Oldscoot
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I know a number of you, like myself, have owned (or currently own) a number of other motorcycles and scooters. For some this may be your first bike. I ended up with a C600 Sport through an evolving series of events. I'm interested in how you arrived at your decision.
In 1990 I crashed hard on my HD Heritage Classic. I had been sideswiped by a BMW auto of all things. I was told that in the E.R. I promised my very distraught family that I would not get another motorcycle. Many years later with relatively good recovery and everyone's college tuition paid I was helping my son with his new (80 year old) house. On my way home from my son's place I kept passing a large meeting of scooters and bikes at a now closed joint called "Beer Island." It was a mixed age (though mostly younger) group of folks who could have been the casting call for that recent Tom Hank's movie. After awhile I dropped by and got some information. I studied what was out there and decided to get an Aprilia 250. The wife was not pleased at all. But - it was a scooter - not a motorcycle! Eventually when she saw that I was really enjoying it she somewhat relented. I really coveted a T-Max that rode with us. But - it looked too much like a motorcycle to get away with it - at that time. I do honor my words - even if I'm not sure I uttered them.
The 250 was eventually traded for a Burgman 650 because by then Yamaha had pulled the T-Max from the U.S. market. The 650 was too mammoth a beast for the local riding that I did and while it is a great bike I didn't enjoy it. I sold it and bought a Vespa 300 i.e. - but it was too small and the little wheels were scary. I then bought a Kymco Xciting 500 R. It was more or less what I had been looking for - until I saw the BMW.
I now own a SCOOTER that offers everything I enjoyed in a motorcycle except - not having to shift - not having to throw my leg up higher than it likes to go nowadays - and all in all just an easier operation, great style and more grins per mile than the law allows.
What was your motivation?
In 1990 I crashed hard on my HD Heritage Classic. I had been sideswiped by a BMW auto of all things. I was told that in the E.R. I promised my very distraught family that I would not get another motorcycle. Many years later with relatively good recovery and everyone's college tuition paid I was helping my son with his new (80 year old) house. On my way home from my son's place I kept passing a large meeting of scooters and bikes at a now closed joint called "Beer Island." It was a mixed age (though mostly younger) group of folks who could have been the casting call for that recent Tom Hank's movie. After awhile I dropped by and got some information. I studied what was out there and decided to get an Aprilia 250. The wife was not pleased at all. But - it was a scooter - not a motorcycle! Eventually when she saw that I was really enjoying it she somewhat relented. I really coveted a T-Max that rode with us. But - it looked too much like a motorcycle to get away with it - at that time. I do honor my words - even if I'm not sure I uttered them.
The 250 was eventually traded for a Burgman 650 because by then Yamaha had pulled the T-Max from the U.S. market. The 650 was too mammoth a beast for the local riding that I did and while it is a great bike I didn't enjoy it. I sold it and bought a Vespa 300 i.e. - but it was too small and the little wheels were scary. I then bought a Kymco Xciting 500 R. It was more or less what I had been looking for - until I saw the BMW.
I now own a SCOOTER that offers everything I enjoyed in a motorcycle except - not having to shift - not having to throw my leg up higher than it likes to go nowadays - and all in all just an easier operation, great style and more grins per mile than the law allows.
What was your motivation?
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