MOPED ARMY

Yup this one said " a guy is coming up from chicago to buy it". Then made some comments about how I was grossly underestimating value.. etc etc. I cant believe people are rolling all the way up to appleton and wausau to snag these, thats like $100 just in gas.

The moped apocolypse is NOW

buy em all up now, before people that think they are "scooters" buy em and leave em dead when they need a carb cleaning.

dont worry... keeping a moped running takes love... and for most people buying them its just a fad that they will soon grow out of when they realize that they have to fix their bike every week.

Mark has a point.. every one of these that isn't bought by someone way into them will eventually be resold for super cheap, and slightly broken...

Yep, just wait until they all break down and none of the yuppies will want to get their hands dirty. Cheap mopeds will abound again. It's like the rubber band theory of the universe.

that's the way to do it man. i consider a bike with a workable engine covered in rust for $200 worth the money, especially since they are growing in demand here in the south. the only guy that sells any used ones down here asks $800, and they have rusty tanks and don't idle!

i mean that's just heartbreaking

My mom's neighbor saw me working on my moped in the garage last night and said, "I have a friend who's husband died years ago and she's got two of those in her garage that look brand new from the 70s that have been sitting for years"

I got her number and will be going to check them out asap. Wish me luck. I hope they aren't Motobecanes! ;)

Has anybody had a problem getting a new Tomos for MSRP? I got my '08 Sprint for MSRP, but as of now, the dealer does not have one new moped in stock. The Japanese "powersports" dealers are selling new $2000 Mets, Vinos, and Ruckuses for more than $1000 OVER MSRP right now, yeah, thats right, over $3000 for a $2000 scooter, and there is a long waiting list of people willing to pay it. On the other hand, Kymco is still selling everything for MSRP, and are selling everything they can get. My local scooter/Tomos dealer has over 100 scooters on order right now. I've seen a lot of Craigslist ads trying to sell new Japanese 50cc scooters for as much as $5000. For some reason, the Chinese scooters are still cheap though. Maybe they are making it up in volume, since there seems to be an endless supply of them. Peace, Jerry.

Vespas, Kymco, TNG, Buddy's and Stellas are all still being sold at MSRP... How can they hike the shit up? That's bullshit.

The wife ordered a Buddy Pamplona a week and a half ago. The dealer said it MIGHT be delivered at the end of August.

Now today there is a writeup in the LA Times about Genuine scooters. I'm afraid that will bring out more yuppies to place orders, possibly delaying the wife's.

Scooters started selling like crazy when gas prices hit $4 a gallon, and the scooter companies were not prepared for it, it will take them a while to catch up. I suspect the Japanese will never catch up, they will keep the supply artificially low, so they can keep the prices high. Hopefully she is getting it for MSRP. I would buy a new Stella right now, if I could afford it, but I'm stuck with an '06 Honda Met. At least I got it cheap, and it gets me around town cheap. Peace, Jerry.

I now have 5 mopeds, and one 50cc scooter, all in great condition. I'm not buying anymore, maybe, but I'm keeping what I've got. When gas reaches $6 a gallon, I'm prepared. Peace, Jerry.

Hey pat, its Tate. I'm going to pick up a bike this weekend and I don't know if I want to keep it or not, plus I have a pa50II that I would love to get rid of. It tried to kill me and now just stares at me from its corner of the garage. Seriously, 2 other people have gotten it to start in the past month, but not me. Everyone thinks its an electrical problem but I seriously think it wants me dead. peddle fell off when I was riding it, dumped my ass hard as I was standing on the peddles at the time. Rode it home bleeding with intermittent spark, we've gotten it to start since then but not run per say. Plus Randy down at scooter therapy as talking about giving me some actual tax paying employee shifts, not playing the "Impressed and Impartial customer happening to comment on how cool the frat boy who's parents are shopping for a scooter would look on the more expensive model" role, so I should have plenty of chances to "take this ratty old thing off your hands." If randy wont touch it.

P.S. I painted that targa LX flat black and it looks fresh you wouldn't believe how long I spent sanding that thing, trying to get ALL the rust off. Plus I got that G3 running and driving, its a pretty sweet bike but its running super rich and I think I need to replace the rings on it but its got this crazy design where you can't take the head off. My now ex-girlfriend had my laptop hostage but I have it back now and can do the internet thing again.

i picked up my 80 honda express for 100 bucks. i had to drive like 3 hours to pick it up, but it was worth it for what they're going for around this area.