SteveW
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Registered: 15th Jul 02
Location: Up in the clouds
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Just had a "super wicked high-five team" of scooters come past work. 6 of the noisey buggers..
soooo underpowered.. honestly would it not just be better to walk or get on your bicycle ?
must me cheaper really, and you dont have to wear a reject crash helmet.
all with L plates on..
just wait a couple of years and get a lil Festa or something then you can go around making even more noise with your 6x9s and bangin drum n bass...
FFS
*rant over*
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Melville
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Registered: 4th Jun 03
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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Your only jealous because you are about 10ft too big to ride one 
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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I like the ones with 'racing' exhausts.
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SteveW
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Registered: 15th Jul 02
Location: Up in the clouds
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have seen some with neons..
all i need to see now is one with some subs and amps loaded on there..
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SXi_Tim
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Registered: 11th Mar 03
Location: South Yorkshire Drives: RS3, LET B
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There was one that used to come upto ship hill in rotherham with speakers on it, the guy looked like an absolute cock 
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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I know a lad who had a neon on one, when I was still at school.
He wasn't cool.
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SteveW
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Registered: 15th Jul 02
Location: Up in the clouds
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if i was that age again and too young to drive.. i would NOT get a frickin scooter.
i would rather walk 
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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It does seem a bit silly.
£2k for the scooter, £400 insurance, £5 petrol every 4 minutes.
have one for 18 months, costs you nearly 3k, you probably get a grand back.
so in 18 months, you've wasted 2k which could have bought, and insured a fiesta or something 
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SteveW
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totally 
makes me laugh.. they would rather waste money to look "cool" for a bit than save some and be the first outta their mates to get a car.
how boss would that be yo !?!
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abdus
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Registered: 23rd Feb 06
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get a quad
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Dean_W
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Registered: 13th Dec 05
Location: Downham Market, Norfolk
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quote:
Originally posted by Robin
£5 petrol every 4 minutes.
You having a laugh?
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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Robin where are you getting these figures from, and sorry but £5 petrol would last you all week on a scooter
Mate had one we used to binge about on it everywhere (feet over reg plate through speed camera's ) best fun ever when you're 16
Oh yeah he paid £1k for his and his was de-restricted with a 'power pipe' indicated 60
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Dean_W
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Registered: 13th Dec 05
Location: Downham Market, Norfolk
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If your after a cheap run about, you can't get better.
£5 per week petrol, £15 per year tax.
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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Must resist urge to post smiley after every sentance
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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I meant every 5 minutes because you are ragging around for 9 hours an evening.
I was over exaggerating slightly.
But my point remains.
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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What in christ, ride one and tell me you aren't having the most fun you have ever had.
Aprilia SR50 with Arrow race pipe and lightened and balanced rollers, uprated jets and your looking at 60mph easily with awesome accelration.
£5 quids worth of petrol will last you a week and beyond, I got from Reading to Hayling Island on 3.50 worth of petrol on mine.
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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My mate had a mallaguti firefox 'f-16' iirc
Meanest looking bike ever it was bright yellow with a tinted black panel over the front
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
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My bad f15
Like this but not as cool
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nova_gteuk
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Registered: 15th May 02
Location: South Wales Drives: The Bandwagon
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I had a piaggio nrg xtreme 50cc when i was 16,fuckin loved it best fun to be had at 16 is on a scooter
The bike i had (pic below) had it deristricted at the exhaust and clutch and a sports exhaust and i could do about £60+mph
was a bargain about £10 a week petrol £15 tax a year £400 on insurance and my parents bought me the bike lol
I wouldnt mind another one to be honest and im 23 lol thinking off getting a gilera runner 125 save using the corsa then lol
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Dean_W
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Registered: 13th Dec 05
Location: Downham Market, Norfolk
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Gilera Runners are good bikes.
I had one of those, but a 50cc. It was good for 75 MPH though.
I worked at a motorbike shop at the time, so i got all the parts for cheap. I did all the work myself.
I changed the gears, clutch, variator, carb, head and barrel, crank, exhaust. My cousin couldn't keep up in his 1.2 Nova
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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Gileras are far to heavy and slow. I know for a fact a 50cc Gilera Runner will not do 75mph. A 125 Gilera will do 75mph, just.
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
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i had a piaggio zip, derestricted with "road legal" pipe on it, got pulled once for L plates bein too small and the copper said i was doin 60 on his camera thing, luckily it was a 50 limit and he didnt do me for speedin
after just crashin the corsa though i might buy another ped, my mates sellin a gilera dna which is so much fun to ride!
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bradford_SRi
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Registered: 22nd Jul 06
Location: Allerton, West Yorkshire
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guess what cc?
[Edited on 02-11-2006 by bradford_SRi]
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nova_gteuk
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Registered: 15th May 02
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well theres this guy that lives by me hes in his 40's lol and hes got a gilera runner 180 and hes tuned it with every aftermarket part available and he an get a 100mph + out off it lol its a crazy bike,hes even panted it blue and yellow with metalflake
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Dean_W
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Registered: 13th Dec 05
Location: Downham Market, Norfolk
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Gileras are far to heavy and slow. I know for a fact a 50cc Gilera Runner will not do 75mph. A 125 Gilera will do 75mph, just.
A Gilera 50 will not do 75 MPH on standard gears, fact.
Read the post.
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