so i just purchased a SCOOTER!

spacecitygroover · Post by **spacecitygroover** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:16 am

my wife just bought a kymco people 50cc.
its a great bike.
Im gonna be searching around for an aprilia sr50. if anyone here is selling one, please contact me!!
heres a pic of the bike!

also i noticed her headlight is very dim, any suggestions on what i should do?

Post by **ericalm** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:29 am

Congrats! You should be able to put a brighter halogen light on the Kymco (though I don't know the bulb size).

There are a few SR50 owners on ModernVespa. You may want to put a "wanted" post in their For Sale/Wanted section.

spacecitygroover · Post by **spacecitygroover** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:44 am

ericalm wrote:Congrats! You should be able to put a brighter halogen light on the Kymco (though I don't know the bulb size).

There are a few SR50 owners on ModernVespa. You may want to put a "wanted" post in their For Sale/Wanted section.

hey i was wondering how much my insurance rates will be for the scooters.
i hear its pretty cheap, is this accurate information?
for a 19 yr old

Post by **ericalm** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:54 am

spacecitygroover wrote:
ericalm wrote:Congrats! You should be able to put a brighter halogen light on the Kymco (though I don't know the bulb size).

There are a few SR50 owners on ModernVespa. You may want to put a "wanted" post in their For Sale/Wanted section.
hey i was wondering how much my insurance rates will be for the scooters.
i hear its pretty cheap, is this accurate information?
for a 19 yr old

Ah, well... "Pretty cheap" is relative.

It's actually very difficult to compare insurance rates because of the many factors that go into them. Age, experience riding, driving record, and location are the big ones. The differences between insurance companies vary wildly, too. For similar coverage, I had quotes that were a couple hundred bucks a year apart.

So all you can really do is call around to several companies and get quotes. If you have auto or other insurance with a company that offers motorcycle insurance, try them first. I do advise calling rather than getting quotes online if possible. The person who set me up at Geico really worked with me to get my monthly down where I wanted it.

dubbylove · Post by **dubbylove** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:15 pm

Congrats! I always think brown seats make the scooter look classic. Nice.

rajron · Post by **rajron** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:02 am

Why you buy it? Just for a resale?

spacecitygroover · Post by **spacecitygroover** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:45 am

rajron wrote:Why you buy it? Just for a resale?

No, my wife hates it, she nearly injured herself seriously earlier today, and shes not stepping foot back on... really sucks. guess this scooter thing isnt for us. Thanks for all the help and info from everyone, but its not gonna work out for us

shark · Post by **shark** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:21 am

spacecitygroover wrote:
rajron wrote:Why you buy it? Just for a resale?
No, my wife hates it, she nearly injured herself seriously earlier today, and shes not stepping foot back on... really sucks. guess this scooter thing isnt for us. Thanks for all the help and info from everyone, but its not gonna work out for us

Did I miss a post somewhere?

Post by **jrsjr** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:25 am

I'm glad your wife was only frightened and not injured. If I understand your post correctly, she's only 19. I hope you guys have a long happy life together, long enough that you will look back on this day and share a good laugh.

Good luck selling your Peep 50!

rajron · Post by **rajron** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:32 am

I am very sorry! – My wishes are for a speedy recovery (fear) for your wife.

Bethers · Post by **Bethers** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:34 am

Have either of you taken an MSF course? That might make a difference.

FLMINI1048 · Post by **FLMINI1048** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:43 am

Wow! That has to be the fastest turn around ever! This morning it's "wow, we love our scooter" and now it's "someone please come buy this".

Good luck in figuring out what you want. Are you still planning on riding a scooter? If so, why don't you just keep the Kymco for yourself instead of finding an Aprilia? Or has she decided that NEITHER of you will be riding a scooter?

gt1000 · Post by **gt1000** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:32 am

Whoa, this post and the "for sale" post in the classifieds really caught me by surprise too. Fortunately, nobody was seriously injured.

When I took the MSF class a couple years ago (and this was after 30 years of riding on and off) there was this lovely young woman in the class with us. She was so excited to take the class because, if she passed, her boyfriend promised to give her a Vespa. She breezed through the first night of class but had serious issues on the range. She dropped the loaner bike a couple of times during the walk-arounds and got seriously spooked trying to ride. She dropped out of the class before lunch that morning. This is why I always counsel folks to take the class before buying a bike. The instructors said the same thing: it was the best $250 her boyfriend could ever spend. She was safe and he wasn't out $5000+ for a Vespa. It's not easy learning how to ride properly, it's even harder to teach.

Without proper technique, bikes are dangerous. I have no idea what happened in this mishap but you might want to give it a few days before selling. Seems to me you really rushed into buying and now you're rushing into selling. Not really a recommendation, just a thought, and I've had dumb thoughts in my lifetime.

Another thought is to sticky this thread for future newbies. Seems like it was good learning experience for everyone.

Post by **jmazza** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:28 pm

gt1000 wrote:I have no idea what happened in this mishap but you might want to give it a few days before selling. Seems to me you really rushed into buying and now you're rushing into selling. Not really a recommendation, just a thought, and I've had dumb thoughts in my lifetime.

Maybe you have had dumb thoughts in your lifetime, gt, but this isn't one of them!

Give it a few days at least before selling!!

captaintg · Post by **captaintg** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:09 pm

Just curious, but why does it say in the OP that your wife bought the scooter, but in the for sale ad it says you bought the scooter for your girlfriend?

louie · Post by **louie** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:17 pm

gt1000 wrote:... She was so excited to take the class because, if she passed, her boyfriend promised to give her a Vespa. She breezed through the first night of class but had serious issues on the range. She dropped the loaner bike a couple of times during the walk-arounds and got seriously spooked trying to ride. She dropped out of the class before lunch that morning. .

same thing happened in my class but the woman was a little older 50 maybe and had been riding on the back of her husbands bike for years. she never made it around the first curve.

spacecitygroover · Post by **spacecitygroover** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:23 pm

captaintg wrote:Just curious, but why does it say in the OP that your wife bought the scooter, but in the for sale ad it says you bought the scooter for your girlfriend?

long story short, we have a child together.
theres no difference in me buying for her, or her buying for herself, its all the same money.
We might keep the bike depending if shes wiling to give it a try again.
Heres what happened....
She was on the scoot going straight at about 20 mph no problem, but she decided to swing a left. She doesnt understand that you must lean when making a turn. I guess shes scared to lean because she feels that the bike will fall while shes leaning. So while she was making that turn, she lost control and ran into a curb. she scratched up her foot, and the scooter nearly fell on top of her. She was quite upset about the whole situation.

EP_scoot · Post by **EP_scoot** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:36 pm

SpaceCG,
rather than rush out into selling the scoot, just keep it a while longer. Keeping it for a couple more months won't affect its resale value.

Then, as others have said, sign up for an MSF class, or at least go as spectators to see what you would learn.

At a minimum, I would highly recommend that you go to our sister site, modernvespa, and look at this tread: http://www.modernvespa.com/forum/topic3862.html
In there find the link for the RIDING TIPS BOOKLET. Download it and read it with your GF and see if that helps her undertand how a two wheeler work (did she ever ride a bicycle before? Same principle).

Just put the scoot in the garage, take a few days to read the materials, check what the MSF class is all about, etc and then make a decision.

Good thing she is OK.

StL_Stadtroller · Post by **StL_Stadtroller** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:44 pm

on the off-chance that you're really not just a Troll like I suspect...

I'll offer my advice: Sounds like you/she/whoever does not understand counter-steering.
Please follow others advice of getting into an MSF class or other formal rider training program ASAP.

FLMINI1048 · Post by **FLMINI1048** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:51 pm

Isn't this the same bike? Or does it happen to be another black 2005 50cc Kymco People with an aftermarket exhaust?

http://houston.craigslist.org/mcy/516847700.html

spacecitygroover · Post by **spacecitygroover** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:40 pm

FLMINI1048 wrote:Isn't this the same bike? Or does it happen to be another black 2005 50cc Kymco People with an aftermarket exhaust?

http://houston.craigslist.org/mcy/516847700.html

yes thats the bike.
im no troll. were looking into the msf course actually.

captaintg · Post by **captaintg** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 12:34 am

Glad to hear there was no serious injury.

Not to harp on it too much, but take the MSF course!

louie · Post by **louie** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 2:14 am

going with the thought of keeping it a while longing. it's going to be worth more in the spring, when it warms up people will pay more for it. but i say take the course before deciding.
did you ever see the andy griffith episode where aunt bee wouldn't call the repair man for the freezer? andy kept saying, "call the man" "just call the man". i'm being reminded of it with all the advise of, "take the course".

FLMINI1048 · Post by **FLMINI1048** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:14 pm

Now you're thinking you need a bigger scooter?!?! Are you kidding me?

http://www.modernvespa.com/forum/topic20872.html

Drive the Kymco for a while, run into a few more curbs until you get the hang of it, take the MSF course, and then move up to a 250.

spacecitygroover · Post by **spacecitygroover** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:42 pm

FLMINI1048 wrote:Now you're thinking you need a bigger scooter?!?! Are you kidding me?

http://www.modernvespa.com/forum/topic20872.html

Drive the Kymco for a while, run into a few more curbs until you get the hang of it, take the MSF course, and then move up to a 250.

Are you stalking me? settle down.
I am looking for a scooter for myself.
MY WIFE/GIRLFRIEND IS NOT. SHE NO LONGER WANTS A SCOOTER, NOR DOES SHE WANT TO RIDE ANYMORE.
i dont want the 50cc kymco, because its not on my level. I need something bigger. I never said i ran into anything. I dont have any problems riding, and on top of that ive already already enrolled into the msf course. Upon graduating, I'd like to purchase something larger for myself, because a 50cc does not suit my needs.
Please take the time to READ, before posting. Thanks.

Post by **jrsjr** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:14 pm

Okie dokie, as your friendly neighborhood moderator, it appears to me that this thread is not headed anywhere good, so I'm locking it up.

Let's all step back, take a big breath, and give each other a little room.

Thanks.

Goodnight, Gracie!