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Post by george54 on Jul 26, 2015 11:59:39 GMT -5
Ouch. did you get an opportunity to speak with the truck driver? Not yet. The state patrol found the truck and let me know what the name of the company is. I plan on calling them in the morning. I hope they wrote him for not securing the load or as its called in NJ -Loading so as to spill. That will prove you are telling the truth when you call them. You might also mention that you are under a doctor's care from the incident.
(I'm not advocating blackmail, just play a little hardball and they may ask you to sign a release and at the same time pay for your ride's damage. That way, you win and they think they won too, by avoiding a medical lawsuit)
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Post by george54 on Jul 4, 2015 13:37:08 GMT -5
Like rocky said- Do you need certain parts to make it right, either cosmetically or mechanically?
I bought a Chinese Lance from the California distributor a couple years ago and it arrived with most body panels scratched from the scooter shifting in the metal framed crate. A phone call to them with a couple of quick iPhone photos to prove that I really had the damage, and they shipped me new body panels right out. They even asked if I was OK with doing the repair myself. I wonder if I said no if they would have arranged service?
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Post by george54 on Jul 4, 2015 13:24:25 GMT -5
I haven't witnessed any Vespa or other owner shunning a Chinese scoot owner. The only shunning here in the USA is usually done by some Harley Davidson owners who refuse to acknowledge an owner of any other brand as being worthy of their time.
I think many here buy a Chinese scooter to get a first taste of scootering. I don't mean to say there aren't several fine Chinese makes to own not just as a first scooter, but here in the USA most people not living in a dense urban city don't buy a scooter as their main means of transportation, just as some summertime fun, especially true in the northern areas that get cold winters.
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Post by george54 on Jun 28, 2015 9:22:48 GMT -5
Jeez, that's terrible. Get well soon and don't be so hard on yourself. Boots probably wouldn't have prevented your broken leg. Unless your footwear made you slip to start the process? Even with boots you can still slide on some slippery enough crap that's on our roads.
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Post by george54 on Jun 27, 2015 13:58:30 GMT -5
Paladin, don't take it so personal. You quoted only part of my comment. While I do feel some, not all, scooters with 10" wheels can be a bit twitchy on the highway, what I was talking about was the BRAKES not inspiring confidence. I never said to never go over 40 or 50 or whatever speed. I was speaking solely about my experience with my Chinese scoot, which also was supposedly one of the quality makes, and BRAKING. I would never feel comfortable making a quick or a panic stop from 60 or 65 on a 10" Chinese scooter.
And since we are talking to a definite newbie, I felt I should advise him to get a better quality ride like a Vespa for a 140 mile highway ride.
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Post by george54 on Jun 25, 2015 19:14:29 GMT -5
IMO a used Vespa or Piaggio or a new or used Genuine is your best way to go. I did own a Chinese scooter once. It was fine for around town but I didn't like going faster than 40 on it. It didn't inspire confidence. Just because some scooters CAN go over 50 doesn't mean you should. The brakes can be the weak link that gets you in trouble.
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Post by george54 on Jun 20, 2015 17:54:59 GMT -5
Definitely report it to the police. Give them the two phone numbers. If they want to, they can get the names and addresses from the phone provider in like 5 minutes. They may take the report and tell you an investigator will contact you. Say OK, thank you, but don't just settle for that. Ask the officer who (name) will get the report. If he doesn't know, give it a day and then show up at the station again (in person, don't just call) and ask to speak to the investigators and find out who got your case assigned to them.
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Post by george54 on Jun 12, 2015 19:19:54 GMT -5
Of course it's TRUE! Didn't you guys know that a Genuine scooter comes with an Austin Powers style "Mojo" as standard equipment?  What!? I certainly hope not! I just got my wife a Genuine Buddy 125  |
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Post by george54 on Jun 9, 2015 6:54:00 GMT -5
Yeah right. His first threesome. I bet it was him, his right hand, and his left hand.
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Post by george54 on Jun 9, 2015 6:52:23 GMT -5
Congrats! Its a deal.
Even IF it was stored correctly the entire eight years I'd still worry about the age of the tires even if they look OK. I've bought a couple of motorcycles from the 70s and 80s that had great looking tires too, but no way could they be serviceable. They get hard, glazed, compounds change chemically, etc. And why, if they did everything else correctly with regard to storage, did they leave the battery connected? Doesn't make sense to me.
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Post by george54 on Jun 5, 2015 15:09:00 GMT -5
I don't think a softer appearance will change things. They can wear Hawaii shirts with Bermuda shorts and ride Honda Metropolitans and relations with the community still will not improve. I would focus improved, non-lethal weapons for law enforcement. I agree with you about the need for more non lethal weapons but they are only useful if you have the extra time to deploy them and also some distance from the suspect. In the real world things turn real bad in a blink of an eye. Nearby to me, two officers were holding a suspect on the ground, face down and he was lying on top of his hands and he wasn't submitting to being handcuffed. While struggling with him they kept yelling for him to show them his hands. So they then decide to use pepper spray on him and he gets his hand out and guess what? he's holding a gun and shoots both of them, killing one. |
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