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Jeffroj
Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 03:34 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

There are some HD dealers that don't sell Buell or even accept Buell, but my HD dealer now sells scooters, haha. I guess some dealers are more open minded than others.

It did look pretty funny last weekend when I pulled up to the dealership to get some more plexus, and I seen a bunch of old bikers standing around a bunch of scooters.

Here is the newsletter I just received

http://www.psnnewsletter.com/newsletters/36440_200 9_8_21_3_11_9.html
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Wardamneagle
Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 03:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Yeah one near me that used to have Buell stopped selling Buell and recently started selling scooters.

Oh well the particular dealer was useless anyway
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Nik
Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 03:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

It's a similar market. They're both 'lifestyle accessories.'
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Jeffroj
Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 04:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

To me, HD dealers and salesman have always made the top of my list for being harda$$ douche bags due to past experiences, it's just great to see the HD dealer image changing, selling cute, friendly scooters.
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Piotr12
Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 04:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

At least they went with a decent scooter brand. I own 2 Genuines. They are rock solid.
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Jeffroj
Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 05:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Seem a bit steep on price though. I see cheap chinese 125 models for $700 brand new. I've recently rebuilt a Zuma, that my roommate wrecked, which incredibly hold value, and just can't see the cheap chinese makes being that much less in quality from the name brands. Maybe you can tell me why they are so expensive, but I just can't see it, there's literally nothing to a small engine scooter to justify those prices.
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Mizzou_buell
Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 05:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Yeah, Mid-America here in Columbia,MO is HD/Buell, along with Vespa.
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Nik
Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 06:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Seem a bit steep on price though. I see cheap chinese 125 models for $700 brand new. I've recently rebuilt a Zuma, that my roommate wrecked, which incredibly hold value, and just can't see the cheap chinese makes being that much less in quality from the name brands. Maybe you can tell me why they are so expensive, but I just can't see it, there's literally nothing to a small engine scooter to justify those prices.

Genuine Scooters are not cheap chinese POS's (India and Taiwan), and are supported by a real dealer network that actually has parts and knows how to wrench on them, and the distributor has been around a while in the Vintage Vespa scene and isn't going anywhere anytime soon. That's why they justify those prices.

You could ride a Stella to the end of the world and back and get parts anywhere, since its the same thing as a Vespa P-series, except with disc brakes and electric start. Where else can you find a company that's been willing to jump through the hoops and make a new >50cc two stroke legal for the street? Genuine has two such models.}
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Buford
Posted on Friday, August 21, 2009 - 06:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Everytime a Yam Zuma 125 passes..it almost looks Buellish...that would be the one to get.
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Jos51700
Posted on Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 11:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

You'll be seeing alot of HD dealers selling off-brand stuff in the near future. HD's profits? Down 91% at the moment.

A dealer's gotta do what a dealer's gotta do to keep the lights on right now. The HD dealer in Springfield, MO, used to carry Ural's, of all things. Russian and USA, right in the same store.

And anyone that thinks the Chinese half-breed stuff is "about as good" as Honda, Yamaha, etc., has never worked on it! It's trash!
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Mrmoen
Posted on Saturday, August 22, 2009 - 03:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

the dealer i bought my uly from sells urals and vectrix electric scooters too, another one sells kawasaki, sea-doo, and ski-doo, i guess t-shirt sales isnt enough

(Message edited by mr-moen on August 22, 2009)
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Jeffroj
Posted on Monday, August 24, 2009 - 01:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Yes, a good dealer network is worth the extra, it just amazes me how expensive scooters are in general.

I did check out some of Genuine Scooters' 50cc models, they look quality, but can you tell me why the Rough House R50 is a ripoff of the Zuma??? I know that if I designed the Zuma, I'd be pretty pissed right now!

Here in GA, as long as it has lights, any 50cc scooter is legal on the street. Does not need to be registered or have insurance, or have a MC license, just can't drive on roads posted over 35mph.
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46champ
Posted on Monday, August 24, 2009 - 09:23 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

JOS51700 you know the Chinese stuff 90% of it will never get worked on. It will have under 500 miles put on it the first riding season then spend the next 10 years in the back of the garage while they complain about gas prices.
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Vortec57
Posted on Monday, August 24, 2009 - 02:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

cant go on roads over 35? dang.
That takes half the fun out of my Vino then.
Still with stock exhaust it's hitting 45 MPH (my truck speedo agrees with it even)

By spring it will most likley have a pipe and a 90cc kit in it ; )
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Jeffroj
Posted on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 11:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

With a vance and hines pipe and a larger jet, we had this zuma going 50+ on flat ground, granted the rider was 140lbs wet.
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Ramm
Posted on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 12:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Until he ran off the road and broke his collarbone...
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Jeffroj
Posted on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 12:43 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

LOL And to think that he wants to get a streetbike, I think he should stick with the scooter for a while.
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Wednesday, August 26, 2009 - 12:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Drop an American motorcycle and pick up a Taiwanese scooter?

Weird.
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Bumblebee
Posted on Friday, August 28, 2009 - 02:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Where is the "Genuine Scooter" made?

It's cute, but isn't it sort of Anti-Harley?
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Fast1075
Posted on Friday, August 28, 2009 - 04:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

P.T. Barnum said "give the people what they want".

In this case if they don't want (or can't afford a roadcouch) it's a great way to make a dollar.

Thats thinkin' with your dipstick...Jimmy..
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Augustus74
Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2009 - 02:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Mine's been selling scooters for like a year now. Some have 2 wheels in the front.
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