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No, the Grand Vista is a great ride and I highly recommend it.
Pros:
Solid design.
Large storage.
Very nimble and quick.
Steady at high speeds.
KYMCO reliability.
Cons:
Small gas tank.
Hard seat.
High seat.
Cramped seating.
Short windscreen makes for noisy ride at high speeds.
Truly a great bike and fun to ride. The digital dash let’s you switch between kilometers
and miles. The electric folding mirrors [...]
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This “Super bowl of Rodeo” was first held in Las Vegas in 1985, and has now become an annual tradition. For ten days Las Vegas becomes the Rodeo capital of the world with the top 15 qualifiers in different categories competing for a trophy and money. This is the ultimate vacation for the rodeo fan, [...]
There is no need to worry about the quality of SYM scooters. They are as good as KYMCOs. SYM and KYMCO are fiercely competitive against each other in their domestic Taiwan market to be the market champ. To give you an idea, KYMCO and SYM constantly battle for the market share lead with Yamaha Taiwan [...]
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Pick the scooter that fits you the best. You may recognize that you would grow out of a 50cc size too soon.
In the Kymco line up, the People 150 is the most popular model with female riders. It seems to have the size, power, and light weight to be gal friendly.
A 150 [...]
Continue reading " What every body ought to know about buying a kymco "
On one of my rides during a holiday in Auz I refueled in Melbourne. When I went to pay, I saw someone carrying a helmet in the reflection in the glass doors. As there were no other bikes in the servo, I turned around to see a young guy put my helmet in the back [...]
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I just did a 4000km trip over Easter.
On the way up, I used a borrowed “o-ring cruise control” which worked well. It just makes the throttle stiff so the return spring doesn’t work. You could wriggle your fingers and adjust the electric screen without the throttle suddenly closing. The problem is that the action
of quickly [...]
First what the hell is
Roadside Assistance?
Normally in the past I would generally get a little bit of roadside cover for my scooters before I go on a big ride. It’s just for piece of mind as I don’t want to end up in the middle of the sticks with a busted scoot.
Now Paragon motor [...]
Suffer from punctures on your scooter?
I like to have Tyre Shield in my tyres in the hope that it will seal any puncture before I even know about it. I have not noticed any punctures on my bike tyres so far but I did use Tyre Shield recently to repair a basketball that my 3yo [...]
IT Salary Survey
The latest survey results are now live for those of us interested in the way that IT salaries have been changing recently. Many bloggers I know - work in the IT industry during the day and although it’s not related to Scooters or vespa’s it might be of use to couple of my [...]
I just got back from a lovely little ride, my first since early January. I went to RadioWorld to pick up the update for the Garmin Quest Maps, and then went out to Bronte - in the opposite direction from my home - to see my cousin who I haven’t seen all winter because either [...]
