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pulled into a services on the way back from mersea to manchester to get some juice. i walks in to pay for my fuel,

he says "you dont see them on the motoway often!

i said "i see them on the motorway all the time"

he goes "so it must be a bigger one then?"

i said "well ive been sat at 80 all the way here so it must be a *bigger one*"

then he says " so where have you come from? your not from round here are you?"

i said "im on my way back from colchester to manchester and i live near middlesbrough"

he says "bloody hell! so you've come all that way on that little thing?"

i said "yep, and its only cost me about 5 or 6 quid"

he goes "so how much was it to buy?"

i said "£3250 out the door but theres accessories ive put on it"

then came the most asked question ever!

"so how fast can it go?"

i said "about 85 90 ish on the speedo. ive had it to 95 once."

"bloody hell!" he said, "why dont you just get a bike?"

i said, " coz theyre not cool enough "

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Thought I saw you at Mersea! Were you with your girlfriend having a nose around my GTS as it was waiting to be dyno'd? I would have said hello, but I'd have felt a right fool if it wasn't you! I sat at a naughty 95 on the way home, and I got the same question in a Petrol station on the M11!
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Nice story! I wouldn't want a motorcycle either. My GTS is more than enough.
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So he must have had a 'top 10 questions to ask a scooterist' list sitting next to his cash register, huh? Laughing emoticon

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Love it!!! Same here the GTS is all I need.
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Me this morning: "I'll have 7 Euros of 95 Unleaded on pump 4."

Cashier: "Where?"

Me: "The gray scooter."

Cashier: "Huh? You can fit 7 Euros in that thing?"

Me: "Yep, and a bit more."

Cashier: "But it's so small!"

Me: "Yep, but it's chunky."
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I'm gonna start using that, "motorcycles aren't cool enough" 8)
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Sweet story--- thanks! Told 'im, didn't ya? 8)

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Re: "dont see those on the motorway often"
suit scoot wrote:
... I said, " coz theyre not cool enough "

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Amen Brother!
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quattrovalvole wrote:
Me this morning: "I'll have 7 Euros of 95 Unleaded on pump 4."
7 Euro's = $9.55!

man, I'm bitching when I fill from empty and it's over $5.00.....

Kickin shit and stuff and grumbling about how we pay more here where I live than most other places in the U.S.

75mpg is even sweeterer on the other side of the pond
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VP1 wrote:
I'm gonna start using that, "motorcycles aren't cool enough" 8)
A bike is a bike, but...

'A Vespa is a Vespa is a Vespa'





(by the way, I am impressed by the low cost of fuel in the States. Next time, I'll fill my Scara up 'on the other side of the pond' )
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I did the annual london to shropshire ride the other week and found an increase in top speed of about 5mph on a busier motorway... Seems the extra cars whooshing along have a sail effect on the windscreen. Result!

It goes up north for a main service as the labour charge is £20 per hour cheaper. London now £50-55!
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no one asks me anything about my scoot
in the 6 weeks i've owned it, the one question i got was, "how much was that?" i said 5 grand.
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Got my first battery of questions by a guy yesterday outside the bank.

He was asking me price, told him with my accessories and taxes/title and all OTD was around $6,000.00. He asked if my helmet and jacket were included. Nope, this helemt average cost around town is $130ish. Jacket online sale for like $65 or 75 plus shipping. Gloves, got for like $15-20 I forgot.

He laughed asking what's it like to roll in with pocket change and fill her up (He was sitting in a Jeep Cherokee). I laughed back, liberating!

Gas mileage came up after that, as it's new and I'm still learning to ride her and she's still breaking in I've been averaging about 60 mpg. (I know it's low, I twist the throttle too much off the line. Waste gas needlessly).

Guy shook his head and laughed. Said she was a beautiful looking ride. Smiled as I went in to conduct my business.
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Rhoodman wrote:
Thought I saw you at Mersea! Were you with your girlfriend having a nose around my GTS as it was waiting to be dyno'd? I would have said hello, but I'd have felt a right fool if it wasn't you! I sat at a naughty 95 on the way home, and I got the same question in a Petrol station on the M11!
YEAHHH!! that was me!!!

black is the best colour aint it!!

i see youve done the air filter mod
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i see youve done the air filter mod
And the high lift cam, and the valves, and the springs, and reprofiled the head, and a fuel regulator, and polini variator, and malossi belt, and big back tyre

Only pushed out 18.5bhp on the dyno at Mersea though, but it was out (thats my excuse anyway ) it pushed out nearly 20 on another dyno. But it has bucket loads of torque

What rally are you doing next? Find me and have a go on it! 8)
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Rhoodman wrote:
suit scoot wrote:
i see youve done the air filter mod
And the high lift cam, and the valves, and the springs, and reprofiled the head, and a fuel regulator, and polini variator, and malossi belt, and big back tyre

Only pushed out 18.5bhp on the dyno at Mersea though, but it was out (thats my excuse anyway ) it pushed out nearly 20 on another dyno. But it has bucket loads of torque

What rally are you doing next? Find me and have a go on it! 8)
only 18.5bhp?? itll accellerate stupidly fast i bet.

when it was on the dyno it was crazy loud


the next rally im going to is bridlington, its only down the road for me.

im trying to keep mine standard for reliability because i do alot of miles, but im really tempted to do some tuning on it maybe a malossi/polini variator to go with the pm pipe.
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Yeah, only 18.5, but since its a 4 stroke, its all torque.

I'm doing Brid too. I've stuck some 16g rollers in it today, and it wheelies!! If you're going to change to variator go with Polini, and a Malossi Kevlar belt.
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Rhoodman wrote:
Yeah, only 18.5, but since its a 4 stroke, its all torque.

I'm doing Brid too. I've stuck some 16g rollers in it today, and it wheelies!! If you're going to change to variator go with Polini, and a Malossi Kevlar belt.
is the polini reliable? i do a silly amount of miles per week.
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More so than the Malossi. It's to do with the way it's lubricated. Even though he's a Malossi Tech Centre, I know my dealer doesn't stock the malossi, because of this. He'll only supply polini. 8)
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