Vespa Scooters

[bananaman]

I've been seriously considering getting a Vespa for running around the city. Does anyone have one, or know anyone that has one?

According to the web there are two dealers in Toronto, so if you have any experience with either one that would be great.

 

[red]

sheik rides a scooter

with training wheels

 

[Edifice]

Are there any dealers in Toronto selling Segway scooters?

 

[petemeat]

It would be nice to use a Vespa but Toronto is too big and the cold weather sticks around longer than in Europe. They are great for Europe, not here.

 

[red]

It would be nice to use a Vespa but Toronto is too big and the cold weather sticks around longer than in Europe. They are great for Europe, not here.

thats right a toronto winter should not be tifled with- they are more of a prairie vehicle

 

[goalie000]

Didn't I read some where that Parking in downtown Toronto for scooters is free? or was that just a proposal someone was trying to promote?

 

[red]

The Vespa is a bit - how you say- gay but there are others!

its called driving for the other team



not that there is anything wrong with that.

 

[bananaman]

Didn't I read some where that Parking in downtown Toronto for scooters is free? or was that just a proposal someone was trying to promote?

That was one of my main reasons for thinking of getting one. I researched it, and you can park them for free on the street. I could save a ton of money in parking alone. Might even pay for the thing over a couple years.

 

[goalie000]

Believe it or not there are some very good Scooters out there that are made in China. They have a little better styling than the Vespa and are a little more reasonably priced.

 

[danmand]

Believe it or not there are some very good Scooters out there that are made in China. They have a little better styling than the Vespa and are a little more reasonably priced.

When I was in China last year, there were lots of electric scooters. They looked like Vespa's but had a battery and were charged off the grid.

Sometimes they scared the hell out of me because they were completely silent and the chinese drive them wherever they please, including on the sidewalk.

I would buy one of them if I could, for going to the corner store for my newspaper and morning coffee.

 

[DATYdude]

Electric scooters and bicyclesare aound,you're looking at between $500 and $5000. The best electric scooters can hit 80kph and will run for about an hour before needing a charge, plenty to get around town. You need a motorcycle licence and insurance I think. Electric bikes are recently legalized in Ontario, they run a max of 32kph, no licence required.

 

[danmand]

Electric scooters and bicyclesare aound,you're looking at between $500 and $5000. The best electric scooters can hit 80kph and will run for about an hour before needing a charge, plenty to get around town. You need a motorcycle licence and insurance I think. Electric bikes are recently legalized in Ontario, they run a max of 32kph, no licence required.

I looked for them, but the only place I could find was a company in China selling them by the container.

 

[Bella6969]

when my Ex husband and son were in italy for the summer they said they are awesome.. they are also looking to buy one for here
if you get any info plz pass it my way hun

 

[frankcastle]

Isn't there a place on College that specializes in selling scooters? Maybe it's Dundas. But somewhere downtown west of Spadina?

A bit off topic but how hard is it to learn to ride a motorcycle if you can't drive a standard car? I've had a friend show me how to shift into first and second and reverse on a car but for some reason just feel so nervous about it.

I've been told that clutches are p[retty sturdy but some some reason I feel like I'll be the one to break it and you don't want to do that to someone else's car.

The reason I bring this up is that yes while a scooter is good for in city booting around a bike is better since you can take it on the highway.... and still great on gas.

A buddy of mine took me on some country roads with his 600 cc sports bike and it was a lot of fun..... cornering is a bit scarey with the whole leaning biz and I wasn't a fan of him ducking down unexpectedly to give me a blast of wind and an unobstructed view of the front.

Too bad with a mortgage I don't see the extra money for a bike any time soon.

 

[Berlin]

Electric bikes and scooters shop:

There should be one on Bloor, on the south side, west of Ossington, about 3 to west of L&M.

 

[TRX]

my brother used to have vespa in early '70 and its durable and low maintainace scooter

here is the 2 Vespa dealer in Toronto

http://www.motoretta.ca

554 COLLEGE STREET
TORONTO, ON M6G 1B1
PHONE: (416) 925-1818


1971 QUEEN STREET EAST
TORONTO, ON M4L 1H9
PHONE: 416-694-4800

 

[CapitalGuy]

when my Ex husband and son were in italy for the summer they said they are awesome.. they are also looking to buy one for here
if you get any info plz pass it my way hun

Ex-husband? What kind of idiot would let a woman like you slip through his fingers??? Good grief!

 

[blackdog]

I think the vespa guy on college closed. There is still one on wellington. Vespas are great if you live in Rome. In Toronto everything is geared to big cars and a little scooter is just dangerous. I have a friend who bought one 3 years ago and he lasted one summer. This is a guy who grew up riding them in Rome. Drivers here don't know how to deal with them, and that makes it way too dangerous. Besides we don't have any good turning circles here where you can really let them rip.

 

[toughb]

Vespa:- Type genus of the Vespidae: various hornets and yellow jackets

 

[Gawd]

Craigslist is a good place to find cheap and used scooters. Vespas and others too.

A scooter is very handy downtown, and sometimes in suburban areas, but a little more dangerous, since cars outside of the core are generally used to large open spaces, they will NOT see you on a scooter.

Motorcycles are great, a little tougher downtown cuzza traffic and most being air-cooled, although ones that are liquid-cooled are good.

As for learning a bike, it's easy, driving standard in a car has the same dynamics as a bike, although you'll likely stall a bike a lot fast and a lot more than a car, since the clutch and throttle are a little more sensitive, and because you reach the higer RPMs a lot faster.

Motorcycles/scooters can basically park anywhere and not get ticketed, PROVIDED it's not on private property and it's still avoiding important traffics areas (Yonge St).