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Do you think more people would ride small motorcycles and especially scooters if THEY KNEW HOW INCREDIBLY EASY THEY ARE TO RIDE???
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Gigi, '13 GTS 300ie Touring
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Yes!
If I'd purchased my Vespa first, I never would have gotten my Moto Guzzi. The evidence is in the miles I've put on each since purchase. Anni broke 2,500 just yesterday on a 200+ mile scooter/motorcycle group ride (purchased 09/2017). Gigi has around 10,700, of which 7000 or so are mine (purchased 03/2018).
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2006 Vespa GT (Rocket): 2007 Vespa GT (Vanessa): 2009 Yamaha Zuma 125: 2018 Yamaha Xmax (Big Ugly), 2023 Vespa GTS300 (Ghost)
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Veni, Vidi, Posti
2006 Vespa GT (Rocket): 2007 Vespa GT (Vanessa): 2009 Yamaha Zuma 125: 2018 Yamaha Xmax (Big Ugly), 2023 Vespa GTS300 (Ghost)
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Shhhh….
We don't want everyone to be riding them.
Bill
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LX190 Friday afternoon special, [s]Primavera[/s], S50, too many pushbikes
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LX190 Friday afternoon special, [s]Primavera[/s], S50, too many pushbikes
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Easy to do, but hard to do well.
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2019 GTS 300 HPE SuperTech 71,000km
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WLeuthold wrote: Shhhh….
We don't want everyone to be riding them.
a similar video
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GTS 250ie
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Guzzi Gal wrote: Yes!
If I'd purchased my Vespa first, I never would have gotten my Moto Guzzi. The evidence is in the miles I've put on each since purchase. Anni broke 2,500 just yesterday on a 200+ mile scooter/motorcycle group ride (purchased 09/2017). Gigi has around 10,700, of which 7000 or so are mine (purchased 03/2018).
I was at a dealer the other day. Moto Guzzi bikes are very cool looking. I'm a sucker for the old BMW bikes too.
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GTS 300ABS, Buddy 125, Buddy Kick 125
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znomit wrote: Easy to do, but hard to do well. Exactly right. It is easy to hop on a CVT scooter and make it go. But when you jam it into a corner too fast and lose control, you go down just as hard as any motorcycle.
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GTS 300 hpe
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I think it's risky to think about riding a scooter as easier as any other powered two wheeler. Yes, there's no clutch or shifting on most, though at the end of the day the same laws of physics apply and falling off a scooter hurts exactly as much as falling off any other motorcycle.
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nope
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2019 GTS 300 HPE SuperTech 71,000km
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skids wrote: You don't know what your limits are until you exceed them!
Exceeding your limits on a bike is painful 🤕
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nope
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A scooter is easy to operate, but traffic is still the real challenge.
Asphalt is very hard.
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GTS 300ABS, Buddy 125, Buddy Kick 125
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skids wrote: You don't know what your limits are until you exceed them!
Good thing commercial airline pilots don't generally operate under that slogan.
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BV400, Primavera 150, Yamaha Zuma 125
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Dooglas wrote: Good thing commercial airline pilots don't generally operate under that slogan.
I wouldn't be too surprised if they do...in a simulator. 
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I know I now understand it now.
I had a Land Rover 2000. Guzzled premium gas.
I live in a major urban setting so one morning I woke up and bought my et4 and then a few months later bought a 1985 Honda Sabre. That was about a year ago and I only miss a car when it rains a lot .
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2006 Vespa GT (Rocket): 2007 Vespa GT (Vanessa): 2009 Yamaha Zuma 125: 2018 Yamaha Xmax (Big Ugly), 2023 Vespa GTS300 (Ghost)
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Veni, Vidi, Posti
2006 Vespa GT (Rocket): 2007 Vespa GT (Vanessa): 2009 Yamaha Zuma 125: 2018 Yamaha Xmax (Big Ugly), 2023 Vespa GTS300 (Ghost)
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I learned this many years ago.
Scooters aren't only easy to ride, they are a blast to ride.
I never tire of riding mine.
I ride every day, and, on average, ride them 13,000 to 20,000 miles per year.
Between my truck, Miata and wife's Subaru, I drive only around 5,000 miles.
Any time, unless it is pouring rain outside, I will take a scooter.
Bill
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Primavera 150
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They may be easy, but they're not cheap.
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Veni, Vidi, Posti
2006 Vespa GT (Rocket): 2007 Vespa GT (Vanessa): 2009 Yamaha Zuma 125: 2018 Yamaha Xmax (Big Ugly), 2023 Vespa GTS300 (Ghost)
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Veni, Vidi, Posti
2006 Vespa GT (Rocket): 2007 Vespa GT (Vanessa): 2009 Yamaha Zuma 125: 2018 Yamaha Xmax (Big Ugly), 2023 Vespa GTS300 (Ghost)
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rottekatz wrote: They may be easy, but they're not cheap. They are worth every penny to me.
Bill
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