[Kellisanth]

http://dealershipuniversity.com/KYMCO/quannon150/

Now that looks interesting, although I dunno if there’s any in the Chicago area yet.

Why not black? Red or Blue is fine.

Is this the first sub-250 sportsbike in the US?

/me ponders the idea of obtaining one for next year.

Then again, I dunno if I wanna go commuting on the highway on that. 😮

Although compared to obtaining the Yamaha’s TMAX … (hrmm) Durn moths in the wallet.

[eon]

Certainly looks nice, but that TMAX looks nice and goes pretty quick. It’s nice to have options

[Kellisanth]

Yeah, the TMAX looks very pretty, but the insurance is ouchers when I was looking at it to get some ideas. 😮 And weight wise, is the same as the EX500 give or take a few kilos, and maybe a lil’ different seating wise by a few mm.

Parking wise though, it will be rather difficult to park it properly according to chicago rules/laws I think! I haven’t seen one in person yet (unless they had it at IMS’09 and I overlooked it) thus not sure how it compares to to like the Concours.

Lately, been carrying my camera kit (backpack) with tripod about lately, thus looking at different riding options.

How many folks here ride or have given Scooters a thought? And do other cities consider them “M” regardless of cc, or do something like “L” 50cc up to 150cc and anything over 150cc the rider needs a “M”. (sub-50s just need a DL here)

[eon]

Well, it’s a 500cc scooter I have. Can’t say I was thinking about a scooter back when I was looking but living next door to a Vespa dealership certainly influenced my decision. I was looking for a 2008 Ninja 250 but they were impossible to come by last summer. Having the big scooter has been fun though. It is my only means of transport so having a large underseat storage plus a topbox gives me plenty of room to store stuff.

I have also lucked out in that it has allowed me to ride with a local scooter group who are the most fun group I have ridden with yet. They have spirited rides on the best routes around. They kick off folks who are not ATGATT or who have poor control. It is run by a local online bike magazine and they have contacts with all the local businesses and they helped promote Proficient Motorcycling back when it was launched. David Hough writes articles for the mag and I even got to meet him on a group ride. So having a scooter as my first ride has been a great introduction into the biking scene for me.

As far as licensing goes, I think it’s pretty common that anything above 50cc or 35mph is regarded as a motorcycle. Don’t think there is such a thing as a “scooter” as far as the DOL is concerned. It is either a motorcycle or a moped (motor powered bicycle).

And parking for a TMAX would be the same as for a bike. It is the same size as a regular bike. Law enforcement may look the other way for cute little Vespa’s but I would not expect that for a full size bike/scooter.

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