Great Finds  By  cookees (Read 838 times)

Oh, cookees…

A Kymco "Bet & Win" with 350 miles? THAT one would be worth buying and riding home!

You almost NEVER see a Bet & Win for sale. They are mechanically the same as my Grandvista… But in a sport configuration. Compact size, good acceleration, great gas mileage and 70-75mph capability! FABULOUS scooter and all one could ask for in an old-school, carbureted 250.

And who could resist a seller with a garage with a GRASS driveway? LOL! 

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And the little "200". Appears to be a "People 200" which is really an air-cooled 160. I had one as a loaner while "Minnie Mouse" was in the shop and fell in love with it. It had excellent acceleration, AND would run right up to 60+ with ease. Handled like it weighed next to nothing!

It was in essence what tuners WISH they could make their Chinese 150's to be... It's simply a GY6 150 on steroids, with incredible "ease of riding". Perfect choice for a rider who wants a totally non-intimidating ride that can still keep up with traffic and hit over 60-mph.

Both of these are PREMIER choices for the budget-minded buyer, and real scores for first-time scooter riders... ESPECIALLY the "Bet n' Win"! Few riders outside of die-hard Kymco mavens know what this "daddy of the Grandvista" really is, but what a buy!

Thanks for posting... Hope some of our forum members snap THESE up. They will surely be happy campers!

Leo (LOVIN' that Bet n' Win) in Texas 

I'm curious what the little sign says that's on the end of the luggage rack. And why someone wants folks getting close enough to their butt-end to be able to read it.

OI! BACK OFF, DUDE! NO REARENDING HERE! oh, you're just trying to read my sign....

>'Kat

"Messages" on the back of a bike can lead to the "Easy Rider syndrome"...  Sad but true!  Put any sticker on your ride promoting our President, or, "Make America Great Again" and some cretin is VERY likely to send you to your eternal reward.  Seriously! It's just TOO easy to run over a scooter from behind.

I used to have both U.S. Army and Air Force enameled badges on the back fender of "Minnie Mouse" honoring my Wife's and my service.  BAD IDEA!  I drew SO much hatred from those who crave a Socialist "Camelot" dictatorship, and abhor what America stands for that I had to remove them or end up a statistic.

You're just TOO vulnerable from attack from the rear on a bike, and with any message/sticker that ticks off the "other side"  "deep-state" or whatever they may call themselves, you'll never see it coming.

Even the innocuous "Too Close" message INFURIATES bullies.  "You think I'm too close?  EAT MY BUMPER, BUBBA!"  And you end up road-kill.

Do not put a target on your back... It's just too mean out there today.

Leo in Texas

Kat,

Yeah, "Camelot" was around that time during the Kennedy administration... Jack and Jackie, Marilyn Monroe, Teddy and the never-ending parade of "sexcapades"... And the birth of the Camelot ideal of outlawing guns, outlawing war, wide-open borders where everyone comes in to enjoy free lunch and "good karma"...

Free love, abortion on demand, legalized dope, nobody has to work (except the rich) since they have to pay everyone's way...

The crew in Washington went through dope and women like an eight-year-old going through Disneyland.  Still do today.

That movement is still alive and well in the "Deep State" or so-called "Shadow Government" and it simply won't work.  Never has, never will... Not any time, not anywhere.  Socialism is a self-destructing act.

Even though I was in my teens, I could see where it was heading and figured voters would grow up and shut it down.  Didn't happen.  Now, America is paying the awful price.  I'm Donald Trump's age, and I wouldn't have his job for a trillion bucks.  Thank God HE is willing to do it.

Members who have grown up after the WWII Truman/Eisenhower era (Yes, one a Republican regime and one a Democrat) have seen precious little real leadership in the last half-century.  There has been some, on both sides of the fence, but only sporadically.

As I mentioned, just put any kind of pro-America or pro-military decoration on your scoot, and see how fast our "tolerant" citizens try to remove you from the planet.  Put it on your car or truck and it will need to "see MAACO" in short order thanks to a sledgehammer.  And TEXAS is a "RED STATE".

Most people under 50 have NO idea what I'm talking about, and have been taught to love the status-quo.  I'm sorry, but the term "Camelot" applied to my beloved country makes my blood boil.

Our military men and women didn't fight and die to establish or preserve Camelot.  They sacrificed to preserve the God-ordained, CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC of the United Sates of America.

That's my belated July Fourth message.  Love it or hate it, I'm still free to say it.

Leo (standing up for the National Anthem) in Texas, USA.

I understand your pal well... I'm a Republican, but had I been old enough to vote, I'd have voted for Kennedy in the sixties.  I must admit, I actually voted for Ross Perot!  We all mess up once in a while. 
 
I'm glad your Airborne friend has had no problems.  Where you live makes some difference.  Around here, it's a left-wing stomping-ground, and a "designated dumping ground" for illegals flown in.  This area "thinks" it's a "sanctuary city" but it's NOT.  Still, those black Suburbans with green Government plates slither through at night, and the "passengers" exit and run like cockroaches when the light's turned on... LOL!

I must qualify that, since I've NOT seen the dumping of illegals since the 2016 election! 

Still, not prudent to promote anything pro-America, pro right-wing, pro-Christian etc.  Like I said, no more targets on my back.  I have no problem with an honest gunfight face-to-face, but I don't relish buying it by surprise from an SUV from behind.

Ride safe!  And, watch yer' six.

Leo (NOT planning to invest in any pot-farms any time soon) in Texas

Now we have to ask about the acronym, with which I am not familiar...