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Vespa forums suck, 99.9% of the folk on them are assholes who have no personality and wont help anyone out. I joined at least 5 of them but dropped out after less than 5 posts due to the members and their attitudes.

Thats like saying black folks deal crack???

I ride a Vespa and believe me, i am far from a snob. Most Vespa forum members = snobs. Most of the club and rally events are the same, i avoid them like the plague.

Vespites here (and I was one) sometimes tend to be...a little doctrinaire, a tad chauvinistic when it comes to waving the brand-flag.  Damned things are very expensive in the US.  It can sometimes be hard to obtain parts in a reasonable time, and the attitude of Piaggio USA is unhelpful.  Style/form/fashion/brand pride are bigger factors than sheer function & reliability.
In Britain and continental Europe, I should think that ownership, infrastructure, and support are all much easier, and that the brand does not necessarily carry quite the iconic status that it does here.

I hear you, Sir.  The 946 is simple gorgeous, the best of Italian design.  Butttt...the Piaggio problem is somewhat greater in N America because we are less than 1.5% of Piaggio's global sales.  They don't give a crap because they don't have to.  When I had a GTS 250ie, I watched my local dealer throw a clipboard across the room after calling Piaggio trying to get parts. 

They still have production fumbles - when the GTS 300s first came out, complaints were heard about rust coming throught the paint, inadequate priming & sealing.  Then there were the endless recalls for fuel pump faults, the designed-in unfixable headshake, etc., etc.

Some rumors have it coming out in Britain at 8,500 quid.  Whatever, it won't be had for five.

I actually thought about getting a P200E from a recognized restoration company, but I can no longer do even the minimal wrenching needed to keep a 2T in proper form and would like to have the reliability of fuel injection.

There are the Genuine scoots (re-badged PGOs from Taiwan); I once had a carbed 150 and they are quite good bikes.  They now have an EFI 170; the styling is...not quite, as you say, and because we've already "done" PGO, would like to give Kymco a try. 

Thank you, bleys.

Actually, whilst at the Big Four dealer today horsetrading on another machine, I called Customer Service at Kymco US Intergalactic Headquarters, and left a message asking what the ETA was with the Compagno.

Very nice lady called me back witin the hour and advised that the Compagno would be hitting showroom floors in April, 2013.

Ah'own hold mah horses - Southern, for abiding with patience.

I am, oh, 5'11", and being old and traditional-looking myself, I prefer that style in scoots.  Because the Like 50 and Like 200i share the same platform style/size, I sat on the 50 to see what the fit would be like on the 200.   S'ok. 

Health issues dictate that I'm gonna have to go smaller-framed scoot for now and maybe always.  Styling of most maxis is not to my taste, but they are wonderful perfomers.

Hello, first post here.  Have had many different scooters over the years, and am very interested in the Kymco line.  My local Big Four dealer ostensibly handles Kymco, but never has anything on the floor except the 50s.

I do a lot of errands on crowded urban/suburban streets and occasional daytours out in the sticks - been looking for something with a little more pep than a 50, and came across announcements for the new Compagnp 110i.  I like the 'traditional' styling, but can find nothing on the 'Net by way of reviews except for the usual maker's press release stuff and bare specs.  A search here availed not.

Hasd the Compagnos been shipped?  Has anyone seen one?  Has anyone sat on one?  Has anyone bought one?  What's it like in the flesh?

Any and all info very much appreciated.
Thanks