Ouch ! Nasty reminder that Scooters are more dangerous than Motorcycles.

[scooterfan]

Thanks for the comments and pictures. I hope to find a meshed jacket locally.

[Viper254]

As long time rider (since 1955), high miles (over 1.5 million), like scooters (dry feet) getting older (80), done over 400,000 miles in new maxi scooters since 1990, maybe 50-75,000 on older 2 stroke Vespas----rest of my miles on reg. motorcycle, from new HD factory sidecar outfit to Travis bike motor-------my point here it takes MUCH MORE SKILL TO RIDE MODERN SCOOTER (safely) THAN MODERN MOTORCYCLE!    But maxi scooters are often favored by old farts who never were very skillful or experienced young----so watch it!   Take courses/practice remembering things change as you age----my 2019 XTown fine, but I need to watch it....tire sensitive, maybe front end light, can be powerful (no pegs to stand on/no tank to grip/a lot of weight rests on your dead butt, etc/handlebars too high) and of course ride a lot to stay in shape and sharp) Point: these scooters can go down on you quickly.  I think Vespa has introduced anti-spin on take off feature.

Amen - people don't appreciate that riding a scooter is very much a different skill!

[de dee]

Piaggio B V 350  and vespa has ABS and ASR ( anti spin ) on late models,  the B V since 2014 or 15 ,   when I first got on a motor cycle 1948, no gloves or helmet , only helmets available were pilot leather helmets, from the war,.  and in my small town none available,  because I liked to climb mountains in B C .,  I wore boots all the time,  we were young riders so I think we rode safely just a little nuts so the neighbors said,.  never seen a helmet till I joined the air force,.  and could not sign out a helmet because I was not a pilot,  took a course in safety systems from ejection seats to parachutes, and life rafts,  on everything from Lancaster bombers to fighter jets F86 sabers, got to help change engines on all of them,  changed one engine at the north pole Alert base. 

[CROSSBOLT]

Piaggio B V 350  and vespa has ABS and ASR ( anti spin ) on late models,  the B V since 2014 or 15 ,   when I first got on a motor cycle 1948, no gloves or helmet , only helmets available were pilot leather helmets, from the war,.  and in my small town none available,  because I liked to climb mountains in B C .,  I wore boots all the time,  we were young riders so I think we rode safely just a little nuts so the neighbors said,.  never seen a helmet till I joined the air force,.  and could not sign out a helmet because I was not a pilot,  took a course in safety systems from ejection seats to parachutes, and life rafts,  on everything from Lancaster bombers to fighter jets F86 sabers, got to help change engines on all of them,  changed one engine at the north pole Alert base.

Think we could tell some stories, De dee? I KNOW we could! Har, har!