What happens when GS riders have to downsize...

Discussion in 'Battle Scooters' started by slowinfastout, Apr 6, 2013.

  1. slowinfastout

    slowinfastout Halfway to nowhere in particular

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  2. Spaggy

    Spaggy Long timer

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    If we don't get some riding weather here soon, that's what my bike will look like.
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  3. JustKip

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    Where's the decaf soy latte holder?
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  4. larryboy

    larryboy Just obey!

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    Holy hell, that thing says GadgetBoy right on it. :huh


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  5. damasovi

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    is it DOT legal? aa man!!! you make my HID look like candles!!!

    have fun on it! day or night! just make sure NOT to start a fire with does lights!

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  6. Rugby4life

    Rugby4life Been here awhile

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    Don't worry, it's Italian so only 1 of them will work at a time.
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  7. CaptnJim

    CaptnJim Live To Ride

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    Interestingly enough, it's the only scooter with a 500 amp alternator! :evil
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  8. DougFromKentucky

    DougFromKentucky Just a good 'ole boy

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    All of these replies has made my day better. Just called my wife over to look at both the picture of the scooter and some of the replies. She laughed too.

    Thank you.
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  9. quasigentrified

    quasigentrified Bikeslut

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    :roflwell, you won this thread.
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  10. wb5plj

    wb5plj Been here awhile

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    +1:rofl
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  11. wb5plj

    wb5plj Been here awhile

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    did he never step back while he was doing it and just look at it??? :huh
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  12. clintonl

    clintonl Been here awhile

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    GSs rock. :)

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  13. Bronco638

    Bronco638 Nobody Home

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    I'll bet he did, several hundred times. :lol3

    Any of you familiar with The Who album Quadrophenia? That's simply a kitted out Mod scoot. How about the Continental kit on the back? :thumb
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  14. pjensen641

    pjensen641 Long timer

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    Even if the alternator was large enough to feed all that....I wonder if the engine would have enough horsepower left to go anywhere!
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  15. Rugby4life

    Rugby4life Been here awhile

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    It's like a Harley chopper. It doesn't matter if it goes or not, you're just going to trailer it to the bike show so everyone can bask in its magnificence. Yep, an OCC scooter.
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  16. CaseyJones

    CaseyJones Ridin' that train

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    Don't confuse GS riders, with Harley poseurs.

    Before I downsized...before I was a GS rider...I was SHOPPING for one. One thing I found...you could find a Harley used, discounted a few bucks, with 700 miles on it. Or you could find an airhead or oilhead GS...five years used, discounted a few bucks...with 40,000 miles on it!

    Harleys get trailered. GSs get RIDDEN. I put 21,000 on mine in three years, before my back caught up with me.
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