The whole scoot-wave thing is just never going to happen with me. At least not for the little ones.
But please, don’t over generalize saying I’m poking fun at smaller displacement real motorcycles (which I never did), I was saying I don’t take the little 49cc scoots seriously. The first serious scooters I ever saw was when I was up in Lake George. Big crazy touring mothers, with drivers who actually belong on the road and have a motorcycle endorsement.
Around these parts the only scooters you see are the craigs list special $500 49cc chinese imports (like Rocketa aka Ghetto-Rockets as we call them around here), and the people riding them aren’t out there with a rider mentality, they are treating them like the toys that they are.
I remember one day riding down the road and I accidentally low waved a fruit-scoot. I immediatly wished I had a flux capacitor, so i could jump on the highway, get upto 88mph, and go back in time to slap myself for the indiscresion.
I absolutly know I’m not the only one out there not waving. We have had other posts in the past about the same subject. I just happen to be the only honest one talking up about it on here (other than Munch, but he’ll wave if waved to).
Eon –
You are not being elitist but you tell us how scooters are inferior?
I never said that but if you read into it then sure. They are. No doubt about it. They are built with the driving purpose of ease of use. Find any scooter you want, and put it against any equivalently priced bike and it will be out performed. It’s the truth.
You are not being elitist but you get to define who is worthy of your wave?
I don’t remember the “ride around and wave to everything that has a wheel” drill durring the training course. How many points did I lose off my riding exam for not waving? I hope I don’t get pulled over and given a ticket for failing to wave. What whats this… a news flash… Stalin is not in power you say? I live in America? It’s a FREE country you say? I can wave and not wave as I please!?!?!?!
Rane – In 10 years, you haven’t learned not to tell a New Englander to be friendly? Stubborness is part of our yankee charm! (ugh I just said yankee, the Sox fan in me just died a little) And yes I know there are scooter forums out there with very devoted fans, and scooter enthusiasts world wide. There are a lot of people who really love them. And at $6,899.00 for a Vespa 250 GTV (same as I payed for my FZ6R or for a brand new Gladius) you would have to be nuts or incredibly dedicated to own one, and I would really really hope it out perfomed a $3790.00 V-Star 250.