400cc+ scooters

[EJK]

Still, being a man of the poeple, i've got my self image to worry about it.

Lets face facts here. They just aren't very cool.

Apart from those mental Japanese ones.

Has no one mentioned GP800 to you yet?

[pritch]

I can see myself riding one when I'm 70 and too scared to throw a leg over a bike in case my leg separates at the hip and flies off into the bushes.

Good point. Big scooters are easier to handle for old farts than some relatively small but tall bikes. If it came town to riding a scooter or giving up two wheels I'd go for the scooter.

That may seem hypothetical but for some people it's a very real situation.

[Gubb]

Has no one mentioned GP800 to you yet?

After some very slack Google searching, i've come to the conclusion that our interpretations of "cool" are at very different ends of the spectrum.

[hellokitty]

Good point. Big scooters are easier to handle for old farts than some relatively small but tall bikes. If it came town to riding a scooter or giving up two wheels I'd go for the scooter.

That may seem hypothetical but for some people it's a very real situation.

I have a friend who had a back fusion and it was a scooter or nothing....
her ex-husband told her she couldn't do it so of course she had to do it!

[Dave Lobster]

Tell that to my wife!!!!!!!!!!

If she thinks they're dear, she should see the price of Lambretta 'spares'!

[BIG DOUG]

Will, two years ago coming back from the burt munro sitting waiting for the ferry in picton and a bike pulls up and an elderly couple get off,so make small talk about where they have been etc,then walk around the bike to discover its a 650 burgman holy shit they toured the whole sth island on it sitting 100 to 120kph the gentleman said it did it easy so maybe therew is a point but I'm not sure what it is lol.

[Oakie]

Good point. Big scooters are easier to handle for old farts than some relatively small but tall bikes. If it came town to riding a scooter or giving up two wheels I'd go for the scooter.

That may seem hypothetical but for some people it's a very real situation.

Way better than not being able to ride at all. If I was told tomorrow that I couldn't ride a 'real bike' again but could ride a mega-scoot, it would be a no-brainer.

[James Deuce]

Cool, so mega-scoots aren't fashionable then?

I was looking at an XT660X but someone said they were fashionable bikes.

I've got these on my watchlist

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=331082830
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=331763609
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=331763609

I like the one with the Saddle Bags best. It's the ugliest.

[EJK]

You have taste. I like you.

Nexus looks like an awesome scooter.