[quote author="Newport Trojan" date=1213274038]I've biked before and enjoyed the 10 miles to work in the morning. I leave about 6AM and there are few cars on my route, but the real problem is the 10 miles home. I usually go to kick boxing after work and I can't make the class I want or I am trying to get home to surf River jetties for a few hours. It really is just an inconvenience on the way home...the way there is a fun way to wake up, get some exercise and get to work.
I started looking into Plan B which is a scooter. I am hoping someone on here has one or knows about them. I weigh about 220lbs and don't know if a 125cc would carry me, let alone +1, over 55mph. The step up to a 250cc is not out of the question, but the styling of the scooters gets away from the Vespa look I like.
Any thoughts or comments besides the laughs I have already gotten from friends? I'll take 70+ mpg any day over my 18mpg on my Tundra.
And for those suggesting a real motorcycle...out of the question. Way to many things going on at once...I want give it some gas and go, no clutches.</blockquote>
They do make a Vespa 250 I think? I like the look of the new Vintage ones...but in any case, new ones are spendy, the $6k pricetag will buy a lot of Gas...But as Henry Ford once said "If you need a machine and don't buy it you will pay for it and don't have it" or something like that...
Another alternative is <a href="http://www.greenspeed.us/">the Electric Bike</a> from a Company in Laguna beach, one model does 45 mph...that's scary fast on a Bicycle... :ahhh:
Imagine the looks on Motorists' Faces as you zoom past whilst pretending to Pedal... :lol: