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Off-Topic => Off-Topic Ramblings => Topic started by: BH on Aug 08, 2008, 04:22 PM

Title: Careful VC!
Post by: BH on Aug 08, 2008, 04:22 PM
Don't let this happen to you.  I'm serious!  There are a lot of idiots out there on the road.

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Title: Re: Careful VC!
Post by: Penny Lane on Aug 08, 2008, 04:28 PM
what color is yours btw?? i've always wanted a mint green one.
Title: Re: Careful VC!
Post by: vespachick on Aug 08, 2008, 04:37 PM
Holy Moses!  I know, I'm a pretty nervous driver and I prefer to ride in groups if possible.  They say there are two kinds of motorcycle/vespa riders: those who have dropped their bike and those who are going to drop their bike. So far so good!  At least my commute is less than a mile!

Oh, I have a 1980 P125x with a Polini kit.  It's a royal blue, not my fave color, but the price was right!!
Title: Re: Careful VC!
Post by: Penny Lane on Aug 08, 2008, 04:40 PM
QuoteHoly Moses!  I know, I'm a pretty nervous driver and I prefer to ride in groups if possible.  They say there are two kinds of motorcycle/vespa riders: those who have dropped their bike and those who are going to drop their bike. So far so good!  At least my commute is less than a mile!

Oh, I have a 1980 P125x with a Polini kit.  It's a royal blue, not my fave color, but the price was right!!

that is so weird! i just read that quote in Neil Peart's blog---he said the same thing about motorcycles
Title: Re: Careful VC!
Post by: MarkW on Aug 10, 2008, 03:46 PM
Sad to hear about Pininfarina.

QuoteOh, I have a 1980 P125x with a Polini kit.  It's a royal blue, not my fave color, but the price was right!!

I used to have a 1981 P200E in metallic purple (a hideous home spray job by the previous owner).  Hope you've had a disc conversion on the front - the brakes on mine didn't work at all.  The exhaust used to fall off regularly.  And the lights failed frequently.  I loved it though.

I've now got a 2003 GT200.  4-stroke reliability, proper brakes and an electric start.  I'm slightly ashamed to be riding a twist 'n' go, but...