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I thought this article was funny

https://news.yahoo.com/cruisin-no-big-deal-motorcyclist-053852517.html


Dean

Ha ha ha ha.  Sounds like something I would do.  Funny I work in Golden Valley too. That’s awesome.  I used to work at a bank years ago in the drive thru and we had a regular customer that rose is motorcycle year round. All winter long he was out on his bike.  Tough as nails I tell ya

Last 2 days the temps have risen and the heavy snow has melted!
But the roads are wet - and I know there is salt in all that moisture on the pavement.

I just have to wait for a rain to get it off the roads.
I did just apply ACF-50 to both scooters before the cold set in ( a couple hours work on my knees and back) - but I can't justify coating either one with salt from the wet roads.

I will ride if the salt is dry - then rinse scooter and blow it off afterwards.
BTW - the LIKE200i keeps its engine pretty darn clean thanks to the under pans and the rear fender hugger.(better than the Piaggio Liberty)
Patience! The snows and salt can't go on much longer.

Stig


gotta have a scooter picture

Now that we have a house...I miss going scooting on the warmer winter days, was easy when we lived in the condo with the underground heated garage with car wash bay,  we could hose the salt off our scoots when we were done.  Don’t feel like getting my scoot rusty for a couple winter rides

SW Ohio. 10:45AM
Sunny and -7°F with a 24 mph wind = -33°F

So, how do you spell reminiscing ?

Took this snap, "Burgman Day One", after it was delivered couple of summers ago (trailered 93 miles to me)

Completed the paperwork on the kitchen table with the driver. Whole deal was an internet purchase - with an "internet price" Left-over 2014 , price was $4999. Most of that was paid from the proceeds of selling the Forza 300.
Couldn't believe how heavy it was - almost 500lbs!
 Fired it up with the driver and then called the dealer because the ABS light was on.

"Goes out after you start moving."

Yeah. OK.


First ride out on it...


I tried, but that stock screen battered my head with turbulence so bad that I quickly replaced it with a French-made short sport ERMAX. GREAT head lights - both lit on low & high beam.....and 100mm of movement possible on the butt stop.
Color choices were, all black or this half black.
Stig

This was on my way to work this morning.  Never can remember it being this cold.  Did the boiling cup of water trick. Tossed it into the air immediately vaporized to snow dust.  Kind of cool, but wasn’t happy about going to work



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$150 for a new "cover" from cheekyseats??
Geez, I like their covers but I could get a scooter seat re-covered locally - and not just a new bit of vinyl stretched over my existing seat cover.

Or, were they rebuilding your seat for $150 - not just a cover to stretch over your current seat?


Good price for the Kymco seat!
Put some Michelins on the noodoe model to help justify the higher price. Bulk order would cost Kymco maybe $50 per scoot. If so, would toss that scoot up into the near/primo scooters!
 (Japan/Italy)
Stig

Oh whoops forgot to say why it was around $150 for the cheeky seat cover.  I would’ve had to shipped my seat to her as she doesn’t have a 150i seat to work with at the moment for fitting. So that was added to the cost.  ($150 was on the higher end of my calculations.). Normally I think her covers hover around $90-$120 depending on materials. 

Was at my dealer today, as they have a once a year cabin fever sale (since it’s usually freezing cold right now, with today being no exception at 1 degree).  Anyways, he was like go check out the Noodoe.  So sat on it played with it a bit.  Kind off cool but both of us agreed not worth the extra $600 (from what I paid for my 2018). Asked me if I was still liking my Like 150i.  Told him I love everything but the red seat.  He says why don’t you just order a new one in grey and I was like, huh never even crossed my mind.  Told them to look it up.  Long story short, just ordered a new grey seat, came to a grand total of $62.57 with tax no discounts.  Dealer was shocked at how low that was as was I.  Excited for my new seat.  And to think I almost spend $150 having the cheeky seats lady make me a cover


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https://www.kymcousa.com/showroom/like-150i-abs/

Just saw this.  Glad I got a 2018 I guess.  Wonder if the couple hundred price hike is thanks to Trumps tariffs.  At first I thought it was because the Noodoe is out but mentions nothing about it.  Wonder why they dropped the white and grey colors? (Though I guess they’ve done similar in the past with the 200i). Edit: oops now I see the Noodoe model is $3100 and white and grey are the models with Noodoe.  Wow...

Max Motorsports seems to be a great dealer.  Everyone there was friendly and helpful and buying was a very low pressure affair.  They also have a great selection. 

So far I like the scooter.  Engine performance is a bit less than I hoped for but then it's not broken in yet and I haven't really opened it up yet.  Seems to be quicker than my Super 8 but not as fast as my Smax was.  The brakes are awesome.  handling?  feels good around town but until I get it out on some twisty mountain roads I'll wait to pass judgement on that.

I considered the red but went with white.  I was a little concerned it would be harder to photograph but I'm not concerned about that anymore.



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I have the same exact color and everything.  It does get faster after break in, and I haven’t really gotten on it much, but yeah it isn’t a drag racer that’s for sure, seems like it’s got taller gears, been surprised by hitting 71 mph, but not as snappy as my old scoot or my girlfriends Vespa Sprint (close though), But has higher top speed.