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08-22-2015, 11:25 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Nat- what year is that Piaggio?
I've been looking at a couple of them locally but all the ones I've seen here are 125 4 strokes. Not that its the end of the world, but I'd rather have an oil burner.
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08-22-2015, 11:34 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Stony Plain Alberta Canada
Posts: 2,937
Year: 1992
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My Piaggio is a 2006.
Something happened not long after that, and the two strokes vanished from the market.
Something to do with regulations in California?
Nat
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Patently waiting for the apocalypses to level the playing field in this physiological game of life commonly known as Civilization
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08-23-2015, 12:19 AM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Something to do with regulations in California?
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I thought you lived in Canada.
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08-23-2015, 12:31 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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The entire North American market is often victim to Ca emissions standards.
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08-23-2015, 09:39 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
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Oh...you must be referring to "The Peoples Republic of Kalifornia".
Ya...the whiny, Liberal, State government is a PITA for everyone. Small wonder they are broke, on fire and out of water.
A Margaret Thatcher quote seems appropriate here...
"The problem with Socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money."
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08-23-2015, 09:57 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Really fast scooters in Hawaii...
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08-23-2015, 12:26 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Stony Plain Alberta Canada
Posts: 2,937
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
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Rated Cap: 72
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A two stroke at sea level is even more fun.
I took my Honda CRX to the coast and wow, what a difference.
Nat
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08-23-2015, 05:55 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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My new parts scooter... Mid to late 90's ch80 for $80 on CL. I gave him $60.
LOTS of GOOD parts including a nearly new front tire and the rear side panels I was needing for the black beater scooter!
Yeah, Nat- here at sea level we do have some nice dense air!
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08-23-2015, 06:09 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posts: 1,001
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: International
Engine: TE 444
Rated Cap: 12
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here is my latest bike, traded a Honda valkyrie for it
not quite a scooter though
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08-23-2015, 06:16 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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cool...
I'm wanting to do something like this with my black Honda
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08-23-2015, 07:16 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Originally Posted by Kubla
here is my latest bike, traded a Honda valkyrie for it
not quite a scooter though
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Nice bike. I rode a KTM that a dealer buddy of mine had for sale. I couldn't touch the ground but it was smooth as butter riding over the railroad tracks.
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08-23-2015, 08:45 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Posts: 1,001
Year: 2000
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: International
Engine: TE 444
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in that picture, the suspension is pulled way down by the straps, I am 6 foot 6 inches and I have problems swinging my leg over it
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08-24-2015, 02:52 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kubla
in that picture, the suspension is pulled way down by the straps, I am 6 foot 6 inches and I have problems swinging my leg over it
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Definitely NOT a scooter! 
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08-24-2015, 05:03 PM
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: EHT New Jersey
Posts: 1,134
Year: 2003
Coachwork: AmTran
Chassis: International 3000RE
Engine: T444E/AT545
Rated Cap: 75
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This is the only Scooter I own-
Went to Iraq and back with me
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08-24-2015, 09:55 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
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Welcome home bud!
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08-25-2015, 03:22 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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The thrashed clutch from the yellow 80. Uneven wear, metal embedded into the shoes and a huge gouge...
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08-25-2015, 03:30 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Here is the inside of the original clutch bell- note the scoring and wear-
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08-25-2015, 04:24 PM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,764
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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THe new stuff after 100 miles... clutch noise came back! 
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08-26-2015, 02:01 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Stony Plain Alberta Canada
Posts: 2,937
Year: 1992
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Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: 190hp 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Some pics from a few days ago.
I have been harvesting the only natural hardwood we have growing in the ditches to build some hardwood furniture for our new house we rented. It's pin cherry, choke cherry, and mayday cherry.
This one is a pin cherry tree. I dig them out stump and all by hand to get he nice hardwood in the stump.
Little Piaggio Typhoon is a real work horse. I had around 125 pound of wood, me at 170, the dog at 25, my cordless 20 volt Dewalt reciprocating saw, two battery's and some grocery's.
It still reached 65kmh on the way home.
Next morning the load is on the ground.
This one was around 7 inches in diameter. That's big for a cherry tree here. Most never reach more than 4 inches.
The day after, headed to a job site.
This is where my dog Swiper rides. When loaded with wood, he rides on top of it, or in my lap.
Nat
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Patently waiting for the apocalypses to level the playing field in this physiological game of life commonly known as Civilization
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08-26-2015, 05:38 AM
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
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Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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