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Go on the Vespa

  • 18-07-2007 4:15pm
    #1
    Whyner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,690 ✭✭✭


    Hey,

    Right, the time is now. Going to get myself the Vespa I've been waiting for for so long. Love these bikes but don't know much about scooters/bikes.

    Any advice would be great. Any experience would be better. Heard they can be quite tempermental? Going to hit town this weekend and check out the shops (heard back things about scooterisland, true??).

    Will report back, Nice Wan.
    David...


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  • #2
    colm_c
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,032 ✭✭✭colm_c


    Go for a 125/150 and not a 50cc Vespa - although a little pricer - you'll appreciate the extra power when in any kind of fast moving traffic.

    Are scooter Island still there? Other places for scooters to try are Jack Nolan's in the Coombe and Bikeworld on the long mile road.


  • #3
    Thinkingaboutit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,228 ✭✭✭Thinkingaboutit


    Scooter Island are around. Jack Nolans is now a Honda outlet, and has nothing else but that, unless carrying some secondhand stock.


  • #4
    Whyner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,690 ✭✭✭Whyner


    Cheers, yeah deffo going for 125+...........probably a px125. I've heard this is the last year they're making them!


  • #5
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Two choices in the 125 (not buying new, presumably...? ) PX125 (original long stroke engine) and the PX125 T5 Classic (modern high-rpm engine, but 'softer').

    Personally, I'd be looking at a PX200 - much nicer to ride.........

    Buy spare clutch cables - and learn how to change them !!

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #6
    Whyner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,690 ✭✭✭Whyner


    Perfect, that's the kind of info I need to hear.

    I have a full driving license so what's the deal with driving 125-200cc scooters.

    Can you do your test on either of these bikes?

    Apologies if this has been discussed numerous times.

    Anyone else got some Vespa stories? My mate told me to get a good bag of spanners and know how to use them also.

    Traffic is obviously getting worse so I've no idea why people are buying larger vehicles.

    Can't wait to bomb into town and pick a few things up. Something I'd never do unless I had to. All part of the "get busy living" buzz.


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  • #7
    Whyner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,690 ✭✭✭Whyner


    Yeah, probably not going to buy new. Although I may get sucked in.

    So out of the 2 125's the T5 would be a better option or half a dozen of one.............

    Depends on whether I can my test on 200 and the price difference.

    Why would you opt for the 200cc galwaytt?


  • #8
    noby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭noby


    Any of the newer ones aren't as tempermental - anything around five years old or so. These are the newer models with decent brakes, electronic ignition etc.

    Another vote for the PX200 here too.


  • #9
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Whyner wrote:
    Perfect, that's the kind of info I need to hear.

    I have a full driving license so what's the deal with driving 125-200cc scooters.I presume you mean bike licence, otherwise off you go to school !!

    Can you do your test on either of these bikes?yes

    Apologies if this has been discussed numerous times.

    Anyone else got some Vespa stories? My mate told me to get a good bag of spanners and know how to use them also. only if you're mechanically violent. Keep cables adjusted, and change the gearbox oil religiously, and exercise some mechanical sympathy and you'll find it very very hard to kill it..

    Traffic is obviously getting worse so I've no idea why people are buying larger vehicles. unless it's a 500cc scooter, that is :D

    Can't wait to bomb into town and pick a few things up. Something I'd never do unless I had to. All part of the "get busy living" buzz.
    ..

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #10
    Thinkingaboutit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,228 ✭✭✭Thinkingaboutit


    A full B licence will allow a full M category, which is 50cc.


  • #11
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    ...except that he's not looking at a 50..........and, tbh, he shouldn't, either...........

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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  • #12
    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    galwaytt wrote:

    Buy spare clutch cables - and learn how to change them !!

    Never a true'er word said!.

    Although you can get heavy duty cables, but I never really found them much better than standard one's.

    Good news is when the cable snaps, and it will. Its very possible to drive the bike without the clutch, its alittle jerky. Esp. moving off from the lights, ie you have to switch off the engine, engage first and start the engine!, its fun :)

    Mechanically their a little gem in my experience.

    In Dublin Lee in Scooter Island is the man to talk to.


  • #13
    Tomohawk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭Tomohawk


    Lee left scooter island in 2005!! ;)
    You will need a 200cc vespa px to sit your full A motorcycle licence. A 125cc px isn't acceptable to do your full A test on in this country and you will be restricted to driving that class licence only. That said get a px125, drive it for a year or 2 and then rent a motorbike for your test or else buy a 200cc at that stage. I've never had a clutch cable break yet on me, had a throttle cable snap once on the stillorgan road on my old T5.

    The px is very reliable and as the lads have said are pretty hard to kill.


  • #14
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,548 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Thinkingaboutit wrote:
    A full B licence will allow a full M category, which is 50cc.
    Only if the class B test was passed in Ireland before about 2005.
    Other EU country car licences don't give class M here.
    Recent Irish car licences have a code number on them which means 'no Class M entitlement'. If you have class M on your existing B licence, you should keep it when you renew.
    Lumping class M into the car licence was never a great idea and now that there's a specific theory test for bikes, it had to go.

    In Cavan there was a great fire / Judge McCarthy was sent to inquire / It would be a shame / If the nuns were to blame / So it had to be caused by a wire.



  • #15
    Mr. Presentable
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,496 ✭✭✭Mr. Presentable


    Waterford is worth a trip :D

    http://www.southsidescooters.com/


  • #16
    Whyner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,690 ✭✭✭Whyner


    Right well I'm on the path, applied for the theory test last week. Great, an exam!

    Yeah that site in Waterford is cool but it would want to have soemthing special for the trek.

    Danke!


  • #17
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Whyner wrote:
    Right well I'm on the path, applied for the theory test last week. Great, an exam!

    Yeah that site in Waterford is cool but it would want to have soemthing special for the trek.

    Danke!

    you're kidding, right?? Dublin to Waterford is a trek??:rolleyes:

    LOL, next thing you'll want the bike delivered.............;)

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #18
    Whyner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,690 ✭✭✭Whyner


    You know I'm not kidding, for my first bike I'm just going to pick one up in Dublin unless of course I saw something a little bit special........that's all.....


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