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iwilde
7th January 2006, 20:32
Check this out, I've got a new respect for the vespa!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2683135400295297703&q=turbo
twinkle
7th January 2006, 20:58
hehe cool, a vespa with more go than a cbr250 :woohoo: might have a bit of trouble going round left handers with that muffler tho...
MidnightMike
7th January 2006, 21:04
Thats awesome man ... go the vespa! :scooter:
gamgee
7th January 2006, 21:54
haha fuck thats cool!!
skidMark
7th January 2006, 22:34
holy shit 42 hp thats gotta be one of the baddest things ive ever seen....

except at those speeds it's hard to get tyres that size thatll go to that speed :mellow: :pinch:
iwilde
7th January 2006, 22:37
holy shit 42 hp thats gotta be one of the baddest things ive ever seen....

except at those speeds it's hard to get tyres that size thatll go to that speed :mellow: :pinch:

High speed wheelbarrow tyres? :rofl:
Cookie
7th January 2006, 22:39
That's a beautiful noise. It brings back fond memories. My yellow 150 didn't have a turbo but she could go alright if you kept your head down low. :scooter:

I came up to Auckland from Gisborne on it in the winter of '85 wearing a fetching one-piece yellow PVC riding suit with newspapers stuffed down the legs to keep me warm. :cold:

I did the trip in 2 days! With that turbo, I could have done it in ... maybe 1.5 days...or maybe 3 days considering I would have probably needed a wee stop off at Whakatane hospital A&E.
skidMark
7th January 2006, 22:57
High speed wheelbarrow tyres? :rofl:


lol pretty much im using some cruddy vee rubber tyres on mine....

because no decent tyres are made in 3.50 x 10 tube type tried tubeless and putting a tube in but it wouldnt work. curses ...and now im stuck with 2x continental zippys 3.00 x 10 anybody want em wholesale? 90 bucks is what they cost me ...way less than retail , a damn good tyre....i just can't use em :buggerd:
Sniper
7th January 2006, 23:10
What a waste of time on a scooter
skidMark
7th January 2006, 23:18
ugh if you don't think thats cool you have no taste 42 hp out of a scooter is the mean sleeper sitting there on a gn and you think you can smoke a vespa and it wheelies and goes warp nine over the horizon:P lol
iwilde
7th January 2006, 23:21
If that passed me on one wheel I'll ask the Dr for some medication!
texmo
7th January 2006, 23:27
What a waste of time on a scooter
Dangerously close to red bling there buddy :angry2:


ugh if you don't think thats cool you have no taste 42 hp out of a scooter is the mean sleeper sitting there on a gn and you think you can smoke a vespa and it wheelies and goes warp nine over the horizon:P lol

A standard px200 will smoke a gn250 with ease.
Sniper
8th January 2006, 00:10
A standard px200 will smoke a gn250 with ease.

Is this the same scooter that would beat a CBR?:Pokey:
Cookie
8th January 2006, 01:04
[snip]...A standard px200 will smoke a gn250 with ease.

I have trouble squeezing as much out of my current 250 cruiser as I got out of my old 150 2-smoke Vespa. I have no doubt that a px200 would give me a run for my money and a GN from what I hear would be an easier target yet. :-)

Mind you, I would never want to go back to that small wheel size again. On the other hand, I was able to carry a whole spare wheel on a bracket behind the pillion seat so they had their merits.
gamgee
8th January 2006, 05:34
would love to take this for a cruise, can just imagine it, roll up next to some wanked up honda civic, give it a few revs riiiiiiiiiiiiingdingdingdingdingriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiingdingdingdingding the civic racer joins in, then bam civic gets beaten by scooter and civic drivers hot girlfriend, dumps him and jumps on the back of turbo charged vespa :wait:
texmo
8th January 2006, 12:10
Is this the same scooter that would beat a CBR?:Pokey:
Well If I was on a px200 I could beat most of the KBers around coro, but from 0-100 a px200 wouldnt have a chance, that would be the giler runner your speaking of another piaggo brand.