Meditations on getting a Vespa

[daryn]

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it will go faster than any car you've ever driven.

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yeah... that is definitely NOT what i'm looking for. i just think it looks cool

[ethan]

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.

[lapoker17]

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.

[Ulysses]

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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.

[cwsiggy]

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

[Emmitt2222]

I'm one of those people who really doesn't care what other people think and I loved riding those scooters so much in Europe that I vote yes. They are much easier to use than motorcycles, you can just hop on and off them and in some places you can park them just like bikes. I was thinking about getting one thinking that I wouldn't have to register it and get insurance, but you do and I think you need a motorcycle liscence anyway. After I found that out I figured it wasn't quite as easy so I dropped the idea. One of the best reasons to get it is that you save a crapload on gas.

[ozyman]

After reading the OP I knew this thread had comic potential. After reading the replies I was not disappointed.

[Klepton]

now all you need is this:


just watch out for her:

[tonypaladino]

Go for it. If your gonna be living in Manhattan, then any type of Scooter/Motorcycle >> Car

Get a cheap street bike, faster...scooters are like fat chicks, they are fun to ride until your friends see you on one. But, you are def super cool if you are the type of guy who could actually pull it off. I would never be able to, hence the bias.