Modern Vespa

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This may be a flawed analogy but somehow it reminds me of the rise and fall of rollerblading - everybody jumped into the fad, crashed and busted themselves up, and quit. For a while you couldn't ride your bicycle in Central Park, there were so many of them skating four- or six-abreast, or with their dogs on extension leashes, or swerving out of control and wiping out innocent bystanders (or joggers, or cyclists). Now they're all gone, only the speedskaters remain.

And me.

The price of admission for scootering is quite a bit higher but I bet it eventually peaks and dies out - the committed, the hard core, the smart riders, the commuters will remain; the foolish will blog about their stitches and broken arms and move on to something else.

Well said. That's where the real street cred comes to play. The people who ride all the time, not just the ones that, "rode a scooter that one summer."

OUCH! Now THAT would ruin my day!

I like this analogy. There is no guarantee that this is the case here, but there must be lots of people who ride for a season, then either crash, sell or park the scoot in the garage, never to be ridden again....... right next to the windsurfer, kayak, mountain bike and remote controlled glider

is there a straight panel on that thing?!?

sheesh... every expensive part is damaged...

although, if i had the coin i'd totally buy it, pound out the dents, fog it with some bbq paint and then rock it all rough and tumble... no glovebox, no front fender, etx...

best,
-greasy

$3100 for that?!? Every panel on this scoot got mangled. That's insane.

Check out the blue GT200 below it.

I saw it too. Looks like the damage is mostly on the left side of the floorboard. $1200 is a bit more reasonable.

Ouch. That hurts my heart. Though oddly enough the seat still looks to be in mint condition...it looks to be in better condition than my own!

My dad is in the collision business and has a dealer license to buy salvages. Do you think in MI we ever get any scooters on the auction block? NEVER. And there is two on that page. That is just not fair.

I do think people buy on a whim and then figure out it's harder and more dangerous than they thought. At least here in hawaii. Especially the people with lots of cash. While they are few and far between i've seen a couple of LX50's and a pair of twin LT150's on craigslist in the past year. All in mint condition with less than 700 miles. I'm sure there are more out there and some i've missed

So we can look to see a lot of used, low-miles scoots hit the market within the next few years...

Agreed. I bought myself a vespa from a salvage auction here https://abetter.bid/en/car-finder/type-motorcycles/make-vespa
Works fine and have no problems

Ten year old thread.