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Rover Eric wrote:
if i never see another vintage v modern thread again, it will be too soon.
Is that what this is ... I must be missing it
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T5bitsa69 wrote:
Is that what this is ... I must be missing it
Every vintage v modern thread devolves into people saying "where's the line?" Is my 80's P-series vintage? Is my PK automatica cool enough? It's old. Some people try to explain why the community is divided. Others say "who cares?". Others get offended or are surprised there's such a division. It's the most formulaic thread to date.


Jess said he's not putting up banner ads for a vintage-only rally. It's his house. Case closed.
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Just to clarify for T5bitsa69 (if he's serious). This link kind of shows what I would think would be alright for a vintage type rally as far as Vespa models are concerned. This is just my personal opinion! On this page in section 9 it references models as historic, recent and current. I would ride anything in the historic section to a vintage rally.

http://www.answers.com/topic/vespa#Vespa_models

I'm not looking for a argument, or trying to stir the pot. I'm by all means no expert or guru.
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So a historic is a vintage
I'm not doing it
I'm not doing it
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Not really saying that at all. Just letting you know what I would personally expect to find at a vintage only ride as far as Vespa models go.
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oopsclunkthud wrote:
If the bike is older than you are then it's classic.
Guess I need a SS180, then.

More fool me - my 65 SS180 is not classic.... Guess I need to sell it to some 30 something so that it can regain its status.
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I like my ride . You like yours. I know what class mine is over here. Wont be riding it over there so I guess I dont need to know the answer. So i give in.



I've had teeth pulled that where less painful
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Mate I had a T5 back in 86 when they first came out.

I took a lot of crap from my mates for getting it. It's a classic now but not considered "Vintage" then or now.

I had a 58 LD in 1980 that was Vintage but not classic.......Today? I think so.

I buy, fix, ride what i like. I have nothing to prove and no stupid cleakey groups to answer too.

Still have all my teeth.

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this is amazing!

i love seeing such a wide array of different people act so completely idiotic in public!!!



please, don't stop chiming in !!!! this is the greatest !!

coupled with the video of the moron on the LX plowing into some innocent bystander at Amerivespa, the inter-webs will be buzzing for years!!!!


so who's next!!!?????

http://www.xtranormal.com/watch?e=20090714145126838
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Historic, vintage, classic, modern. Wha? emoticon

I´m stuffed then, rolling about on a Cosa. It´s just not fitting in anyone's definition . Crying or Very sad emoticon Crying or Very sad emoticon Crying or Very sad emoticon
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Historic, vintage, classic, modern. Wha? emoticon

I´m stuffed then, rolling about on a Cosa. It´s just not fitting in anyone's definition . Crying or Very sad emoticon Crying or Very sad emoticon Crying or Very sad emoticon
Yeah you're screwed my friend
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xantufrog wrote:
louispain wrote:
Historic, vintage, classic, modern. Wha? emoticon

I´m stuffed then, rolling about on a Cosa. It´s just not fitting in anyone's definition . Crying or Very sad emoticon Crying or Very sad emoticon Crying or Very sad emoticon
Yeah you're screwed my friend
Because no one wants to say "Yeah, we'll take the Cosa" Razz emoticon
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cosa
Because no one wants to say "Yeah, we'll take the Cosa" Razz emoticon

I did.
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I think this thread has turned into a healthy debate, I doubt it will change the "johnny hardcores" minds or anyones elses mind, but now everyone can see how muddy & silly this subject can be.

Just dont make me listen to Jimmy Buffet or Country music at a rally.


Ride Safe no matter what you choose to ride or what ride/rally you choose to ride on.

Manny

PS I love the smell of 2stroke oil in the morning.
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Left it over night in the Supermarket car park last week
Even the late night bike thieves did not want it.
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Left it over night in the Supermarket car park last week
Even the late night bike thieves did not want it.
I tell you what, ship that thing over here stick it outside my house put £500 under the seat and leave the keys in it and i'll steal it off yer (try and do it when it's stopped raining though i dont like getting wet much)

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I tell you what, ship that thing over here stick it outside my house put £500 under the seat and leave the keys in it and i'll steal it off yer (try and do it when it's stopped raining though i dont like getting wet much)
Thats a done deal, I´ll chuck in a couple of tins of matt black and the CD of Jimmy Nail singing Crocodile Shoes the bike thieves left on the seat. Razz emoticon
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i love it

i want to see how many pages it'll go-woooo hoooo Clown emoticon




what is vintage

i'm not tellin,it's a secret

and if i tell you i 'll have to hold you down and fart in your face Nerd emoticon

that should put a end to it 8)
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i love it

i want to see how many pages it'll go-woooo hoooo Clown emoticon




what is vintage

i'm not tellin,it's a secret

and if i tell you i 'll have to hold you down and fart in your face Nerd emoticon

that should put a end to it 8)
Master Splinter means it too!
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and if i tell you i 'll have to hold you down and fart in your face Nerd emoticon
Wow...
...works for me, I'm out

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this guy asked me and you see what i did to him Nerd emoticon
thats supposed to be a drawing of my ass and me farting in his face-just in case you vintage/modern guys could'nt finger it out
thats supposed to be a drawing of my ass and me farting in his face-just in case you vintage/modern guys could'nt finger it out
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dannyw wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFk7O0PPYe8
OMFG I'm dying laughing. I was there but I didn't see that happen. The tire screech right before the crash is the best.

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this guy asked me and you see what i did to him Nerd emoticon
hahah oh f*ck dude that is really funny!

Only if you guys could meet Master Splinter...a true 100% character in person! Good stuff! ROFL emoticon
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Dude..you need to make a T-Shirt out of this one...I would buy one seriously
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Dude..you need to make a T-Shirt out of this one...I would buy one seriously
jason,i just got to tell ya

your 68 is a really sweet bike

even with out the front brake

is that how vintage guys roll

uh oh,i just asked a question that contains the word vintage

you know what that means

i'm gonna have to fart in my own face Wha? emoticon
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jimmyb865 wrote:
VLBJS1 wrote:
Dude..you need to make a T-Shirt out of this one...I would buy one seriously
jason,i just got to tell ya

your 68 is a really sweet bike

even with out the front brake

is that how vintage guys roll

uh oh,i just asked a question that contains the word vintage

you know what that means

i'm gonna have to fart in my own face Wha? emoticon
hahaha...thanks brotha! Fuck that front brake!

Next time I'm up there you can ride it and I can practice my wheelies on your smallie

Make that shirt and on the back put Vintage and Classic with a red circle around it and red line going through it Clown emoticon
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"excuse me sir, but you exhaust is spitting out a lot of smoke.
you might want to get that looked at."


Thanks, I'll get right on that.
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there is no vintage

there is no modern

just face farts

classic Nerd emoticon





shame on me,i turned a (edited)into a big pile of potty humor,i apologize Clown emoticon
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there is no vintage

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just face farts

classic Nerd emoticon





shame on me,i turned a perfectly good thread into a big pile of potty humor,i apologize Clown emoticon
You have got to be joking..this thing was a TURD to begin with
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jimmyb865 wrote:
there is no vintage

there is no modern

just face farts

classic Nerd emoticon





shame on me,i turned a perfectly good thread into a big pile of potty humor,i apologize Clown emoticon
You have got to be joking..this thing was a TURD to begin with
totally kidding bro

i'll edit the perfect thread part Nerd emoticon


check out the video coming out of indo on veloce's post,awsome
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I tell you what, ship that thing over here stick it outside my house put £500 under the seat and leave the keys in it and i'll steal it off yer (try and do it when it's stopped raining though i dont like getting wet much)
Thats a done deal, I´ll chuck in a couple of tins of matt black and the CD of Jimmy Nail singing Crocodile Shoes the bike thieves left on the seat. Razz emoticon
OH NO what did they have to go and do that for....bastards, if not nicking your bike was insult enough

I FEEL YOUR PAIN clicky click clik

....BUT NOT AS MUCH AS THIS
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This thread should get a cupcake award. At least it shows that most of us are some what open minded And most of us have a sense of humor, some sicker than others.

Janine

OH MY Wha? emoticon P.I.E. is now cake, no more pie.
Double OH MY Wha? emoticon Wha? emoticon P.E.T.A.R.D. is now P.I.E.
This is a crazy mixed-up world we live in.
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Damn, this thread is still running?
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had someone refer to my LT the other day as a 'vintage' twist and go
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had someone refer to my LT the other day as a 'vintage' twist and go
that person had no idea what they're talking about.

Elites have been in the US since the 80s. Early iterations of even the 250s have been around since 84-85. That makes them older than some ET3s, in terms of manufacturing date.

LT? New bike in town. Weak.

Don't even get me started on the Fuji Rabbit. That's historic TnG, which means you can't tear it down and rebuild over it without permission from the city.
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Don't even get me started on the Fuji Rabbit. That's historic TnG, which means you can't tear it down and rebuild over it without permission from the city.
Didn't know they were twist and go....very cool looking bikes. You had one right Eric? How are they to ride?

Wonder what kind of permit you need to put a Ninja engine in one...

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Didn't know they were twist and go....very cool looking bikes. You had one right Eric? How are they to ride?

Wonder what kind of permit you need to put a Ninja engine in one...

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I've owned a total of 5 rabbits One of them was a 2-stroke, 150cc, 4-speed, 10" wheels... and very much like an over engineered lambretta. Besides that, the engine put out a whopping 10.2 hp or something crazy like that. That's like P200 numbers on a 150cc engine. Really neat bike.

I also owned 4 Rabbit S601 Superflows ( like the one pictured above ). That's a 200cc fluid-driven automatic transmission ( not CVT, like you'd think ) engine, on 8" wheels and air suspension ( which was adjustable and very cool ). Gave the feeling of riding on a low cloud of air, supposedly. I've never actually ridden one ... i sold mine off, as they were all parts bikes of varying quality. Sprunch in Detroit got one of them. He's ridden it, and gotten it up to 50mph or so... but it's kinda doggy. The automatic transmission isn't as snappy as a CVT one. It's meant to be a cruiser bike, though ..and it certainly has a lot of creature comforts built into it.

I do think they're some pretty cool bikes, though. I wish there was a better support community + parts availability in the states. I would have had more motivation to keep them. My scooter time is diminishing with age though, and i didn't want to keep around more bikes that i had to work on.
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*edit*
The bike above..that's not the original engine, if you didn't figure that out. Someone has bodged in some rotax engine or something, or maybe a Helix engine? ( and that's cool as hell, btw )

You can see they put in their own gas tank back where the batteries normally sit. Normally the gas tank on the S601 / S101 is in the front legshield.
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Rover Eric wrote:
*edit*
The bike above..that's not the original engine, if you didn't figure that out. Someone has bodged in some rotax engine or something, or maybe a Helix engine? ( and that's cool as hell, btw )

You can see they put in their own gas tank back where the batteries normally sit. Normally the gas tank on the S601 / S101 is in the front legshield.
It's a Kawasaki Ninja 250 engine.

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