Thread 28480303

Why doesn't everyone own one?

Because there's a cooler option
>Acquire SupaKabu
>Disregard senseis

>>28480303 (OP)
Too shitty when it's windy or rainy. Which is most of the time where I live.

>>28480325
I thought about the new super cub but it's bad value

>>28480303 (OP)
I live in the United States where the roads are filled with distracted stoners, niggers, tweakers, dicklets, and soccer moms driving bloated SUVs and truggs that can pulp you in an instant while playing with their phones. Further, all of these people are on a hair trigger and begging for a reason to kill as well.

>>28480337
You will probably still be riding the damn thing in 15 years.

>>28480303 (OP)
God i wish i was her slave and i'd have to lick her boots clean after she goes for motorcycle rides

>>28480339
I live in the US too lmao

>>28480340
Scooters are also generally pretty reliable. The super cub has a lot of electrical stuff that idk if it would survive

Because you own the only scooter in the entire world. We are ALL waiting for our turn, you jackass.

It really wouldn't reduce my commute time.

>>28480303 (OP)
How? We can't lane split here and a driver will absolutely kill you if you try.

>>28480425
Why are you so mad at me?

>>28480440
>>28480458
I guess if you lived in a place where lane filtering is illegal.

>>28480303 (OP)
Because I have a motorcycle.

>>28480303 (OP)
20 minutes is the longest commute I've ever endured, at worst. I suppose the shortest two I regularly enjoyed was about 8 minutes, my favorite around midnight through around 5 miles of suburban thoroughfare, in a big heavy sedan.

>>28480303 (OP)
I've been rear ended twice on my commute. in a car it was a hassle but not dangerous. on a scooter I would probably have been maimed for life.

I can only shave 5 minutes on my commute when I ride due to other fucks not doing the speed limit

Freeway here is 80mph traffic flow. You pull that on your PCX, you've got some serious wrenching skills.

>>28480303 (OP)
they have a very weak self image of their masculinity.

Scooters? Hah, I'm not gay! get that TOY off the road! You better watch out because I have HUGE blind spots and I'm not looking out for you! you're responsible for your own safety, because my ve-hic-le is bigger!


Posting about scooters is actually a bankable offense in the motorbike threads, btw.

>>28480303 (OP)
my commute is 35km one way on 80kmh and 120kmh roads with very little traffic

>>28480303 (OP)
Because in winter it snows a fuck ton but I do want to get a motorcycle because it looks fun to ride one around.

I do! My favorite cope is telling myself it is a two wheeled go kart rather than a scooter.

>>28480303 (OP)
Too slow. Well mopeds are at least you can't legally take them on the motorway, some guy do and just ride on the shoulder with the cyclists.
Snd it's all fucking motorways around here.

Anything that can go more than 50 (peaceful stabbings per thought crime) is viewed as a motorcycle, and they're 3 to 5X more to register than a car.

Luckily Anything older than 40 years is a classic vehicle, and only cost $70 a year to register. So I'm looking at picking up an old 750 crotch rocket or something similar.

>>28480464
>I guess if you lived in a place where lane filtering is illegal.
More that traffic isn't bad enough to need to consider lane filtering. Still takes me ~8 minutes just to exit the neighborhood and get on the highway. From there it's a straight shot to work at 70-80mph, 6-8 minutes. I'd only save time on the exit ramp, and that would be a minute at best.

>>28480303 (OP)
>Why doesn't everyone own one?
Don't know how's the driving exam where you live, but here it's rather difficult to get the loicense because of the circuit exam if you're not pretty well versed in driving bikes and get easily nervous.
But yeah, I'm probably getting some sort of motorcycle this year or the next, too tired of taking the car for stupid shit when I can just take the bike, park it in a little space and be done with my shit faster than with a car.

>>28480499
My current commute is 321 miles, one way. My worst one was 368 miles one way.

>>28480303 (OP)
It's illegal to lane split in most places. Also winter. Why not just skip the faggy scooter and get an e-bike so you can blow down the pathways and get home in 5 minutes? Most people here could really use the exercise.

>>28480303 (OP)
They don't realize that you can drive your motorcycle right off the lot after paying for it, even if you don't have plates or a license. If you're on a motorcycle, wear a helmet, and don't park it on the street then the police literally can't catch you.
There's also the possibility of getting sideswiped and dying on the spot

>>28481470
what about a scooter like op posted?

>>28480303 (OP)
California=AAAAAIIIIIEEEEE!!!!
And yeah that little speck is a bike rider blasting off again no but seriously OP one of my coworkers broke his ebike from some idiot on their phone and another on a real motorbike is still in the hospital commiefonia sucks for biking dude.

>>28481708
Nah. Scooters stop being useful the moment you can reach the shift lever on a bike. For the average guy, this happens after a few growth spurts. For an east asian woman, this may never happen

>>28481717
>Scooters stop being useful the moment you can reach the shift lever on a bike
I disagree. It is a matter of preference.

>>28481724
It's a matter of being destitute, extremely short, or a fag (none of which are mutually exclusive)

I have a Yamaha vino 4t that i bought like 9 years ago. Where i live is mostly country highways with minimum speeds of 35mph or higher and it's top speed is like 38 downhill. I'd like to ride it more but realistically i can't

>>28480573
I have never seen people get banned in dbt for scooterposting.

>>28481727
Personal attacks are not an argument. Did a scooterbro steal your woman or something? Ah who am I kidding. You've never had a woman :)

>>28480303 (OP)
Feels nice to upgrade from a bicycle huh?

>>28480303 (OP)
Because people are fragile animals and need a big cage to feel safe or they might have a panic attack and start shooting random people.

Real answer, skill, softness and general physical fitness

>>28481716
Do you believe that bad drivers exclusively exist in California?

>>28480303 (OP)
because saving 20 mins of your commute is not worth risking life and limb.
and also being uncomfortable and exposed to the elements and having to deal with your gear (you DO wear gear, right anon?)

>>28482027
Did you not see the condition of the road in that picture? Even if they become doners outside the city, the roads aren't for cyclists in any form.

>>28482033
Are you the same retard from the other thread who won't answer what road specifically spooks him? I've ridden in more states than most anons, big traffic arteries and back roads alike. The states with the worst pavement are ones with heavier amounts of precipitation and frost heave. None of them are remotely near being "unsafe to ride" unless you have absolutely zero fucking skill.

>>28482042
You don't live in a blue state chud. Quit pretending you do.

>>28481759
the janny bans people for 2days, 23hrs, 59 minutes and 59 seconds if they post scooters. try it

>>28482063
Are you pretending to be retarded on purpose?

>>28482556
The only retard here is you.

>>28480303 (OP)
I had a Honda Elite 80 and that thing was so fun. I removed the governor and could go 55mph full tuck. I would ride it on the sidewalks and through the park and nobody cared. I regret selling it

>>28482522
I post my scooter all the time and never got banned.

>>28480329
I got you senpai

>>28480303 (OP)
you will poke your eye out on that thing

>>28483149
Mine in Suzuki Address 125. It's the best.

>>28480303 (OP)
>Why doesn't everyone own one?
Drunk mexicans in dodge rams.
The only advantage a scooter has over a motorcycle is the ability to park wherever the underseat storage, but not giving a fuck about parking and a top box fixes the issue.

>>28484691
I'd be pissed if this is how I died

>Ywn own a Honda big ruckus
It isn't fair. How did they not sell?

>>28480303 (OP)
My commute in a heavy sedan was about 20 min max, about 8 min.

>>28485413
*I'm a retired NEET who still drives such, and don't mind driving across 120 miles of rural stretches where the temp is -11F, or for that matter 97F. There's nothing like the climate control of a luxury car cabin.

what is the most weight 50cc scooter can pull up the hill?

>>28486364
About 240 you'll be going about 20-25 if there is no wind.

t. Fat ass.

>>28486373
i am around 250 and most of that weight is stored in my dick... i will get one soon

>>28486378
I highly recommend a 150 if you can.

>>28486379
i'm in eu and would need to get a license to drive something stronger... i have a car, i just need something to zip around

>>28486380
Every time I think about how much I hate the USI I remember that you guys are choked to death with laws like this.

>>28486383
Lmao you need a licence to ride >50cc scooters in the US too retardGOD

>>28480303 (OP)
Is this a troll thread? The cheapest Vespa is like $4500 + import fees and goes up to nearly $14000. You can get a way better sport bike, that can actually go on all roads, for the same price, or a cruiser or adventure bike if that's more your style for the storage options.

>>28486954
>Need
On paper sure. But over here cops have better things to do that mess with some dude on a scooter so long as you just have your license. I used to ride a Honda Shadow 1100 and still didn't get stopped.

>>28486963
My mom bought me a 125cc Kymco and she paid just under 4000 OTD. I don't know where you got the 14000 figure ftom. There's scooters that go for around 1k brand new but granted they are Chinese scoots (still good though and would last quite long if you take care of them)

Vespas are a lifestyle brand. If you want a Vespa but don't want to pay Vespa money you should get a Buddy. They look like Vespas but they are way cuter and cheaper.
Scooters are just better than motorcycles. I took my skills test on my mom's Sym scooter (it also looked like a Vespa replica. I forgot the name) and I was the only one who passed that day lol. There were big dudes on Harleys that completely messed up and it was so funny when in comparison it was so trivial for me.

>>28480344
Always remember to drink water beforehand

>>28486963
Vespa isnt the only scooter?
A brand new scooter is around 2k from other brands and easily under 1k used

>>28480325
How viable is a supercub on American roads? I’d be worried about any vehicle that can’t do 55 with ease.