Lilscootie!
Well, after learning the hard way, I first bought a TN'G Verona 150 in Oct '06. This was my intro to Scooters. I had never had a Motorcycle, so I was basically going from Bicycles straight to Scooters. I did ride Mopeds in Bermuda for six months when I lived there, but motorized 2-Wheel transportation certainly has come a long way since then!
At the time I was in the market, all of the info I could find was minimal, as I wasn't sure what I was looking for. A Forum or two that I did find, mentioned "NOT TO BUY A SCOOTER ON THE INTERNET", with reference to having them shipped to your home, where you, the consumer, had to build it yourself. They recommended buying from a Brick & Mortar Dealer (Real Store) that actually had these on their Showroom Floor, ready to ride. I found what I thought was a "GOOD" Scooter at a Yamaha Dealer in Austin. Turns out it was actually Chinese made, and was next to the bottom of the list on what "NOT TO BUY"! Hmmm! I sold it back to a TN'G Dealer a month later, and having learned a bit more about Scooters within the month I had the TN'G, the name "KYMCO" kept coming up with more and more positive information. I went to look at a People S200 in San Antonio, Test Rode it, loved it, and bought it.
However, after a couple of months, I realized I needed "MORE POWER", for what I wanted to do, and I felt more than comfortable and confident that I was ready to Upgrade to something larger. Having owned my PS200 for 2 months, I opted to Trade-N-Upgrade to the People S250. Here it is a year later, and I still have it! It's a wonderful scooter, and I haven't had a single problem with it. Just a lot of fun!
I did get bitten by the "Burgman Bug" in July, and decided that my PS250 was great for running around town and for short trips, but wasn't comfortable enough for me on long distance rides (Bad Back!). So, I added a Burgman 400 to my collection in early July. Now I've got the PS250 with Saddle Bags, Tail Bag, and Givi Top Case, that is my "Shopper-N-Errand Scooter" around town, and I've got my Burgy 400 for those long distance rides whenever I'm ready for a "Road Trip".
Kymco is a wonderful machine, and after having compared it side-by-side to Honda's Reflex 250, I found my PS250's Fit and Finish to be much more superior. I found many advantages with my Kymco, over the Honda, and even my Honda Dealer (my wife has a Honda Metro 50) was impressed with my PS250. He didn't realize that Kymco used to build engines for Honda, until Kymco went out on their own in 1963. Now, Kymco is a serious competitor for Honda, Suzuki, and Yamaha! YEA KYMCO!!!
Cheers!
BB