longer journeys. Rode from Fort Worth to Seattle last summer to see the Rolling Stones for my first time.

I'm planning to ride to Houston from Fort Worth (Arlington) this spring or summer to see my daughter, and I'm relieved that the 300 will handle the brief sprints on the freeway that will be required to get into and out of the big cities.

Or I could fly my '53 Bonanza down there.

Those are my mistresses so far, but every newly retired man also needs an RV. Suggestions?
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the only thing I can say is go for it. I acquired a decent 2007 GTS a couple days ago. Has only 9500 miles. needs typical stuff like tires, oil change, belt and rollers. This is my FIRST vespa BTW. I have all its cousins though.
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old as dirt wrote:
the only thing I can say is go for it. I acquired a decent 2007 GTS a couple days ago. Has only 9500 miles. needs typical stuff like tires, oil change, belt and rollers. This is my FIRST vespa BTW. I have all its cousins though.
Congrats! I really like the handlebar-mounted wind direction gauge! Clown emoticon
thanks it was difficult to do, but its done. Thought about a n airport wind sock but amazon was out of them.
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berto wrote:
old as dirt wrote:
the only thing I can say is go for it. I acquired a decent 2007 GTS a couple days ago. Has only 9500 miles. needs typical stuff like tires, oil change, belt and rollers. This is my FIRST vespa BTW. I have all its cousins though.
Congrats! I really like the handlebar-mounted wind direction gauge! Clown emoticon
thanks it was difficult to do, but its done. Thought about a n airport wind sock but amazon was out of them.
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NZscoot wrote:
old as dirt wrote:
berto wrote:
old as dirt wrote:
the only thing I can say is go for it. I acquired a decent 2007 GTS a couple days ago. Has only 9500 miles. needs typical stuff like tires, oil change, belt and rollers. This is my FIRST vespa BTW. I have all its cousins though.
Congrats! I really like the handlebar-mounted wind direction gauge! Clown emoticon
thanks it was difficult to do, but its done. Thought about a n airport wind sock but amazon was out of them.
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guess I will just put the boat in the water this weekend and practice social distancing.
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Suggestions?
Yes ... buy a Yamaha Tricity 155 and enjoy new sensations.
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Italian coast
Attila, I would LOVE to ride the Italian coast on a T155. Maybe I'll get a chance to someday. I spent 6 months in Firenze in college, and have been in and out of Sicilia many times. Bell'Italia
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Don't buy a GTS. You're welcome.
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...but every newly retired man also needs an RV. Suggestions?
Airstream---vintage or new; Bowlus Road Chief; those would be at the top of my list. Alas, toy hauling is a rare thing with these. But you could always customize a vintage trailer to use as a toy hauler. Once the kids are out of the house our Airstream will get modified to haul a couple Vespas.

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Dave, I like the way you think. Don't know anything about Bowlus, but I'll start my research. Airstream is a class act for sure. Yes, I'll probably bring the Vespa on my RV trips vs the Harley.

Kids are gone, and I just retired last month right in time for the travel restrictions.

Maybe I'll pass through your neck of the woods on my Vespa trip to Houston to see my daughter.

John
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We are somewhat similar that we both own an LX50.

Slow yeah but pretty versatile in my opinion for running errands.

The GTS is more of a touring bike. You will find it difficult to maintain speeds under 40 miles an hour in city traffic. You are always going to want to go faster and faster.

I am glad you are leaving the lx50 for your daughter to enjoy. As far as I can see, there is no reason not to get a GTS. It's not super fast but it's exhilarating to ride.
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Maybe I'll pass through your neck of the woods on my Vespa trip to Houston to see my daughter.

John
Let me know if you do! There are a few good rides around here on backroads worth the time!
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You can rest assured that you're not the only one with this dilemma

One thing to consider is that a GTS can do quite a lot. Heck, just look the US side of this forum, it's been succesfully used as a touring bike!

Scaled back to Europe, if you'll tour accross Europe regularly, or ride longer trips, or frequently ride with a passanger, that's where you'll continue to appreciate the Versys.

But if you'll do mostly short trips, ride alone and have interest in using backroads instead of the main routes for longer trips, GTS is a versatile all-purpose bike.
It has been successfully used as a touring bike in the US as well. Unless your idea of touting is to hop on interstates, M roads, the Autobahn or similar and ride at high speeds for hours on end it is a damned fine touring machine. Though unless you put footpeg extenders on it won't be particularly comfortable for a passenger for an extended ride.
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I'm planning to ride to Houston from Fort Worth (Arlington) this spring or summer to see my daughter, and I'm relieved that the 300 will handle the brief sprints on the freeway that will be required to get into and out of the big cities.
Hard to count the number of times I've ridden between Houston, Austin, Hill, Country and Oklahoma. I prefer taking the FM roads to I 70, I 45, I 59/69 but I have thousands of miles on those interstates between my previous GTS 250 and it's younger successor my current GTS 300.

I will say you get funny looks and frequently full blown waves from Harley riders when they see you on the freeway especially on I 70 heading to Vail Pass and Moab from Breckenridge. It is a bit difficult going up some of the passes on I 70 and I 25 but since we've still been able to pass semis all is good. The 300 has a bit more torque for those grades than the 250 and the HPE should do a bit better especially if you get the Kubler ring to bypass the EU speed limiter.
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People say that the small frame Vespa is better in the city for darting around but I find my 300 more comfortable to ride in the city than the wife's 50cc. The weight and power gives it more stability I think.
I feel more comfortable on a motorcycle on the highway but that may be just psychological because of the Vespa's tire size, At 110kph it does get twitchy though.
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Haha! You nailed it.
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Isn't requesting that here much like going into a pizza place (and it has been weeks since we've had pizza out) and asking them to tell you to not have pizza. I would use the bar analogy, but I'm not one to spend time in a bar. Back to the point: buy the GTS... a scoot that is capable of doing highway riding and around town is just more versatile.

Plus, and more importantly: you know you want one.

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Isn't requesting that here much like going into a pizza place (and it has been weeks since we've had pizza out) and asking them to tell you to not have pizza. I would use the bar analogy, but I'm not one to spend time in a bar. Back to the point: buy the GTS... a scoot that is capable of doing highway riding and around town is just more versatile.

Plus, and more importantly: you know you want one.

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I completely agree with you Captain. That was my attempt at humor!


I have owned two gts's and I have loved them both.
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Isn't requesting that here much like going into a pizza place (and it has been weeks since we've had pizza out) and asking them to tell you to not have pizza. I would use the bar analogy, but I'm not one to spend time in a bar. Back to the point: buy the GTS... a scoot that is capable of doing highway riding and around town is just more versatile.

Plus, and more importantly: you know you want one.

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You are absolutely right! Laughing emoticon

That is exactly why I'm asking it here
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GET THE GTS!!! You will not regret it. The new HPE engine delivers adequately on US highways. I ride mostly on the highways and GTS is a joy to ride. On weekends I ride with my motorcycle buddies with no issues. GET THE GTS!!!
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...but every newly retired man also needs an RV. Suggestions?
Airstream---vintage or new; Bowlus Road Chief; those would be at the top of my list. Alas, toy hauling is a rare thing with these. But you could always customize a vintage trailer to use as a toy hauler. Once the kids are out of the house our Airstream will get modified to haul a couple Vespas.

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Highly recommend ATC. All aluminium toy hauler, zero wood so nothing to rot. Great for hauling the scoots, too.

And definitely get the GTS....
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I've never been able to come up with a good excuse to not buy anything in my life, and I have the garage to prove it.
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I've never been able to come up with a good excuse to not buy anything in my life, and I have the garage to prove it.
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