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Post by Paladin on Jan 21, 2014 14:17:15 GMT -5
I see it all the time and it looks ridiculous....
Your opinion doesn't mean squat. I have a $4,599 MSRP Vespa. I have a $25 Rubbermaid 8 gallon Actionpack box.
I did not buy for a scooter for fun. I bought the scooter for transportation. I got the Vespa because I expect it to last at least 10 years / 80,000 miles. My Scooter is a shopping cart. I can stash 30 pounds of groceries in the lockable tail box, more under the seat, and I now have a front rack so I can carry case of 24 bottles of beer foreward. |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jan 21, 2014 15:05:37 GMT -5
I see it all the time and it looks ridiculous....
Your opinion doesn't mean squat. I have a $4,599 MSRP Vespa. I have a $25 Rubbermaid 8 gallon Actionpack box.
I did not buy for a scooter for fun. I bought the scooter for transportation. I got the Vespa because I expect it to last at least 10 years / 80,000 miles. My Scooter is a shopping cart. I can stash 30 pounds of groceries in the lockable tail box, more under the seat, and I now have a front rack so I can carry case of 24 bottles of beer foreward.
OK, Now, I've gotta admit Paladin convinced me...
That Rubbermaid box looks nearly IDENTICAL to an expensive trunk I almost bought for my scoot... Now in all honesty, it really DOES look light-years better than a milk crate... LOL! But yeah, somebody copied the Rubbermaid box, and called it a fashion-statement (that holds a LOT of stuff in the process)... In fact, my Wife's doc has a new Vespa like Paladin's with a VERY expensive large trunk... WHICH LOOKS JUST LIKE PALADIN'S RUBBERMAID BOX!
Slap on a band of chrome trim, outlining strip LED stop-light and turn-signals and you've made yer' nasty self an even SAFER fashion-statement. I can't help but think carbon-fiber milk-crates are in our near future! Add lights, and a fitted waterproof cover, and I'd use one on a $30K Harley... I think... Maybe? Well, maybe if it had a chrome skull on it...
All kidding aside, I truly have noticed that often, the better a trunk looks, the less it holds! And like Paladin, I like to be able to haul a load!
Ride safe, ride LOADED... (with cargo)
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Post by americanpsycho on Jan 21, 2014 15:13:21 GMT -5
I see it all the time and it looks ridiculous....
Your opinion doesn't mean squat. I have a $4,599 MSRP Vespa. I have a $25 Rubbermaid 8 gallon Actionpack box.
I did not buy for a scooter for fun. I bought the scooter for transportation. I got the Vespa because I expect it to last at least 10 years / 80,000 miles. My Scooter is a shopping cart. I can stash 30 pounds of groceries in the lockable tail box, more under the seat, and I now have a front rack so I can carry case of 24 bottles of beer foreward. And neither does your opinion. You shouldn't be proud of being able to haul 24 bottles of beer. |
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Post by novaraptor on Jan 21, 2014 15:21:25 GMT -5
I'm proud to haul 24 bottles of beer, 18 outside of me and 6 inside of me...  |
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Post by americanpsycho on Jan 21, 2014 16:06:09 GMT -5
I'm proud to haul 24 bottles of beer, 18 outside of me and 6 inside of me... Is that why you use a scooter? |
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Post by phssthpok on Jan 21, 2014 16:17:17 GMT -5
I see it all the time and it looks ridiculous. People buy an expensive scooter like a Honda Ruckus or Yamaha Zuma only to do the hillbilly thing and mount a milk crate on the rack instead of a nice trunk. I can see a cheap $700 chicom scooter but a $2,200+ scooter.  Zuma: Given the similarities in their 'rugged, industrial-minimalist' design/image, I'm going to go out on a limb and speculate that it's mere 'hipster imaging' that causes people to put a 're-purposed' milk crate on their scoot. Kinda like hipsters that will spend money on 'fashion' glasses with plain glass (read: non-corrective) lenses...just so they can 'look' intellectually superior. |
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Post by novaraptor on Jan 21, 2014 16:49:53 GMT -5
I'm proud to haul 24 bottles of beer, 18 outside of me and 6 inside of me... Is that why you use a scooter? Nope, just pokin' the bear... and I don't use a milk crate..Usually my choice is a magnetic tank bag. I have put metal tabs on the hump to clamp to. And occasionally, a backpack with the straps modified to fit the passenger area of the seat. Looks better, in my opinion, than most low priced top boxes.. |
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Post by americanpsycho on Jan 21, 2014 16:55:39 GMT -5
Is that why you use a scooter? Nope, just pokin' the bear... A sign that common sense is still going down the gutter. |
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Post by bstow on Jan 21, 2014 18:03:02 GMT -5
OK!
Start a new scooter fashion trend.
Just paint the milk crate to match the scooter!
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Post by novaraptor on Jan 21, 2014 18:25:01 GMT -5
Great idea... Anybody wanna photoshop that up?
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Post by spandi on Jan 21, 2014 18:54:21 GMT -5
OK! Start a new scooter fashion trend. Just paint the milk crate to match the scooter! Naah, just go and buy the thousand dollar Gucci "Latte-Luggage." |
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Post by americanpsycho on Jan 21, 2014 19:13:09 GMT -5
A small toolbox is mucho better looking than a milk crate which is hillbilly looking.
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Post by Paladin on Jan 21, 2014 19:17:58 GMT -5
.... You shouldn't be proud of being able to haul 24 bottles of beer What? You don't need to do a Beer Run?  Old picture -- I can carry two cases, I now have luggage racks front and rear. Do you don't drink, or is it that you use your Hamster Cage for carrying groceries? |
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Post by americanpsycho on Jan 21, 2014 19:34:24 GMT -5
.... You shouldn't be proud of being able to haul 24 bottles of beer What? You don't need to do a Beer Run? Old picture -- I can carry two cases, I now have luggage racks front and rear. Do you don't drink, or is it that you use your Hamster Cage for carrying groceries? I don't drink. I don't have a vehicle yet. I use public transportation right now for everything. I will continue to use public transportation for groceries and for appointments when the weather is bad. On nice days I will use my moped to go places. |
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Post by novaraptor on Jan 21, 2014 19:56:30 GMT -5
A mix of public transportation and scooter is a really good and economical way to get around. Sadly, the bus system in Vegas usually only gets me within an hour and a mile of where I work. Not their fault. I work in a localized industrial area and while I can see my workplace from the bus stop, I have to walk around several walled in areas to get there and the timetable puts me there early or late. Still good to have. Great to have a scooter for grocery and laundry runs. (And fun runs of course)
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