Re: Meditations on getting a Vespa
 

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i like this ducati angle, i must say.

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dude, my various trips to italy were what got me infatuated with two wheel transportation as well.

same dilemma.... i would have been happy with the scoot, but nobody here rides them.

i got a used yamaha motorcycle for $800 and it was soooo fricking sweet.

i now have a honda magna (which i finally got the title for, in case anyone read my thread about that and was wondering), but i still aspire to the Ducati.

omg, get a ducati. you'll be my hero.

Re: Meditations on getting a Vespa
 

The choice is clear.

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Re: Meditations on getting a Vespa
 

ducati is sweet. possible this is going to be a gift to myself in the springtime though:
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Re: Meditations on getting a Vespa
 

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The choice is clear.

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Oh yeah, that is mega-lame. Its a Piagio, the parent company of Vespa. I was thinking about this model - the LX (automatic)
http://www.vespausa.com/Products/images/lg_602892M.jpg

or the PX Manual (but requires lots of maintainance, not as easy to ride, and has the classic body frame)
http://www.vespausa.com/Products/images/lg_602888M.jpg

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Re: Meditations on getting a Vespa
 

If you were in Italy, different story. Here, Vespas are for chicks.

Re: Meditations on getting a Vespa
 

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If you were in Italy, different story. Here, Vespas are for chicks.

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I only know guys who ride Vespas in NYC, and I know tons of girls who are into them. When I think of scooters I don't think of Italy, I think of London... the mod scene in the 60's and the multiple revivals after. And my girl loves Vespas, so I have no problems there [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Re: Meditations on getting a Vespa
 

Downtown NY is probably not the place to learn to ride.

I'm getting a motorcycle one of these days, but it's going to have to wait until I leave LA. I was sort of wavering on that one - thinking about maybe picking up a bike because I just got a job that's going to require 25K miles per year of commute. Then, about a week ago a friend of mine was riding on the 10 downtown and got run over. Traffic was going about 35mph, a truck clipped him and knocked him in front of an 84-year-old man, who was driving an age-appropriate car (Oldsmobile or some such. Not much ground clearance.) He stopped the car with my friend doubled-over and pinned beneath it. He was stuck there for 5-10 seconds before people got the driver to pull forward. A semi had blocked 3 lanes of traffic behind the accident so no more cars could get through. His injuries were:

1) small scrape on his right wrist where his glove and jacket met
2) ribs were sore for a day or two
3) ass was a little sore where he'd landed on the pavement.

After being _run over_.

I figure he used up all the luck of every single motorcyclist in the state for awhile, so I'm not going to tempt fate.

Re: Meditations on getting a Vespa
 

I had yet to consider this, but given the relative nature of things, I believe that for a TT owner, the Vespa would be the next logical rung up the ladder we call masculinity.

So, yeah, I vote yes.

Re: Meditations on getting a Vespa
 

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I had yet to consider this, but given the relative nature of things, I believe that for a TT owner, the Vespa would be the next logical rung up the ladder we call masculinity.

So, yeah, I vote yes.

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Awesome.

Re: Meditations on getting a Vespa
 

Rocco the Restaurant guy drives a Vespa and he gets lots of ladies.