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Anonymous Sat 30 Sep 2023 17:50:28 No.1952517 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1952519 >>1952532 >>1952535 >>1952539 >>1952587 >>1952706 >>1952710 >>1952859 >>1953092 >>1953719 >>1953720 >>1953723 >>1953789

why are they so expensive tho

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Sep 2023 17:57:42 No.1952519 Report

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>>1952517
hipsters

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Sep 2023 19:38:09 No.1952532 Report

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>>1952517
They look cool and classy and work like a magnet on chicks.
Get a smalframe with the round headlight and watch more heads turn like on any AMG or ferrari.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Sep 2023 19:52:29 No.1952535 Report

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>>1952517
in addition to the first two posts itt, all the bodywork is metal not plastic. they are built like brick shithouses, very tough and durable despite the appearance. also they are designed to be easy to work on.

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Anonymous Sat 30 Sep 2023 20:03:00 No.1952539 Report

Quoted By: >>1952544 >>1953278 >>1953789

>>1952517
they're not expensive, you're just fucking poor
they're the most well made faggot scooters so they cost more, but they're still cheap and you're still a failure at life for not being able to afford a faggio. just do the pizza missions or kill hookers in the street until you get enough money. you noobs are fucking hopeless, i swear

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Sep 2023 20:24:00 No.1952544 Report

Quoted By: >>1952552

>>1952539
Many posters here despise disc brakes and carbon bikes because they are fucking poor anon. Check out the pyb thread. 90% of bikes there are sub 500$ shitbikes which they jerk of too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Sep 2023 20:50:41 No.1952552 Report

Quoted By: >>1952556 >>1952561

>>1952544
people don't hate carbon because they're poor, people hate carbon because carbon is overhyped bullshit with no integrity. in 50 years carbon fiber will be replaced by a new super duper material with none of the weakness. maybe it will be 3d printed alloys of some kind or maybe powdered metallurgy will move into the bike industry and start making molded frames from supersteels, who fucking knows. but carbon fiber bikes suck balls because they're so weak.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Sep 2023 21:08:54 No.1952556 Report

Quoted By: >>1952557 >>1952560

>>1952552
Mucho texto para decirnos que eres poor (y probablemente fat y slow también)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Sep 2023 21:16:13 No.1952557 Report

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>>1952556
nah carbon fiber sucks balls and you're coping for your shitty purchase
talk about faggot scooters in this thread, quit getting off topic

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Sep 2023 21:18:47 No.1952560 Report

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>>1952556
Post your gaspipe shitter

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Sep 2023 21:20:10 No.1952561 Report

Quoted By: >>1952567

>>1952552
No carbon bikes dont suck anon.
The frames are stiffer and lighter.
There will always be better materials in the future.
From steel to alloy and now carbon.
You are literally just coping anon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Sep 2023 21:40:18 No.1952565 Report

Quoted By: >>1953789

Very high build quality with few to no corners cut when it comes to materials, plus they tend to lead the industry with their in-house engineering.

The only thing that really holds them back is they keep getting handicapped by increasingly retarded EU regulation every few years so end up having to redesign engines from scratch.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Sep 2023 21:41:18 No.1952567 Report

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>>1952561
*wind blows and your bike falls over*

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 30 Sep 2023 22:51:35 No.1952587 Report

Quoted By: >>1952642 >>1952654 >>1953745

>>1952517
They cost much due to the full metal frame.
Also Retarded Italian management
>T Italian who lives close to Piaggio factory

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Oct 2023 02:31:37 No.1952627 Report

Quoted By: >>1952632 >>1954176

Goin' out a few hours on Monday with my gf's dad to pick up an '05 150, one of the models with a clutch and a 4 speed box. He just finished a 74' Lambretta build with intent to give to his daughter, and wants his own bike to ride with her. Whichever is less sketchy, she gets, and he builds the other one. I'm stoked. 2-stroke scooters are fun as hell. I'm a diehard cruiser loser when it comes to motorbikes, but these little buzzbombs are such a blast.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Oct 2023 03:11:38 No.1952632 Report

Quoted By: >>1952647

>>1952627
oh hell yeah that sounds awesome
there's an '04 150 not too far from me for only $800 but it's mint green and it hurts my eyes or else I'd jump on it

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Oct 2023 04:35:50 No.1952642 Report

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>>1952587
>Also Retarded Italian management
kek, I believe it

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Oct 2023 05:05:30 No.1952647 Report

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>>1952632
That's a goddamn steal, man. Its an actual Vespa for that much? I've found Stella's for that money (its the same tooling, but its the Indian-made varient under LML - they run a 150cc 4-stroke instead of the smokey.) If its a Vepsa, and its got a clutch lever I'd jump on it, minty gruel colour and all. Repainting is cheap compared to the saving on it. In Canada, they run a few grand for running/riding shape and the proper nameplate.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Oct 2023 05:38:24 No.1952654 Report

Quoted By: >>1953383

>>1952587
got any stories about the management?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Oct 2023 11:41:24 No.1952706 Report

Quoted By: >>1954236

>>1952517
just get a honda metro

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Oct 2023 12:46:20 No.1952710 Report

Quoted By: >>1952711

>>1952517
>the terrone bike
i suggest you stay clear

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Anonymous Sun 01 Oct 2023 12:49:32 No.1952711 Report

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>>1952710
pic related

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 01 Oct 2023 22:32:59 No.1952859 Report

Quoted By: >>1952960 >>1953093 >>1954170

>>1952517
>another thread derailed by carbonfaggots
anyway my gf rly wants one in yellow cos shes the biggest flcl fan in the world
i always wanted one too cos their so cuuuute!
but yeah too espensive
im just gonna find her a supercub or something and get myself a 125 duelsport

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Oct 2023 04:13:08 No.1952960 Report

Quoted By: >>1953090

>>1952859
stop being poor

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Oct 2023 15:13:37 No.1953090 Report

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>>1952960
i cant because consoomer retards like you have fucked up the world

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Anonymous Mon 02 Oct 2023 15:25:56 No.1953092 Report

Quoted By: >>1953144 >>1953363 >>1953789 >>1954203

>>1952517
Ferrari of scooters demand lots of money.
Get a nice little Suzuki.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 02 Oct 2023 15:29:01 No.1953093 Report

Quoted By: >>1953144 >>1953145

>>1952859
New Supercubs are an awful lot more vehicle than older ones, don't promise one and deliver the other.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Oct 2023 18:33:39 No.1953144 Report

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>>1953092
cute
>>1953093
i doubt we could afford a newer one anyway

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 Oct 2023 18:34:40 No.1953145 Report

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>>1953093
also thats ugly the old supercubs are cuter

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Anonymous Tue 03 Oct 2023 01:06:20 No.1953248 Report

Quoted By: >>1953250

>>1953145
if it works better, it's not ugly

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Oct 2023 01:13:34 No.1953250 Report

Quoted By: >>1953251 >>1953376

>>1953248
hows it better?
and yes its ugly
it looks like shit its uncute

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 03 Oct 2023 01:20:29 No.1953251 Report

Quoted By: >>1953273 >>1953274

>>1953250
thats just an ugly color, it looks the same as the old one. it's got better everything including engine, suspension, brakes, wheels, lights etc.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Oct 2023 03:19:11 No.1953273 Report

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>>1953251
ok yeah that does look nicer

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Oct 2023 03:20:12 No.1953274 Report

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>>1953251
do they come in yellow?

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Oct 2023 03:26:29 No.1953276 Report

Quoted By: >>1953343

>>1953090
yeah I fucked up the world, right
as if it wasn't already fucked up by the time I arrived

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Oct 2023 03:36:36 No.1953278 Report

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>>1952539
now you're speaking my language

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Oct 2023 15:47:24 No.1953343 Report

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>>1953276
yeah but its this attitude that got it like this

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Oct 2023 18:07:19 No.1953363 Report

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>>1953092
absolute trash

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Anonymous Tue 03 Oct 2023 19:33:28 No.1953376 Report

Quoted By: >>1953392

>>1953250
>brakes that work
>forks that don't lift up when you brake
>more than 3 gears
>frame doesnt rust
>capable of riding up hill
>headlight isnt a candle

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Oct 2023 20:09:26 No.1953383 Report

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>>1952654
I know just a few.

They dont have their own large warehouses for finished products.
They just force dealers to take orders and orders till their showrooms are full (imagine the happines of the dealers who have to buy all that crap).

When the old now defunct owner "Colaninno" used to visit the workshops, all workers had to pretend to do something and be very busy while he was looking around.

Sorry dont have much juicier stories as I dont work there

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 Oct 2023 21:04:29 No.1953392 Report

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>>1953376
i see

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Anonymous Thu 05 Oct 2023 03:43:58 No.1953719 Report

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>>1952517
https://youtu.be/obvgxda7iLc

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Anonymous Thu 05 Oct 2023 03:45:41 No.1953720 Report

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>>1952517

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Anonymous Thu 05 Oct 2023 03:46:51 No.1953721 Report

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Anonymous Thu 05 Oct 2023 03:48:10 No.1953722 Report

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Anonymous Thu 05 Oct 2023 03:52:51 No.1953723 Report

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>>1952517
Vespa P150X
https://youtu.be/1-rM1j0QClo

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Anonymous Thu 05 Oct 2023 05:02:37 No.1953730 Report

Quoted By: >>1953738 >>1953740

Need I say more

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 05 Oct 2023 06:43:33 No.1953738 Report

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>>1953730
>bass about three times as wide as her
how smol is sne supposed to be again

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 05 Oct 2023 07:01:13 No.1953740 Report

Quoted By: >>1954518

>>1953730
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyD8kdOiAOM

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 05 Oct 2023 07:26:50 No.1953745 Report

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>>1952587
Pontederafag spotted

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Anonymous Thu 05 Oct 2023 12:31:07 No.1953789 Report

Quoted By: >>1953790

>>1952539
>they're the most well made faggot scooters so they cost more
>>1952565
>Very high build quality with few to no corners cut when it comes to materials
No, it's designed by a retarded Italian faggot aircraft engineer who decided to construct it like a fucking car with a STEEL unibody which makes them weigh 584 quadrillion kilos. And if you drop it it's a fucking writeoff cause you can't replace the fucking panels cause it's all PART OF THE GODDAMN FRAME. Italians should stick to making food. Fucking retards.
>>1953092
>Ferrari of scooters
Ferraris are exceptionally light and made out of exotic materials, they're not archaic hunks of stamped steel
>>1952517
Please just buy a moped or a Honda Cub instead, scooters are as gay as the Italian retard who designed them

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Anonymous Thu 05 Oct 2023 12:35:01 No.1953790 Report

Quoted By: >>1953910

>>1953789
For those unaware a normal scooter designed by a competent engineer is just a steel tube frame with plastic panels. This is better because 1) it's way lighter, 2) you can replace panels if you damage them, and 3) who gives a shit about muh frame rigidity, you're not dragging knee on your way to your local hipster coffee shop anyway, or you would have bought a sportbike instead

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Anonymous Thu 05 Oct 2023 22:20:00 No.1953910 Report

Quoted By: >>1954034 >>1954518 >>1954692

>>1953790
Coope and seethe iron tubelett and plastic crap chinesium rider.
Thats not even a trellis frame.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 06 Oct 2023 11:34:06 No.1954034 Report

Quoted By: >>1954046

>>1953910
>too chickenshit to just buy a fucking motorcycle
The Italjet dragster fills a nonexistent market gap for people who are too serious about riding for a scooter but not serious enough about riding for a motorcycle. It's like the opposite of a maxi scooter.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 06 Oct 2023 12:24:10 No.1954046 Report

Quoted By: >>1954051

>>1954034
This anon would consider one if it wasn't for the chink motors. One has to buy a liter bike to get something not chink made nowadays

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 06 Oct 2023 12:43:19 No.1954051 Report

Quoted By: >>1954053

>>1954046
Frankly I don't know if I'd trust a pasta bike any more than a chink bike but that's not my business. No one's forcing you to buy new either, yknow.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 06 Oct 2023 12:50:45 No.1954053 Report

Quoted By: >>1954054 >>1954064

>>1954051
For me it's more about the support of profit maximization at the cost of european jobs. They can keep their overprized chinkshit

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 06 Oct 2023 12:51:47 No.1954054 Report

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>>1954053
*overpriced

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 06 Oct 2023 13:30:10 No.1954064 Report

Quoted By: >>1954073

>>1954053
Well idk about Italy specifically but here in the Netherlands they have more jobs than people to work them. Practically every business is hiring. I understand the sentiment of course, but I don't think a shortage of jobs is much of a concern in Europe atm, rather a shortage of workers. Also explains why you wouldn't buy used since that doesn't give anyone a job lol.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 06 Oct 2023 14:59:02 No.1954073 Report

Quoted By: >>1954125

>>1954064
They assemble them in italy. Can't be too hard for piaggio to build engines in some european shithole. If you buy anything new with less than 600cc you're basically buying a bike meant for pajeet or zhang

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 06 Oct 2023 19:10:16 No.1954125 Report

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>>1954073
To be fair if the problem is only with small displacement bikes then just get a panigale V4 jej

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Anonymous Sat 07 Oct 2023 01:39:16 No.1954170 Report

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>>1952859
broke: getting a yellow vespa because of FLCL
woke: getting a yellow vespa because of YKK

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Oct 2023 03:18:14 No.1954176 Report

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>>1952627
>>1952627
Update - We got the bike. Underestimated it's vigor on my first ride and found myself slightly north of 65kph in a 25kph zone residential. I had just shifted into 3rd, and still had a 4th to go. The manual gearbox makes this thing a fucking rocket. Took my gf for a spin on it (its her bike, turns out. She thinks her dad bought it for himself, he bought it for her and she doesn't know it yet), and it cruised comfortably at 55kph with the two of us on it. Can't wait for a top speed run soon, see if the little cracker can break 100kph before we do the exhaust and carb up a bit. Lovely machine. Guy we bought it from rode his 250cc twist-and-go version fucking 7500km round trip to Halifax, the mad bugger.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Oct 2023 09:33:18 No.1954203 Report

Quoted By: >>1954211 >>1954236

absolutely pigfat
are there any vespa alternatives that don't weight 115kg?
>>1953092 looks great but seems to be surprisingly rare

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Oct 2023 10:44:32 No.1954211 Report

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>>1954203
Honestly just anything Japanese. Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha, Kawasaki.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 07 Oct 2023 13:26:31 No.1954236 Report

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>>1954203
honda and yamaha have the most options. the honda ruckus, metropolitan like >>1952706 said or pcx150. older hondas like the spree, elite, aero etc.
yamaha jog, razz, zuma etc
https://gentsuki.house/blogs/information/old-japanese-scooter-buying-guide-most-popular-for-the-style

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Oct 2023 22:32:28 No.1954518 Report

Quoted By: >>1954526

>>1953740
i love this
my gf showed me flcl recently
i didnt get it desu but i still really liked it
>>1953910
hideous

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 08 Oct 2023 23:42:44 No.1954526 Report

Quoted By: >>1954657

>>1954518
>i didnt get it desu but i still really liked it
Nobody gets it on their first watch, but I'm glad you liked it.
Now go and download Happy Bivouac.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Oct 2023 16:41:04 No.1954657 Report

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>>1954526
yeahh i wana watch it again
>Now go and download Happy Bivouac.
will do

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 09 Oct 2023 19:20:03 No.1954692 Report

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>>1953910
That's the most Italian thing I've ever seen.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 13 Oct 2023 06:31:58 No.1955234 Report

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>>1953722
kino>>1953721

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