Am I bi-cycual??

[PrincessBandit]

I am wondering now just how many people out there ride both motorbikes and scooters. Must admit I've always had a "thing" for motorbikes, and scooters just never featured on my interest-radar.
Currently I'm helping run in my husbands new 650 Burgman and my prejudices are starting to fall away. Help!!! I never thought I'd see the day when I'd ever admit to having inklings of attraction for a scooter; but I took it to school today out at Pukekohe and I think it's trying to seduce me away from my Bandit. Yikes!
So, how many of you "swing both ways" - bikes that is.... or are the majority either one or the other i.e. wouldn't be seen dead on a scoot (even a big one)/motorbike (if you're a scooter rider)?

[Nagash]

Err.. i've got a couple motorbikes and a couple of scooters. I only bought the scooters cause they had something particularly interesting about them. (one's a *manual* 125 that rips at pretty fast pace).

I don't really like riding them but recently have been forced to! Heaps better at lane splitting than a cruiser though..

[fizbin]

I am wondering now just how many people out there ride both motorbikes and scooters. Must admit I've always had a "thing" for motorbikes, and scooters just never featured on my interest-radar.
Currently I'm helping run in my husbands new 650 Burgman and my prejudices are starting to fall away. Help!!! I never thought I'd see the day when I'd ever admit to having inklings of attraction for a scooter; but I took it to school today out at Pukekohe and I think it's trying to seduce me away from my Bandit. Yikes!
So, how many of you "swing both ways" - bikes that is.... or are the majority either one or the other i.e. wouldn't be seen dead on a scoot (even a big one)/motorbike (if you're a scooter rider)?

Bi-se...... oh hang on i read that wrong :bleh:
thats a different web site :lol:

[Pussy]

Pritch is... I haven't seen him mention his SJ50 on the forum yet...

[Disco Dan]

I stopped at the word "husband" :whistle:

Why bother riding a scooter when you have a bike? *mind boggles*

Good on ya for keeping to two wheels girly :2thumbsup

[Coyote]

I want a scooter. Have a whole range of ideas for it, such as painting it bright orange and sticking some from of big single cylinder in the helmet compartment :D

[Sully60]

Shit yeah!

I'll ride anything but I am from Upper Hutt:shifty:


I remember when the T-Max first landed on these shores, man you could get sprotbike riders heads to just about do full 360's when you passed them going up the gorge at 140:headbang:

[Coyote]

I'll ride anything but I am from Upper Hutt:shifty:
What's that supposed to mean, eh?


My scooter will look stock, but it must be faster than a 1000 to at least 50-70kph to scare them at the lights. Anyone that knows of an engine that can do that whilst fitting into a scooter, let me know. :D

[Bonez]

Pritch is... I haven't seen him mention his SJ50 on the forum yet...Obviously not very observent.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=71875&highlight=SJ50&page=2

[Bonez]

What's that supposed to mean, eh?


My scooter will look stock, but it must be faster than a 1000 to at least 50-70kph to scare them at the lights. Anyone that knows of an engine that can do that whilst fitting into a scooter, let me know. :D
Seen a 500/4 engine slotted into a Vespa many years ago.

[HenryDorsetCase]

What's that supposed to mean, eh?


My scooter will look stock, but it must be faster than a 1000 to at least 50-70kph to scare them at the lights. Anyone that knows of an engine that can do that whilst fitting into a scooter, let me know. :D

something like an RZ350 motor stapled in there should do it.

I would love a scooter, the second motorised two wheeler I ever rode was a friends Mums Vespa 90, it was great out in the paddock.

I havent got spare money for something like that presently though. :(

[Sully60]

What's that supposed to mean, eh?




Upper Hutt is a place with varied geography and road surfaces ranging from the gnarly terrain along the ridgelines of the Hydro valley,to the smooth boulevards of Poets block and the sinous ribbon of tarmac that is the Rimutaka hill road.
One must have more than one type of machine to make the most of the riding opportunities in our fine city and scooters are included in this too.

What did you think I meant?:msn-wink:


Rock on PB and don't become railroaded by stereotypes and predjudice!

[imdying]

Anyone that knows of an engine that can do that whilst fitting into a scooter, let me know. :DPower won't be the problem, traction will!

[musicman]

My scooter will look stock, but it must be faster than a 1000 to at least 50-70kph to scare them at the lights. Anyone that knows of an engine that can do that whilst fitting into a scooter, let me know. :D

That would be so awesome! But with the engine pretty much over the rear wheel on a scooter, and the front end weighing almost nothing, wouldn't a scooter that powerful just flip over when you tried accelerating hard?

[Coyote]

Seen a 500/4 engine slotted into a Vespa many years ago.
Interesting. As much as I'd love a 1000 4 poking out each side, I can't afford that. Maybe in a few more years.

something like an RZ350 motor stapled in there should do it.
I havent got spare money for something like that presently though. :(
I was thinking a MX derived 2 stroke motor. They're quick off the mark. I don't want this to be a salt flat racer, I just want it to beat a 1000 from the lights. But a road going one would be good, possibly a RGV/NSR motor.

Going to have to get the scooter on finance I think. I know the local Yamaha dealer, I should get a good deal. Considering I got paid less than minimum wage when I worked there...

Power won't be the problem, traction will!

That would be so awesome! But with the engine pretty much over the rear wheel on a scooter, and the front end weighing almost nothing, wouldn't a scooter that powerful just flip over when you tried accelerating hard?
Wheelie bar. Possibly a fatter wheel made with a soft compound.

As much as I want the bike to look stock, there will probably be a few hints to it being tweaked. I'm thinking a bar will need to be welded from the headstock to the back, making it a step through no more. Plus a custom swingarm to get rid of the old motor since it won't be needed and to handle the power, preferably single sided. And I'm pretty keen on the front having 2 front grills in an aggressive shape for radiators inside the front fairing, that'll look awesome. The engine will hopefully be a methanol and nitrous fuelled beast. I speedway bike engine might do the trick.

[CHOPPA]

nothing wrong with scooters there fun i actually just hired a 150cc while i was in gold coast but a burgman.... For me scooters over say 200cc are a bit wrong but each to there own, still better then driving :)

[Coyote]

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What did you think I meant?:msn-wink:

That we're into slappers here in Boganville :p

[Sully60]

That we're into slappers here in Boganville :p

I never said I wasn't into slappers:whistle:

[CookMySock]

cue "linkin park - what I've done."

Dawn, you need some instruction on basic weight-shift+countersteer combined cornering on open-road corners at around 120 clicks. Once you have seen (and felt) this you will see the birth of a sportbike rider, and discover the art, beauty, and science or what your bike was really intended for, and if you do see it, possibly what you were intended for. :yes:

DB

[Katman]

I wouldn't piss on this one if it was on fire!

http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/Antonio/Katana-50/1997_Katana-50_ad1_800.jpg

:msn-wink:

[dino3310]

well the way i see it, as long as your riding who gives a fark.
once apon a time when the cage was impounded and i had no ride i had to walk or hitch, never be going there again even if i have to ride a nifty 50 it's a shit load better than walking.

[CookMySock]

I wouldn't piss on this one if it was on fire!
http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/Antonio/Katana-50/1997_Katana-50_ad1_800.jpgLOL the front looks like polynesian carving of a face, and some flies-eyes above it.

DB

[sosman]

Yeah man scooters rock especially when ten of ya r thrashing the Onehunga footpath & doing feetup donuts on the wet grass,followed by car park racing,cheap entertainment :scooter:

[Coyote]

I never said I wasn't into slappers:whistle:
Neither did I

Of course many of them here aren't of the highest grade.

[TygerTung]

I've got a '92 Suzuki Sepia. It's good for shopping and riding around town.

I use it for riding around town, but the only reason I brought it was that it was only $100. Pretty good around traffic the old scooters, better than a bike. Much smaller and steer quicker. I use a bigger bike for riding out of town or racing at the track.

[Pogo2]

After all I went from a BMW to a Burgman. Smart move actually!! But I do miss my beemer occaisionally.

Will now sit back and await abuse and derision to arrive on this thread for making the change:whistle:

[Maha]

I will ride a scooter when only in the Islands, dont really get a choice there.
But they are fun, if only for a short while.

[Storm]

After all I went from a BMW to a Burgman. Smart move actually!! But I do miss my beemer occaisionally.

Will now sit back and await abuse and derision to arrive on this thread for making the change:whistle:

As long as you have 2 wheels and you're happy-who is any git on the net to say its wrong?

[Qkchk]

Ive been told that Im Bi.





Took me a while to realise I liked it both ways.








On road and off road.

[DougB]

For many years I have had both a scooter and a bike, one for town one for the road. But I had a 'senior moment' last year and purchased a new Burgman 400cc scooter.
It only took me a few days to see that I no longer needed a bike for the road so I sold my sweet Aeramacchi.
The Burgman has big enough wheels to make counter steering easy and will cruise at 150kph (so the Americans say, I have only been up to 145) and it still has the versatility of a smaller scooter in the city. My advanced age (75) makes get the leg over a bike a hassel so the step through is great. The 400cc K7 Burgman was given the best maxi scooter award in the USA last year.

[Dodger]

I have a 50cc scooter as well as my bike.
although at the mo I'm not riding ether :(

[CookMySock]

Ive been told that Im Bi. [...] On road and off road.haha, thats not "Bi". Thats "I like it up both roads" ;)

DB