Mad about the Moto Fino

I spotted this Moto Fino on Craigslist. Almost new and selling for only $1050. I called up the seller and arranged to come down on Thursday. I knew I'd probably buy it. It was one of the few scooters I'd seen selling for a reasonable sum and which had a title with it.
It's amazing how so many people are trying to sell titleless vehicles, and they try to convince me that it's EASY for me to get a title for them. Yeah, right. If it was so easy, I'd have one in hand for the Geely.
Not happening. Besides, if it's so easy, why don't they get a proper title before selling it?
But this scooter was different. 600 miles on it, pristine condition, and it was Green!
So we head out, I've got the cash in hand though I'm hoping I can talk him down by $100, which would put it more in line with my budget.
We hit traffic, and my boyfriend takes this roundabout way that I don't think was any faster than sitting in traffic. We get there half an hour early and the seller tells me he just sold it to someone else! Hello! Didn't I arrange to drive all the way out there!
I took a huge chunk of time out of my day. I was serious enough to come out to look at it, and this guy, who seemed very nice but daft (he was old) sold it over the phone knowing I was coming!
It might be a blessing in disguise. Maybe Moto Fino isn't a great brand of scooter, but it was waaayyy better than anything I'd seen so far. It was 150 cc, 100 cc higher than what most were selling. Perfect for me.
And now, I'm back to looking at possibly stolen Honda's and cheap Chinese crap.

Michael Jackson on a scooter? Who knew

At least this was back when he was normal.

This made me cry

The girl is deaf, if you don't figure it out right away.

A cute scooter, a good cause

So I'm trying to find a good, well-priced scooter and what do I come across but Schwinn. Who knew the venerable bicycle company that created lust and envy in the hearts of kids from the 60s for their product had broken into the realm of motor scootering? Not I.
To add kudos to their prominence, Schwinn sells the Hope 50 and Hope 150 scooters. Pink in hue, sales of the cute little transportation machines feed a fund to help with breast cancer research. How awesome.
Now I want one. Problem is, I can find no information about the cost online. Guess I'll have to start calling around. Hopefully they'll be under $800.

It's all in the name

Why must they call those electric wheelchairs people ride around in and illegally on the street scooters? They aren't. They're electric wheelchairs. A different name does not change the ride.
It's so frustrating when I'm searching for an actual scooter or information on them and I get results for the disabled. I wish they'd find another name to use for their mobility chairs and leave scooters out of it.

If I had $15,000 ...

MSN ran a story about a new type of electric motorcycle. Not a hybrid but a real, practical motorcycle. And it looks totally old school.
I would get one of these bikes in place of a regular gas or an electric scooter in a heart beat. Mostly because it gives you control over how you use the power so you can actually ride it longer distances based upon the settings.

And it has kick! According to the article, you can go 40 to 50 miles on one charge and it reaches 30 mph in 3.8 seconds, depending on the setting you give it. It has a top speed of 50 mph, which won't satisfy those road eating sport bikers but would be great for a girl getting around the city. Only problem, like most motobikes it really has no place for me to put groceries.

Goodbye scooter??

Finally got my motorcycle permit and now there is a great dilemma — scooter or motobike?

Turns out the scooter my boyfriend picked up from his cousin is falling apart and really not worth fixing up, and I need something I can get past inspection if I want to ride around town.

I'd like a scooter, but even the used ones sell for upward of $2,000 ... way out of my price range.

So we looked at motorbikes, and there was a cool blue green one for sale near my parents in Jersey. Problem is, motorcycles aren't really meant for carrying things like grocery and video cameras (for work). So what do I do? I'd like to make some decision before my pa. motorcycle class at the end of the month but I'm not sure where else to look. So far cycletrader, eBay and craigslist have been a bust.