no shit. that's the most badass consumer drill I've ever seen.
i got an anemic honda metropolitan (got a killer deal on it). as soon as i get some money together i'm upgrading to a vino 125. then when i get some money/experience together, i'm passing the scooter down to the fiance and buying a real bike.
at least, that's the current plan.
Gave my daughter my Scion, got something a little more fun
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LOL. Bro, I'm rocking a 2007 Met myself, and I'm 6'2" and 235 lbs. :biggrin:
I like to tinker, so I made a custom intake for it, bolted on an aftermarket exhaust system, and installed an aftermarket variator and belt. Now, it'll just about get me to 45 mph on a flat road.
Best mod you can do to it is a Hona windshield, though. Easy to bolt on and guaranteed improvement.
LOL. I'm on a 2009 and weigh a full 80 pounds less.
I was about to start modding it (my buddy is actually good friends with one of the top tier scooter modding companies around here), but it got way too fucking expensive way too fast. Reminded me of my old ricer days; I figured by the time I got the met going 40-45 I'd be out enough money to buy a pair of 125cc scooters.
Even a used tricked out 150cc metropolitan runs 4-6k. Which is alot, but not alot considering how much the owners dumped into them.
Yeah, I got mine for a grand before tax + license, but I've probably put over half that into it again. It's fun though, and I learned a lot. Made some a couple pricey mistakes, but nothing too bad. Made me want a full-size bike, so I bought a Honda Shadow 1100cc, too.
Exact same boat here (price too ). I'm not mad - first 2 wheeler, so it'll be super easy to get my motorcycle license.
Funny, I was eyefucking the shadow a few years ago when I was first looking into bikes.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2260985
I definitely love my Shadow, and it might be my favorite purchase of 2013 (if that's what we decided was the scope of this thread). It's worth noting, however, that I've had a motorcycle endorsement for 16 years, just hadn't owned a bike in a long time. Buying the scooter was easy and made me love riding again, but I'll join the advise you received in that thread in saying that you may want an intermediate step between a scooter (even the Vino) and a Shadow 750 or 1100.
I bought a neighboring lot to my house. It stretched me a bit, but I will NEVER have anyone live/build behind me.
my Synology NAS... I use it pretty much every day and it's so nice to be able to have access to all my media/files from any computer (or DLNA-capable device) in the house without having to turn on my desktop in the home office.