Forgot to mention that while in a Florida motorcycle shop, looking at Triumphs and Buells - the salesman asked that familiar question; "What do you ride?"
I said, "No, I have a scooter in Ohio." He said he had a scooter, too. A Kymco! (I think he said a used Grand Vista ??) He said he loves it and that it is saving him a lot of money. He said he would put Kymco "right up there with the best made scooters".
He said his dealership tried to sell & service several different brands of scooters that the sales reps always claimed to be "better than the other Chinese" junk.....but they quit selling them after too many bad experiences. He said his boss would like to sell SYM and Kymco scooters but dealerships are given territories.....and they have all been snatched up in his area.
This is the first time I've ever had a scooter conversation in a motorcycle shop!
Interesting.
Stig
