Modern Vespa

https://www.rideapart.com/news/464641/ohlins-vespa-gts300-upgrades-asia/

Is greasy125 being replaced?

He might appreciate a well-deserved vacation.

Now can I make the "shocking news" dad joke?

i couldn't stand you goofballs any longer and tried to resign of my own volition. MV-bot said no and poked me with an unusually large needle. so my expectation is that i'm being examined for how i operate or cloned, or both.

so y'all stuck with me for the foreseeable future.

-g

dad jokes are always welcome!

did the needle have Öhlins written on it?

probably! got me from behind, the bot be sneaky like that!

why why why?

why is this only a few of days after I ordered SIP Performance shocks for my Supertech? The yellow springs and grey body would have perfectly matched my bike (I have the grey with the yellow trim that I was told was only in Asia Pacific ?)

The ad is a bit confusing. The first photo shows a shock on a 2015 facelift model, without an expansion bottle on the side. Then the second picture shows a front shock for other models, with an expansion bottle. So are they making both?

Why no expansion bottle for the first one? Presumably because they want you to see how elegant it looks that way instead of showing what you will actually get.

Forgive me if I tell you but it is like for all positions of responsibility, if you occupy it it means that you deserve it (more a curse than a compliment) and unfortunately it is unnerving because as they said: "great powers come with great responsibilities".
Go ahead and try to stay healthy.

Greetings:

Quoth Attila: What?! Wait! Are you saying, can it be? Greasy is really Spiderman?! Can he swing from a Thread? Take a look overhead!

Does anyone know the cost for these shocks?

Bob Copeland
Minnesota

At least half the value of your scooter, I'm sure.

I looked up the cost of the shocks on google.

Price was displayed in Malaysian Ringits. 3.6162 Ringits (RM) per USA Dollar.
Cost for the shocks were RM 3000. So, approximately $833.00.

Maybe I am silly, but I would be very reluctant to order anything from Malaysia.
My son, years ago, ordered a computer part or program from Malaysia. It
never arrived and no ability to follow up.

I thought Ohlins was Swedish?

Bob Copeland
Minnesota

Bob ... no one can say what is produced and where, there is globalization and prices are always too high in relation to quality. And ... no, I wouldn't buy anything on Asian sites either; true, the temptation to do so is strong. Lots of stuff and at low prices but it's like a tarantula hole.
Regarding the Peter Parker quote, even in Italy there are spiders ... not very big but many and many and they are difficult to catch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96hlins