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GTS super 300
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Today I did my first long ride on the gts300. I went with my gf and my good friend Martin and his gf on his BMW.
324km 2 up. We did a classic ride on secondary roads in the Laurentian mountains.
Started out with some rain mostly on the highways on the way up but I have pretty good gear so not an issue. Rest of the day was perfect, cloudy temperate and no traffic.

So.... my girlfriend was comfortable, vespa topcase and passenger peg extensions worked great.
She said she could do this for a week or two no problem.
Less comfortable for me at stops getting her feet in the back of my shins. :?

Gts was fast enough, but not going to get any speeding tickets. Felt comfortable in the curves. It is my first real ride in a few years so all taken at an easy pace.
Parts of the route were pretty rough, I felt it a lot.
First time putting in gas, glad I did the Scooterwest trick and put the gas cap under the lip of the pet carrier and brought a rag with me. Facepalm emoticon

got about 30km per liter of premium gas.
lots of room inside the pet carrier, but it gets really hot. not a good place for cold drinks, maybe better for melted cheese sandwich.

I don't have a windscreen yet, so lots of turbulence in my helmet but at least it is constant and no buffeting. Thanks to all here for the tips. This is a great forum and full of great people and good information!!
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Hooked
'08 Vespa LX80, '07 LX50
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Location: Honolulu
 
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That looks like a great place to ride!
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Gigi, '13 GTS 300ie Touring
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Gigi, '13 GTS 300ie Touring
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I haven't been to Montreal in years. It would be fun to visit and spend some time riding around.
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Weird 80's Vespas & Cool Vintage Lambrettas
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My absolute favorite is always the bumping of helmets during a ride.

Many a time it’s been dictated: woman, stop head butting me!

To which she laughs, and then promptly leans the other way while taking a curve.
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Veni, Vidi, Posti
GTS 300ABS, Buddy 125, Buddy Kick 125
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greasy125 wrote:
My absolute favorite is always the bumping of helmets during a ride.

Many a time it’s been dictated: woman, stop head butting me!

To which she laughs, and then promptly leans the other way while taking a curve.
Which is a good explanation for why I seldom ride 2-up, and my SO has her own scooter.
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1980 P200E - "Old Rusty", 1976 ET3 Primavera
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Looks great fun - I love Montreal and imagine a long scooter ride around there would be just the ticket
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2020 GTS 300 HPE
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Welcome aboard. You might want to check out passenger peg extensions, which would be more comfortable for your passenger and help with getting those kicks in the calf. That looks like a great road with plenty of fun curves.

Enjoy!
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I have the passenger peg extenders. very happy but still get my shins hit at full stops.
No helmet bumping. Gotta say not as bad as a lot of people here said it would be 2 up.
Actually pretty good.

I have limited space in my garage, and tried out a few options with my SO before deciding on the GTS. Glad I did.

If I had followed only the dire predictions outlined here without trying it.........

Sometimes gotta take things with a grain of salt and not too seriously.
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