Super scooters - Experience?

turbo_billy · Post by **turbo_billy** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:11 pm

Glad you posted again Benny as I haven`t seen that before.......absolutely brilliant

AMCQ46 · Post by **AMCQ46** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:21 pm

Those made me laugh...I think I did something similar when I was 16

Fortunately that predates camera phones and YouTube...it nearly predates having any phone, even in your house!!!

The last one, I thought he had caught it when he span it round, but he caught another handful of throttle and off it flew

lloydie · Post by **lloydie** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:22 pm

But they only looked 6 stone unlike u lol

benny hedges · Post by **benny hedges** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 5:27 pm

lol lllloydy

just been out for a spin on mine. great fun.
til i tried to start it up outside the car shop and the variator cover fell off lol.

for what you can pick these things up for theyre well worth getting just for a laff.

benny hedges · Post by **benny hedges** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:01 pm

anyway... regarding the original post - they dont come much better than this.
2012 aprilia srv850

you can bet thats fair nippy, and with brembos, ohlins etc.
that's an 850cc 90* v twin fuel injected with a top speed quoted at 124mph and i bet it handles great too!
i bet theyre pricey though?

MacV2 · Post by **MacV2** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:19 pm

lumpyv wrote:i hear they are very practical but i see a commuter bloke riding one to the railway station every morning and he wears a sort of plastic skirt! thats put me off.

Yeah if you get one of those you ARE banned!

BarryH · Post by **BarryH** » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:30 pm

MacV2 wrote:The fact that you know of Hondas reputation, build quality & reliability (cough CCT R/R Cough Cough) surly should discount the Gilera & Zook.( Italian electrics? Zook build quality I hear is not the best.)

I've a honda scooter for buzzing in London, make pure sense.......its built in Italy. Some components, ie the Reg/Rec is Ducati! Anything less than 200cc is a pain on A roads. The Dylan will amble along at 60/65. Thrashing it it will just nudge 70 odd on a good day.
The Gilera Fuoco 3 wheeled thing is a blast to ride. Rides like a bike, handles like a bike and is massive fun drifting the rear on wet roundabouts. The front end just won't break away. Looks pig ugly though!

gilson · Post by **gilson** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:23 pm

benny hedges wrote:anyway... regarding the original post - they dont come much better than this.
2012 aprilia srv850

you can bet thats fair nippy, and with brembos, ohlins etc.
that's an 850cc 90* v twin fuel injected with a top speed quoted at 124mph and i bet it handles great too!
i bet theyre pricey though?

they are, at least 7k. They are basically a gp800 though.

There have been a couple of silverwings on eBay recently. For 1500 it's worth a punt really. I'll save some more for that lovely skirt option. They have them for the BMW GS too, don't you know.

gilson · Post by **gilson** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:58 pm

Just watched those tube videos. Hilarious.

Regarding the drag race. That blackbird wasnt hanging around either. Jeez!!

Richy · Post by **Richy** » Mon Feb 13, 2012 8:48 pm

I had a Burgman 400 for a while, after having a Gilera VXR200. Both 4 stroke. The burgman was big and cumbersome and I never felt at ease on it. The vxr was great for nipping around, light and fun, great for going to work and back on when I was in Cornwall. Maybe not so good for longer journeys though.

benny hedges · Post by **benny hedges** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 6:43 pm

some more reasons to get a Tmax lol

here's one with a turbo.....
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and a bog standard one on a wet road!

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& NOS lol

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gilson · Post by **gilson** » Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:11 pm

The drifting is super cool.

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