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They have them here, hand guards by ISOTTA:

http://ammortizzatoriplatania.com/product_info.php/cPath/1600/products_id/12341

And here, even cheaper:
http://www.tagoscooter.com/kymco/427_300_x-citing_r_i_2008-/paramani/4174_coppia_di_paramani_isotta_-_cod.pm19_-_trasparente_o_fume_chiaro.php

Here it is, kids!

I have been considering a new 700 Kymco but I had a question:  What prices have you seen for the scoot? Nobody pays retail that I know of and I never will. I am interested in sales prices in the United States only and the Dealers names and locations.

I love my new 500 but I bet I would like the 700 even more:)

Thanks in advance for any comments.

Sam:)

Remember, the 700 is an ANCIENT bike. It was rolled-out at a Bike Show almost 10 years ago, as a less expensive Taiwanese Burgman. It took FOREVER to see actual production, and was introduced early on in Hungary and the Czech Republic. FINALLY it began to show up in dribs and dabs in other countries, but by then the entire maxi-Scooter World had passed it by.

 Even the Cheap-Ass BMW scoots with their all-Chinese parts (EXCEPT for the Italian front struts...), designed as bigger-motor knock offs of old MK2 Tmaxes, but without the Wet Clutches, are light-years ahead of the MyRoad 700, and they were basically stillborn.

(Resale prices on those C-series are starting to drop like a bad elevator over in Europe, as the first factory Warrantees start to expire in December. And here's the BEST part; some things CAN'T be repaired on them, as there are NO PARTS AVAILABLE to anyone, even BMW Europe. They just get boxes of RTA Chinese Scooters to assemble in Germany ("BUILT IN GERMANY!!!"). If the just recalled timing chain tensioner fails and bends valves or holes a piston it CAN'T BE FIXED. No head gaskets/valves/pistons or even ENGINES are available. Under warrantee now they give you A NEW BIKE. And junk the old one. Got a leaking front Brake Caliper? No repair kits are made, and no replacement calipers are available. They have to pull one off of another bike on the showroom floor, if available...)

So, the MyToad was obsolete the DAY it hit the showroom floor. The HOT Maxi Segment is the 400cc, EU A2 license compliant Sport Scooters...NONE of which are imported here.

Bigger than 400cc??The Big Burger 650 is what it is and will stay that way, the Aprilia SRV 850 is a completely impractical friggin Hot Rod that we'll NEVER see, the Silverwing 600 will be discontinued any day now, the MyToad 700 is being GIVEN away to unload it, the Tmax 530 is brilliant but unavailable (to MOST), the C-series BMWs are already becoming Special Order only at the Dealers here and in Europe...NONE stocked in the UK any more.

What's the FUTURE? Hope that when Honda sh**cans the Silverwing they bring over the Integra 750 DCT Scooter. 750cc, almost 60hp and 75 miles per gallon. YOU READ RIGHT...75 MPG!! With a TRUE 6-speed automatic transmission.

One can only hope...

120 miles whipping through the local mountains on my Tmax500, with my brother on his Tmax530 (the ONLY one in California...and I think the U.S.) Twisties, straights, and one nice 100mph+ section where we aired it out...

It makes sense that they would drop the X500 and then bring in the 400i. It would sell better, and I can not see them having a 200i, 300i, X400, X500 & 700i in there line up. Makes no sense, to many models.

A new review in Spain of the Xciting 400i ABS RAVES about it! 20 Kg LIGHTER than the 500, with almost the SAME Hp/Torque, with a brand new, much more efficient engine. They summed it up this way: it's as nimble as a 300, is as fast as a 500 and with the triple-tree front end and triple discs with ABS and sintered brake pads handles and stops just like a sports bike. The only comparison in their minds was the Tmax 530, but the Xciting 400i was MUCH cheaper and handled as well! They say you "forget you are on a Scooter!"

http://www.motorpasionmoto.com/zona-de-pruebas/kymco-xciting-400i-abs-prueba-conduccion-y-prueba-de-abs

Just get your $$$ back and buy a NOS Tmax...

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