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Scooters - 125 to 300 => People GT 300i => Topic started by: PapaSoldTheHarley on August 21, 2015, 10:13:43 PM
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Fifty miles in on and off showers getting the Like to the dealer. Dried out while they were doing the paperwork on the trade and new bike.
The People GT 300i is just a wonderful machine. It is in a different class (than the Like). The little scooter did/does what she is supposed to do and does so well. But the GT 300 is in another league (as demonstrated by the price they command) First fifty miles was a joy, smiling the whole way home (even when it rained).
Updates as we move along.
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Congrats on your new scooter! It sure looks like a fantastic ride! I'm more than a little jealous- always wanted a GT300 when I had my P150. Love those People scooters!
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Outstanding!
Karl
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A link to some better photos of the new People GT (in the bright Florida Sunshine) :)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1898245710399738&set=pcb.1898246377066338&type=1&theater (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1898245710399738&set=pcb.1898246377066338&type=1&theater)
There are five large photos there, click on the photo to advance from one to the next...
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A link to some better photos of the new People GT (in the bright Florida Sunshine) :)
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1898245710399738&set=pcb.1898246377066338&type=1&theater (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1898245710399738&set=pcb.1898246377066338&type=1&theater)
There are five large photos there, click on the photo to advance from one to the next...
Thanks for the nice pictures!
Geez, you weren't going into the Anytime Fitness were you!?
Bad enough we're riding scooters....to be seen going into a fitness center will get you beat up at the next Harley BBQ.
Nice looking scooter and helmet!
ride it safely, Stig
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Thanks for the nice pictures!
Geez, you weren't going into the Anytime Fitness were you!?
Bad enough we're riding scooters....to be seen going into a fitness center will get you beat up at the next Harley BBQ.
Nice looking scooter and helmet!
ride it safely, Stig
I am Vegan I will not be seen at a BBQ. Taught martial arts for a very long time (not easy to beat up).
Nope not the fitness store; Hank the Pug was out of his food. I was on a "Specialty Kibble Run"... Petco is just to the left, out of the pictures.
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Nice shots of a very nice scooter! Still missing my People 150 because of you!
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Ha I traded my Like for a People too. Check your exhaust bolts.
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Nice shots of a very nice scooter! Still missing my People 150 because of you!
Sorry, never want to cause pain for others :)
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Ha I traded my Like for a People too. Check your exhaust bolts.
Are you talking about the big black ones? If you are that's funny, because someone got a couple of yellow drops of something on and near the two black bolts the hold the exhaust. Don't know what it is; didn't see it when I picked the scooter up first time. Became evident to me when hooking up battery tender (they fed the pigtail connector out from a indentation near the floorboards going back towards the exhaust). I don't know if its lock a lock-tite or an anti seize or something that got splashed on it Not worth worrying about I may put a dot of black on them with a sharpie :)
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The factory uses some kind of yellow marker to show bolts have been torqued. Also serves as indicator when bolt starts to loosen.
Karl
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Yep, you might see a bit of color dabbed on just about every nut or bolt head on a scooter. It's not on the threads....just on the heads to prove something to the inspector down the assembly line. I'm always hoping that it actually means something was correctly assembled... :-) when I see it everywhere on the scooters. Probably does.
( I really like these scooter builders.......since I've never had a wing come off.)
Stig.
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Well then I won't color the yellow in with a black Sharpie :)
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Great looking scoot Papa. If I were to get another scooter it would definitely be the P300i. It is also a Massimo Zaniboni design for Kymco. ;)
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Great looking scoot Papa. If I were to get another scooter it would definitely be the P300i. It is also a Massimo Zaniboni design for Kymco. ;)
It, the People, didn't look that sharp to me in the showroom. I walked right by it.
But the deer told me it was a great machine and I couldn't go wrong with it. The guys here on the "Board(s)" seem to love theirs. So I went with it. I think it looks better on the road (than it did on the sales floor). The engineering seems to suit me well. Nothing is perfect (I don't like the way you unlock the seat using the ignition, I would have another half gallon or more of fuel tank capacity, there would be a stock 12 or 14 inch windscreen)... But all in all it is a wonderful machine...
My neighbor down the street saw the second scooter in less than three months and smiled. He rides a Road King, just got his new one last month. He said, "Traded o the little one? I said yes". Began explaining why. He started to laugh and said, "We all do it, set an arbitrary limit on what we are willing to spend (our limit, doesn't match the manufacturer's pricing). Then when the purchase that was within the limit doesn't meet the expectations nor the requirements, we expand the parameters of what we are willing to pay. Having the availability of test rides might help a lot, but I don't see that happening in a big way...
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I have owned a GT for about 2 1/2 years now.
Have owned a few motorcycles over the years. High power standards, cruisers, and one crotch rocket.
Transitioning from motorcycles to the GT was easy. I do not miss motorcycles.
The 300 GT still surprises me as to how well it accelerates and runs.
When I go up a 40 degree hill, it continues to gain speed.
You would not think a 300cc machine would run that good, but it does.
I am older now and do not like the idea of handling a 600-800 pound machines. Especially when it is not needed. The GT will do everything I want it to.
99 percent of the time I ride solo and 65 mph and under.
The GT does that with ease.
Hope you like your GT as much as I like mine.
Mow today, ride tomorrow.
ps: There is a small chrome looking shield on you exhaust pipe. It is about 4 inches long. They tend to work loose because of expansion and contraction caused by the hot exhaust pipe. When cool, remove the two nuts and reinstall with "Red" Loctite.
I lost mine. Others have too.
Ride safe my friend.