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  1. 12th November 2007, 09:34 AM #1
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    Default Bike... what to buy?

    OK you knowledgeable bunch of motorcycling revheads, it's 5+ years since I sold the Harley and became a 4 wheeler. Now I have a lady friend who rides a Duke and I kinda fancy going for a ride with her, to her place 400kms away etc etc. Now being an oldish fart nowadays I don't do being folded up like a pocket knife at all. I don't need to be able to travel everywhere at half the speed of sound either and I kinda fancy something with enough grunt to be able to cart me and my collection of blood pressure pills, vitamins and viagra all over the country in comfort.
    I want a lot and I don't want to pay any more than about $4000.....

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    Is that $4000,000.00 a trike maybe one with the lot for $30k http://www.bikepoint.com.au/DesktopD...as=Bikepointau
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    Vespa....


    Sorry couldnt resist a giggle at the mental picture of you riding a vespa..
    I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

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    G'day Christopha,

    Many do not consider them,
    but the newer Scooters are OK.
    Bigger wheels, room for luggage and cruise on 100+ kph.....not that I would
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    Mate(s) there is no way kn own you are getting this wrinkled old bum on a bloody scooter!!! Apart from the testicle shrinking embarassmentation what sort of idiot would want to tour on a stupid thing like that???
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    Quote Originally Posted by Christopha View Post
    Mate(s) there is no way kn own you are getting this wrinkled old bum on a bloody scooter!!! Apart from the testicle shrinking embarassmentation what sort of idiot would want to tour on a stupid thing like that???

    come on you gotta admit the sight of you on a Vespa would be funny
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    get an old posties vespa with the tray on the back and roof over the driver.

    Ripper ute, dunno how much it'd carry

    One thing's fer sure, it wouldn't hold a symtec
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    Bob,

    You mean one of these
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    The sight of me on a Vespa might be amusing to some but the thought of those little wheels sticking out of the nether regions of me with no other apparent means of support? Well..... :O
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    Quote Originally Posted by Christopha View Post
    The sight of me on a Vespa might be amusing to some but the thought of those little wheels sticking out of the nether regions of me with no other apparent means of support? Well..... :O
    Damn, now I got to explain to the help desk why I need a new keyboard..... I just laughed so hard I spat coke all over my keyboard
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    now seriously, I don't know about prices but what about something like a virago, looks like a little harley, but doesn't leak (Ya gonna get these comments when you ask an indian fan)
    I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

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    I'm thinking More like this
    http://www.scootersales.com.au/Porta...02a53/pic1.jpg
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    NO NO! NO!! We've got to be talking BMW, Yamahoor, Hoonda or the likes a MOTORCYCLE!!! Not a bloody tinka toy!
    I want to ride long distances.... I live halfwayish between Adelaide and Melbourne and I want to be able to ride to those cities reasonably regularly.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gra View Post
    Bob,

    You mean one of these
    yep, that's the beastie

    reckon you'd hafta shell out more than 4 grand tho
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    Not too keen on the Harley lookalikes either, I was a Harley man (it didn't leak oil!) and find those wannabe things a bit ordinary..... am I too fussy?
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