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Post by spandi on Aug 3, 2013 8:10:12 GMT -5
Did you see this one?
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Post by scott on Aug 3, 2013 8:17:35 GMT -5
[replyingto=scootnwinn]scootnwinn[/replyingto]I was so lucky to stumble on to this. The guy had just put it on Craig's List a couple of days before I got it.
I was still looking at ads for scooters every day, even though my mind was pretty well made up that I was going to buy a Znen scooter online. It was love at first sight with this one.
The guy knew what he was doing when he rebuilt it. Practically everything is new on it. He found it in Alaska; it had been mistreated and basically abandoned. He paid $200 for it, put about $2000 worth of parts into it, rode it for a few ears, and sold it to me for $1200. He almost didn't sell it, he liked it so much, but I sure am glad he did! He said he was going to buy a bigger scooter next, probably a Burgman.
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Post by scott on Aug 3, 2013 8:21:22 GMT -5
[replyingto=spandi]spandi[/replyingto]Love it! I'm a big Lou Reed fan. I was just thinking about it, and I don't believe I remember seeing any scooter commercials back then. Scooters weren't on my radar back then, anyway. All I wanted was a car.
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Post by spandi on Aug 3, 2013 8:21:27 GMT -5
You want to hear something weird? I used to have a Honda Elite scooter and now I have A Znen that I did an extensive rebuild on. Strange isn't it?  |
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Post by scott on Aug 3, 2013 8:27:26 GMT -5
[replyingto=domindart]domindart[/replyingto]You know, I never thought I'd get an orange scooter, but I immediately liked it. The guy who owned it said it was originally a metallic gray sort of color, but he wanted something with better visibility. I think he had a good idea, there. He even threw in an orange helmet to match it. What a great guy!
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Post by scott on Aug 3, 2013 8:32:01 GMT -5
[replyingto=spandi]spandi[/replyingto]That is so strange. Is in an Interceptor? That's what I was going to buy. Znen and SSR have different names for it, but it's the same scoot. Life is funny sometimes.I was going to buy a 150, but this one's a 250, which is what I really wanted, anyway. The guy said he took it on the Interstate a few times and it did 75! I don't know if I'm brave enough for all that, though.
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Post by spandi on Aug 3, 2013 8:36:35 GMT -5
I think that painting the scoot Orange was a great idea. (looks like for 1200 you done good) Can you imagine if you had to pay someone skilled enough to do the work, what that scooter would have cost you? (BTW, Orange was Frank Sinata's favorite color.)
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Post by spandi on Aug 3, 2013 8:41:31 GMT -5
Well this IS strange..... it's a Znen SSR 250 Titan. (250 is definitely better) but heck, I use to take my Elite out on the interstate all the time without a thought.
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Post by scott on Aug 3, 2013 8:57:47 GMT -5
[replyingto=spandi]spandi[/replyingto]I'm afraid the draft from those big trucks passing by will blow that light scooter off the road. I'm fine with taking it on any other highway around here, but the cops don't enforce the speed limit on the Interstate around here, really, and people drive  and  all the time on it. It's getting to be like the Autobahn. |
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Post by scott on Aug 3, 2013 9:03:27 GMT -5
[replyingto=spandi]spandi[/replyingto]I would never have been able to afford it. That's the kind of thing collectors do, not most ordinary riders out there. This guy is very conscientious; he takes great care with everything he owns. He has a couple of big motorcycles, too. One of them is huge! He can ride/drive anything; he even has his pilot's license. He's a very accomplished, intelligent man. I got very lucky with this buy.
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Post by spandi on Aug 3, 2013 9:14:48 GMT -5
You were lucky. Do you know how many people would've loved to have the opportunity to buy a totally restored 1980's Elite 250 for a little more than the cost of a 150cc Chinese scoot?
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Post by scott on Aug 3, 2013 9:22:34 GMT -5
[replyingto=spandi]spandi[/replyingto]It's one of those things that feel heaven-sent. It was just meant to be. You see, this is my first scooter. I couldn't have done any better in my situation, either, because I'm on a very tight budget. It took me a year to save up for this thing. Somebody is looking out for me; no doubt about it.
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Post by ltdhpp on Aug 3, 2013 10:28:33 GMT -5
I was a big Devo fan, too, back in the day. ;D You know they put a new album out a couple years ago, right? It's not bad... true to their roots. |
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all the time on it. It's getting to be like the Autobahn.
