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brokebike
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yep, that's what Lexrides HQ looks like. tasty.
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Rowbear
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It's cause people keep signing up just so they can ask you all to find their stolen bikes for them.
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brokebike
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or because they're looking for a good deal on a very specific, $200 wheelset... just in case someone has one laying around.
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elzie5000
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:32 pm Post subject: |
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Come for the stolen bike retrieval, stay for the beer and sexual harassment.
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brokebike
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 1:48 pm Post subject: |
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| elzie5000 wrote: | Come for the stolen bike retrieval, stay for the beer and sexual harassment.
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that's going to be our new polo motto.
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elzie5000
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So I was watching Quadrophenia last night and it got me thinking: between us and BCC who would be the mods and who the rockers?
I mean on the one hand, we're dirtier, but we're also more stylish. They wear tighter clothes, but we're far cooler.
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brokebike
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| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:16 pm Post subject: |
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we can't afford Vespas... but they probably can.
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elzie5000
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| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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I was thinking scooters are more like single speeds because there's no shifting, but then I remembered that early Vespas were manual.
And there are chopper motorcycles with no front brakes.
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| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:12 pm Post subject: |
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| brokebike wrote: | | we can't afford Vespas... but they probably can. |
half their bikes are probably worth more than a new vespa |
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brokebike
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| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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| jkizzle wrote: | | brokebike wrote: | | we can't afford Vespas... but they probably can. |
half their bikes are probably worth more than a new vespa |
yes, and after attending the opening of the Vespa Store last week, I can tell you that you are right on the money with that assumption.
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elzie5000
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| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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How was the place? I haven't been yet.
Is it all new ones that look like every other scooter out there or are there any vintage? |
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brokebike
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| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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| elzie5000 wrote: | How was the place? I haven't been yet.
Is it all new ones that look like every other scooter out there or are there any vintage? |
I'm no expert on scooters, but I'm pretty sure there are no "vintage" Vespas there. Also since I'm no scooter expert, all the models they had there looked pretty damn cool to me.
But back to your question; Ok, I can understand how a new Cooper Mini would be an updated, modern take on a classic style... but has scooter technology changed so much that they couldn't make a 2008 Vespa that looked pretty much exactly like one from say, the 1960s? There's not that many amenities to cram into a scooter is there? I would think that it would be fairly easy to market, but maybe it has to look modern in order to justify the 2008 price tag.
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jdbaum3
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| Vespas have changed a bit since the old ones, but Genuine is still making px150 clones from the original toolings in India. Not much by means of new technology though. I love my Stella none the less. |
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elzie5000
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| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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They'd make them like the old ones if they could. There's all sorts of safety and emissions requirements now that didn't exist then. Everything from the placement of headlights and turn signals to the engine and transmission design on the old ones wouldn't be legal to sell in the US new nowadays.
Which of these is a vespa and which is a yamaha?
See what I mean?
Compared to:
Or my favorite (linked for size):
http://vespa.teamxanfre.com/uploaded_images/Pag50_Vespa_150_TAP-757979.jpg |
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