Modern Vespa

Raidio spot today for moped shop ends with " so if you want to look cool, get amazing gas mileage and not look like you're riding a toilet, you need to get down to S.L.O. Moped and get yourself a moped."

I know Jim. He's a good guy. I know it's all in fun, but so is flooding his inbox with pithy moped putdowns. Don't let me down. Have at it. slomoped@slomopedonline.com

Toilets are good for reading.

That ad campaign is definitely working. It gets people talking, spreading the word.

Mopeds are for folks who can't afford a pot to pee - - - ride on. End of discussion.

I know I'm adding fuel to the fire but anybody with a white scoot, have I got a topcase for you!!!!

mopeds rule.

I was totally considering mopeds as my everyday commuter (20 miles a day). The Vespa would have been for long, freeway rides and the moped for short trips to the store, work, etc. But I went the other way

If you don't want to look like a girl-jeans wearing, 20 year old and working as a barrista, Adam Lambert-looking indie rocker, don't buy a moped.

If you feel an ounce of shame in your whole body, don't buy a moped!

Engines? Good. Pedals? Good. At the same time?

That's actually really funny! I hadn't thought of that.

Yeah. Ten karmas to the first person to make a suction cup mounted TP holder for their scoot.

no need for suction cups, just use the built in holder.

But I thought all of us were already riding mopeds?

Next custom build will include potty seat and magazine rack.

THE key advantage to winning cannonball

Me too. A coworker refers to my mp3 as a "funky moped". I ought to kick him in his Sportster riding ass.

So you use the moped for long freeway rides?

Scooters are awesome
Mopeds are rad.
I have both.

That said, I've never really understood the whole "looks like you're on a toilet" thing. Because it totally doesn't look like that. A chair, perhaps. But I've just never seen the "toilet". It's like some retarted-ass internet meme that somebody thought was clever and insulting, and it's just spread because people think it's a good insult and gets people angry, even though it doesn't make sense.

Seems like a shitty comparison...

Yeah not quite flush with reality.

I heard that riding a bicycle saddle for too long causes men's chances for testicular cancer to increase.

Maybe the moped guys are jealous we have a little more comfort.

Some do ride a toilet.

I like to eat bran flakes to stay regular. This morning, right on schedule, I went into the bathroom and took me a moped.

mopeds are crap??





are they??

Genuinely, I think they're onto something. The rear half of this model has always reminded me of a nice stylish toilet:



I hope I'm not offending anyone, it is not my intention. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

That said, I don't know what is less cool: to be seen riding on a fast toilet, or on a bicycle that wants to be a motorcycle

So that's what goes in the pet carrier......

Got a Suzuki SV650 as my everyday commuter and my Vespa as my long freeway commute. I still haven't taken my Suzuki on rides longer than 3 hours. On my Vespa, 12 hours is my maximum (so far) - twice in one long weekend!

I don't get it:

What does make you look like you are riding a toilet??

And who thinks scooters look like toilet????

This is what riding a toilet would look like...!

Mopeds are slowly being replaced with E-bikes in Toronto,
Even those bicycle kits are getting more and more popular.

Seems they are liking our bicycle lanes,
Mopeds on the other hand aren't allowed in the bicycle lane.