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Vespa owners....

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anyone want to relate their experience as an owner?

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Bob avatar
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#2
holiday
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Beach Fanatic
#3
Rapunzel was the one that convinced me that I had no business with a vespa! Maybe she'll share her story! 🙂
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SoWal InsiderAuthor
#4
uh oh, just bought one....cue the near death stories
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SoWal InsiderAuthor
#7
ciao bella
DuneAHH avatar
Beach Fanatic
#8
uh oh, just bought one....cue the near death stories

did you get the requisite matching ciao bella BERET😀
Bob avatar
SoWal InsiderAuthor
#9
did you get the requisite matching ciao bella BERET😀
fru fru helmet matches said tuscany moped like device color.......pics to follow, must update to organ donar status
Beach Lover
#10
Have one love it, great for the A......never had a problem, and I put about 1600 miles on mine this summer just on 30A.....P.S. I don't drive it on 98.....
Bob avatar
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#11
need daylight and fl tag for outside photo op
AndrewG avatar
Beach Fanatic
#12
I love the Ape's reconditioned.
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#13
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Beach Comber
#15
There are better scooters out there. My father in law had 2005 Vespa and I have a 1983 Yamaha Riva 180, The Yamaha balance better the Vespa and is quicker. I would get newer Honda or Yamaha scooter before I would get Vespa. That my $.02
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#16
There are better scooters out there. My father in law had 2005 Vespa and I have a 1983 Yamaha Riva 180, The Yamaha balance better the Vespa and is quicker. I would get newer Honda or Yamaha scooter before I would get Vespa. That my $.02
Thanks for the advice. I 've looked around. The Vespa I bought is an 05 2 cycle. No fuel injection, no 4 stroke 4valve technology, and about one third less fuel efficiency. What the bike has in spades is robustness in frame construction, a higher ride height, a bit better ride that helps in the brick streets I'll be traversing, and unrivaled resale value when I upgrade to a higher displacement beast. In my opinion, buying a bike with a little depreciation wrung out of it and low miles is the way to go. I'm also quite impressed with Sym, Kymco and Chinese manufactured Piaggio bikes. If I did not have a neighbor who only put 500 miles on the bike in 5 plus years of ownership, I may have ended up with a honda or yamaha. Heck, I'm looking for a second scooter wife.org can ride as well.
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#17
Thanks for the advice. I 've looked around. The Vespa I bought is an 05 2 cycle. No fuel injection, no 4 stroke 4valve technology, and about one third less fuel efficiency. What the bike has in spades is robustness in frame construction, a higher ride height, a bit better ride that helps in the brick streets I'll be traversing, and unrivaled resale value when I upgrade to a higher displacement beast. In my opinion, buying a bike with a little depreciation wrung out of it and low miles is the way to go. I'm also quite impressed with Sym, Kymco and Chinese manufactured Piaggio bikes. If I did not have a neighbor who only put 500 miles on the bike in 5 plus years of ownership, I may have ended up with a honda or yamaha. Heck, I'm looking for a second scooter wife.org can ride as well.

"wife.org" pretty funny...be careful about punctuation...wife😱rg can be misconstrued...
Bob avatar
SoWal InsiderAuthor
#18
"wife.org" pretty funny...be careful about punctuation...wife😱rg can be misconstrued...
does Sowal have a neer do well scooter gang? we could be the "orgs"
Lake View Too avatar
SoWal Insider
#19
does Sowal have a neer do well scooter gang? we could be the "orgs"

how about The Bobcats ? (you could get leather jackets, too)
Bob avatar
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#20
how about The Bobcats ? (you could get leather jackets, too)
and mini "choose life" vanity scooter tags

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