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Thursday, November 13, 2008

Feelin the crunch

Japan may produce a lot of cars, but these days I see more and more folks ridin around on scooters.
This is a snapshot of a 50cc Yamaha Mate. It gets a gazillion miles per thimbleful and almost never exceeds speeds of 45mph. You got any of these zipping around your town?

4 comments:

The Java Junkie said...

I'm seeing a lot more scooters that the traditional Colorado Springs pick-up trucks these days...enough that we actually have a Vespa dealership in town!

The Java Junkie said...

sorry..."that" should be "than"

Lucy Hollis said...

Hand waving up in the air!

I'm always embarrassed (don't know why really) to admit what my gasoline spending is on my Kymco People scooter when I'm talking to my car driving friends.
And where I live in Bermuda, the 35kph speed limit means 50cc is more than enough!

Chris Wilson said...

I saw a guy heading to a Halloween party driving one of these things. Unfortunately he was pushing 350 lbs and wearing Nacho Libre stretchy pants.

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