Scooters

[anonymous-user]

Good morning,

Not sure what the pistonhead opinion is on scooters is but here goes!

Been thinking of some sort of sports car but money is a bit tight so I thought of getting a sports bike, Big mistake, I might as well had an affair and filed for divorce!

But then her indoors says she has a soft spot for 'italian style scooter'! now theres an idea maybe a Vespa, a little girly maybe! or a Lambretta, kinda cool but maybe a bit old.

Then I saw the Aprillia Habbana Custom! not a bad little machine, 125 it is then...

...Or is it, is this the same 125 in the Aprillia RS and if so would a 250 from an RS fit in the Habbana?

Not quite an Alfa Spider or an Ducatti Tricolore but may have to do for now!

Cheers

[runnersp]

MonkeyMatt said:

Good morning,

Not sure what the pistonhead opinion is on scooters is but here goes!

Been thinking of some sort of sports car but money is a bit tight so I thought of getting a sports bike, Big mistake, I might as well had an affair and filed for divorce!

But then her indoors says she has a soft spot for 'italian style scooter'! now theres an idea maybe a Vespa, a little girly maybe! or a Lambretta, kinda cool but maybe a bit old.

Then I saw the Aprillia Habbana Custom! not a bad little machine, 125 it is then...

...Or is it, is this the same 125 in the Aprillia RS and if so would a 250 from an RS fit in the Habbana?

Not quite an Alfa Spider or an Ducatti Tricolore but may have to do for now!

Cheers

Not a snowball's chance in hell... RS uses a v-twin two stroke coupled to a real gearbox... Habana uses a 4 stroke single coupled to those silly CVY things...

[anonymous-user]

Im guessing theres no way to do it then

[PhillVR6]

MonkeyMatt said:

Good morning,
I thought of getting a sports bike, Big mistake, I might as well had an affair and filed for divorce!

But then her indoors says she has a soft spot for 'italian style scooter'! now theres an idea maybe a Vespa, a little girly maybe! or a Lambretta, kinda cool but maybe a bit old.

Grow some bollox, If you want a bike, get a bike. Get her some kit and put her on the pillion...she'll love it.

[anonymous-user]

PhillVR6 said:

MonkeyMatt said:

Good morning,
I thought of getting a sports bike, Big mistake, I might as well had an affair and filed for divorce!

But then her indoors says she has a soft spot for 'italian style scooter'! now theres an idea maybe a Vespa, a little girly maybe! or a Lambretta, kinda cool but maybe a bit old.

Grow some bollox, If you want a bike, get a bike. Get her some kit and put her on the pillion...she'll love it.

I quite like the idea of a mentalist scooter now! looks totally normal but scares children and old ladies

[chilli]

Put ya foot down! Tell her you're gonna buy it whilst holding the front door open...... worth a try??!!

[rosstefa]

Why not get a Gilera 180cc great fun. Or you can get a custom one done. Some compaines have been dropping the piagio 180cc 2-stroke engine into Vespa style scooters. Plenty of tunning options as well.

[Benni]

Mental Scooter Conversions !
Hey, you seem to live on the right kind of island :
Try this 125 Yambretta

www.racinglambrettas.com/yourscooters/my%20yambretta%20012.jpg

or the full monty, 350cc and 65 hp...
www.scootculture.org/cs/csp04/cs4_bletchley2001_yambretta.jpg

Google pics for more yambrettas.
Cheers, and..........................survive it,
Benni

[northernboy]

The 250cc Vespa is nippy enough, especially around town. Why not start off wth one, and see how it goes from there?