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Greetings! Long time lurker, 1st time Vespa owner. After a lifetime of motorcycles starting when I was a little kid I finally graduated to a GTS 300! Whoo hoo! I joined the VCoA and I'm looking forward to riding with scooter folk (scooteristi?) around Austin Texas and the world! So far I've installed tip-over bars, flat rear rack, small windscreen, and USB outlet. Not sure I'll keep the tip-over bars. Glad to be here!
GTS 300 2024 in my shop
GTS 300 2024 in my shop
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Lovely scooter. Great colour.
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pigletpilot wrote:
Lovely scooter. Great colour.
Thank you, Mr. Pilot! I'll be down your way in January. Have a merry Christmas!
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The black and red look good on this devil of a machine. I would keep the crash bars having been on the end of paying for repairs from a crash these bars would have helped a lot. My damage was only $20 away from being written off. I plan to add bars myself in 2024.
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davewho wrote:
Thank you, Mr. Pilot! I'll be down your way in January. Have a merry Christmas!
Drop a message here if you are in the Waikato area and wish to catch up. I'm away riding for a few days 3/4/5 January.
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Congrats on the new ride! I just picked up my own GTS Super Sport from AF1 here in Austin last week.

Added a new oil pan, flyscreen, and rear rack. Will be swapping out the belt cover and front suspension cover to black soon as well.
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davewho
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pigletpilot wrote:
Drop a message here if you are in the Waikato area and wish to catch up. I'm away riding for a few days 3/4/5 January.
The closest we'll get are Rotorua and Auckland, thanks. Where will you be riding?
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davewho
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SamsonsWig wrote:
Congrats on the new ride! I just picked up my own GTS Super Sport from AF1 here in Austin last week.

Added a new oil pan, flyscreen, and rear rack. Will be swapping out the belt cover and front suspension cover to black soon as well.
Nice color! Excellent choices on first mods too. Hope I see you around.
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Gina, 1965 Vespa 180SS, Bella,1968 Vespa 150 Super, Mia, 2017 Vespa Primavera 70th Anniversary 150ie, Gabriella, 2017 GTS300 ABS
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Location: Hamilton/Kirikiriroa, NZ
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davewho wrote:
The closest we'll get are Rotorua and Auckland, thanks. Where will you be riding?
Did Hamilton - Napier 1st day, Napier to New Plymouth the next, then home to Hamilton. 1017km total. I will post a ride report soon.
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