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Rob
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PostPosted: 10:58 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Eh? Reply with quote
So, I'm happily heading down the A23 to Brighton last night at about 85 ish, just cruising along enjoying getting cool, when I look in my mirrors and noticed bike lights catching up with me pretty quickly, so being a courteous sort of chap, I pull over to let it pass..... when it does..... it's a f***ing Piaggio Scooter with 2 up! HTF does someone manage to get one of those things to go that quickly with two people on it? It must have taken the whole length of the M23 to wind it up!

Made me laugh anyway! Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: 11:06 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
ROFL, its a sign from god that you need to go faster Very Happy
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PostPosted: 11:07 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
Sure you weren't doing 8.5mph Rob? Laughing
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PostPosted: 11:08 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
Or a sign that god is tellin you your bike is slow! Very Happy Wink
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Rob
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PostPosted: 11:12 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
EvilBendy wrote:
Sure you weren't doing 8.5mph Rob? Laughing


Ah, damn, that's it!! Wink
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TiN
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PostPosted: 11:12 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Re: Eh? Reply with quote
Rob wrote:
So, I'm happily heading down the A23 to Brighton last night at about 85 ish


Yeah, we already know your age, but what about your speed? Razz Wink

And are you sure that it was a Suzi Burgman or Honda Silverwing? They can do a ton.
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Rob
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PostPosted: 11:13 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
dean_stone wrote:
Or a sign that god is tellin you your bike is slow! Very Happy Wink


Thankfully that's one thing my bike isn't!! Laughing Laughing
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Rob
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PostPosted: 11:14 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Re: Eh? Reply with quote
TiN wrote:
Rob wrote:
So, I'm happily heading down the A23 to Brighton last night at about 85 ish


Yeah, we already know your age, but what about your speed? Razz Wink

And are you sure that it was a Suzi Burgman or Honda Silverwing? They can do a ton.


Nah, was definatly a Piaggio! Funny looking thing though.. will have to go and look at the website and see if they do a bigger engine version!
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PostPosted: 11:15 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Nah, was definatly a Piaggio! Funny looking thing though.. will have to go and look at the website and see if they do a bigger engine version!


Thinking about upgrading already? Laughing
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Rob
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PostPosted: 11:17 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Nah, was definatly a Piaggio! Funny looking thing though.. will have to go and look at the website and see if they do a bigger engine version!


Thinking about upgrading already? Laughing


Ah the humour keeps on coming! At least my bike is faster than yours!! Wink Wink
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PostPosted: 11:19 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Ah the humour keeps on coming! At least my bike is faster than yours!!


How d'ya figure that one out?...or was that a typo? "fatter"? Yeah, that's it. Wink
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Rob
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PostPosted: 11:22 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
Pah, shitty whiny 4 cylinder bikes! You need Triple power with growwwllll!! Laughing Laughing

And yea, away from the lights, the triple is quicker than any of the current 1000cc sports bikes - ok, so I run out of power at about 140 but I don't tend to go that quick most of the time! It's great fun pissing off R1 riders that think there bike is the quickest thing on the road!! Laughing
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PostPosted: 11:24 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nah, they just don't want to give an old a heart attack. Wink
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PostPosted: 11:25 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
some 125 scooters can get about 75mph so if it was a 180 or a 200cc conversion it might actualy be able to get 85 - 90mph, however if it was 2 up like u say it would proberly have to be bigger than 200cc.
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Rob
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PostPosted: 11:26 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
But I have to take my hat off to a guy I see in the evenings, on a new red R1 with his g/f on the back, manages to wheelie all the way across vauxhall bridge.. she must have the grip of a Koala! Laughing Laughing
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PostPosted: 12:09 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
it was probably a piaggio X9 500, there capable of a ton with two up, though they handle shit, but they are injected and have an electronic centre stand, and loads of space under the big comfy seat! Shocked
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PostPosted: 12:11 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
TJ NSR wrote:
....have an electronic centre stand, and loads of space under the big comfy seat! Shocked


Don't you just love those performance modifications! Very Happy

And all scooters are shit regardless Razz
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TJ NSR
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PostPosted: 12:23 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
true they are shit, and they handle pretty shit to.

but gilera runner 180s are quite impressive, they beat a porsche 911 off the lights and they can wheelie off the power Laughing Cool
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PostPosted: 12:30 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
TJ NSR wrote:
true they are shit, and they handle pretty shit to.


So you havn't sen the latest PB mag with them testing the big scooters @ a trackday then? Which means you didn't know that they were overtaking R1's/Fireblades etc....
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PostPosted: 12:32 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
well last time i rode a x9 500, and was taking a corner at 70 mph, it didnt feel like my RR round a corner lets just say thet, and the grip is nowhere near what a bike has, and there pretty heavy! i think id preffer a motorbike!
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PostPosted: 12:33 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
McJamweasel wrote:
So you havn't sen the latest PB mag with them testing the big scooters @ a trackday then? Which means you didn't know that they were overtaking R1's/Fireblades etc....


Haven't seen it yet but don't you think it could be down to the rider rather than the scooter? I don't believe a scooter will ever be faster than the same rider on an R1/Blade round a track - unless it's a go-kart track or similar Very Happy
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Rob
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PostPosted: 13:22 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ok, having looked at the Piaggio website, it seems it must have been an X9 500. According to their figures, its top speed it 160kph (100mph ish!).

Still not bad going for 2 up!
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Shitty scooter! Laughing
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PostPosted: 13:41 - 08 Aug 2003    Post subject: Reply with quote
TJ NSR wrote:
well last time i rode a x9 500, and was taking a corner at 70 mph, it didnt feel like my RR round a corner lets just say thet, and the grip is nowhere near what a bike has, and there pretty heavy! i think id preffer a motorbike!


Well of course they're not gonna handle like a sports bike (or any motorbike, really), but that's like saying that an NSR doesn't have as much power as a Fireblade. D'uh.

Smaller scoots are mainly made for buzzing around town, and I guess the larger ones are for occasional motorway-type use (and overtaking old men on Speed Triples Wink).
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