returning rider after 23 year spell what was i thinking?

[keveve]

Just got our licences Wife and I Am 70 and wife (cant say) I had Vespas in 1950s but after hit by guy in stolen car gave it away, Still loved the idea and we have Just purchased 2 Kynco Like 125s (one each) after a breif stint with a Honda Scoopy and Yamaha Jog. Still mad caravanners with 4wd but loving the scooters. We are in retirement village in Australia where people say we are mad but so what i can't live for ever.
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[BradleyT]

Just got our licences Wife and I Am 70 and wife (cant say) I had Vespas in 1950s but after hit by guy in stolen car gave it away, Still loved the idea and we have Just purchased 2 Kynco Like 125s (one each) after a breif stint with a Honda Scoopy and Yamaha Jog. Still mad caravanners with 4wd but loving the scooters. We are in retirement village in Australia where people say we are mad but so what i can't live for ever.

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That is so cool  I like you attitude!! I hope you and your wife (Eve?) enjoy your riding...and dont forget the protective gear!  (Where are the pics??)

[keveve]

Hi Brad Currently on caravan trip until end of June in South Australia 800 klm from home. Will take and post pics of our new Like 125s (Red and White) when we get home.  Yeah got all the kevlar gear, gloves helmets etc got to protect fragile bones  Kevneve

[axy]

I have been driving scoots for 12+ years now as my primary means of transportation, but it has been almost 6 years since I sold my Kawasaki.
It is incredible that this much time has passed.

[BradleyT]

Hi Brad Currently on caravan trip until end of June in South Australia 800 klm from home. Will take and post pics of our new Like 125s (Red and White) when we get home.  Yeah got all the kevlar gear, gloves helmets etc got to protect fragile bones  Kevneve

Nice! Maybe even include a pic of the trip?  I am in South Africa (I believe that there are more thana few S'Africans there as well), which is both beautiful riding and caravanning country - but I sold my caravan a few years ago. Maybe include a pic of your rig as well    . Safe Travels...

[BradleyT]

I have been driving scoots for 12+ years now as my primary means of transportation, but it has been almost 6 years since I sold my Kawasaki.
It is incredible that this much time has passed.

Do you miss tha Kawa?  I sometimes think that I would not mind getting a Duelie again - but that would mean selling my scoot  , which is NOT going too happen 

[axy]

Do you miss tha Kawa?  I sometimes think that I would not mind getting a Duelie again - but that would mean selling my scoot  , which is NOT going too happen 

Interestingly, I mostly miss suspension and brakes of "regular" bikes. No that much acceleration.
Scoots have very poor suspension compared to motorcycles. (nakeds, sport touring)

[mrpackerguy]

First scoot I've owned at 48.  Rode my bro's Goldwing at 21yo but never went for the endorsement.  Just got a used Agility 50.  Fun.  A little nerve-racking driving it 13 miles home from the dealer on some busy roads, but getting more used to it.  Still can't get da wife on it though after 1 week's time.

[petertucky]

I guess I was away 30 years.  Had a Honda 360 as my last bike at 17.  Then bought the Xciting 250 last fall at age 47.  I never worry what people think about my Scooter, because I know that 60+ mpg is a great thing.  I think many big bikes get worse mileage than my wife's Mazda 3.  I did seriously consider getting a URAL Russian side car bike, and might yet someday.  But they get terrible mileage.

Have any of you folks looked at the URALS.  Talk about a neat looking machine.  The URAL company basically copied the plans of the WWII German Sidecar bike machines, updated the engine a bit, and now make them again.  If you look at the one with the desert camo, WOW. 

[axy]

Have any of you folks looked at the URALS.  Talk about a neat looking machine.  The URAL company basically copied the plans of the WWII German Sidecar bike machines, updated the engine a bit, and now make them again.  If you look at the one with the desert camo, WOW. 

They look cool, but I would be worried about reliability.

[petertucky]

They look cool, but I would be worried about reliability.

I believe that was a real issue with some of their first machines.  But they figured out quickly, kicking the ways of a command economy, that if they wanted to survive, they better improve.  I am told that the reliability is now pretty good with the new ones.   Not Kymco good, but good.

[Undecided 300i rider]

I've been out of "Scooting About" for about 6 years ... but some of you guys have been out longer than I have been alive. And here I was thinking that I was WAY out the loop. 

[axy]

I believe that was a real issue with some of their first machines.  But they figured out quickly, kicking the ways of a command economy, that if they wanted to survive, they better improve.  I am told that the reliability is now pretty good with the new ones.   Not Kymco good, but good.

I surely DO HOPE that reliablity is not "Kymco good", because Kymcos are all but reliable, despite popular fairy tales... 

[racewalker]

I am afraid I disagree on Kymco good. My People S 125 has been perfect. Haven't done anything but oil and tires. This is the fourth season and it has 30,200 K on it now. I hope the DT300i I am picking up at noon will be as good.

[axy]

I am afraid I disagree on Kymco good. My People S 125 has been perfect. Haven't done anything but oil and tires. This is the fourth season and it has 30,200 K on it now. I hope the DT300i I am picking up at noon will be as good.

Lucky you. That's what statistics is for, and there is statistically significant and statistically insignificant specimen.