what are some 150-250cc "vespa" style scooter prices? any advice?
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 at
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Check this out. you said college student which translates to me, just one step up from broke @ss with the books and what not being ridiculous. Next you ask for Vespa "styled" scooters so you are steering away from a proven product, and going down a pretty dark path to failure. If you want cheap it won’t be reliable. You get what you pay for. If you want a Vespa styled scooter, then buy one. Don’t cheap out, and expect to have a good outcome. You should cross off anything from China since they are good only as paperweights. The place you buy it fromshould deal in scooters and other two wheeled rides, not cars with scooters as a ‘side’ enterprise. That will have a poor outcome. For a cheap price she will not be able to ride with you cecause it will be limited in engine size typically about 150 cc for a ride with an easy to pay for price. They carry a weight restriction for that size about 300 pounds or so depending on model so unless you both are wicked small that wouldn’t work with any gear/ groceries etc. On the highway you will need to go higher than a 250 scooter especially if you intend to carry a passenger, and now you are talking about some serious money, motorcycle high money.
You still need to get a license and that means training on a motorcycle anyway. You wouldn’t start off with a Formula 1 car for your first car, and you shouldn’t start off with anything too large for a motorcycle, or even a scooter as well. Both can easily kill you in a crash.
You want to go cheap and that doesn’t mean scooter because of reliability issues. You want highway speeds and that means larger displacement not a Vespa styled ride. You want reliable transportation and for me that means Honda, and not a scooter.
I started ou the scooter route, wasted $2,500 I could have put into a bike, and got something I can use for a lawn ornament since that’s all it’s good for. If you want to give it a ride go right ahead, but if you are relying on this to get you to college, then your best play would be a small displacement modern bike.
scooters are nerdy, good luck getting a girlfriend.
my 400cc will whoop it any day =|
Word of advice, stay away from the chinese scooters, ie the really cheap ones. I had one and now know why I was told the same thing. I did just buy an KYMCO Exciting 250, they have the Honda "knock-off" motors and I LOVE mine! It is very comfortable, will easily do 80mph and get 65mpg and has loads of room, but they are around $6k new. The SYM is also just like it(quality wise).
Hope this helps!