/scoot/ Scooters 'n' Stuff

If you ever ride a real motorbike, you'll understand that scooters are shit. To me, they're a novelty item. It'd be fun for 5 minutes, but that novelty wears off quickly.
However, as long as you're on two wheels and have an engine I don't really care. I'll still wave.

All I do is commute at 40 mph.

It's kind of funny you call it a novelty. I've been riding all winter. A friend of mine has a few motorcycles and I've ridden his gsx-600 before, but he's only now getting his bikes ready for "the season." I ride my scooter almost every day and never have I felt "this is too slow" anymore than my old corolla is too slow. That's not the point.

It's a cheap way to get around, and even puttering around town it's more fun than a car. I can park anywhere and I'm not even the slowest thing on the road.

I think some motorcyclists are just offended at the idea of practicality. It's a fast toy and otherwise useless. That someone would go shopping on two wheels is an outrage. It's supposed to be uncomfortable, cumbersome, impractical and loud or it's not a real motorcycle.

To put it another way, I've traded absolute speed for something I can live with every day and afford. This no different than than the difference between a corvette and a cobalt. I'm in the cobalt, but it's still a car. To say otherwise is just elitism and, ultimately, just your opinion.

You have a board already, go there.

>not a motorcycle, must be a bicycle

My bike is, legally, both a motorcycle and freeway legal. A Grom is not freeway legal, or even really meant for highway use.

I commute year round on a KLR so I can share your dislike of "Pleasure riders" who shit on commuter vehicles with their expensive toys that they might only get out on weekends.

I think the greater point is that scooters generally are fairly slow and frequently hold up traffic which is a nuisance to other drivers, you could do the same thing with a practical motorcycle (Read, dual-sport or standard) and you'd be able to carry more cargo and actually keep up with traffic but still have cheap insurance and other operating costs, the only real barrier is a marginally higher initial purchase price but you gain so much more capability as well.

Are mopeds, dare I say it, god tier?

I think you're conflating scooters and mopeds. A PCX is not going to hold traffic up and has a boatload of cargo space even without a top box or luggage fitted. This is a small scooter, there's a lot of bikes a 650 burgman will walk away from.

Basically you give up a clutch lever and gain a ton of storage. Mopeds have their place, but scooters don't have to be slow and most models aren't at normal traffic speeds, while others are just legitimately quick. It might be v6 camry quick, not ferrari quick, but I'm just going shopping.

>Barista
>Rides a moped
you can't make this shit up

Bro I've had 2 scooters, they're fun and great but motorcycles are better

I like that you just ride scooters wide open all the time, but I miss how the old 2-strokes went REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.