toomuchvinyl
Member
Hi Everyone,
I visited this forum for the first time today and joined right away. I have been riding a Yamaha Vino 125 that I bought new in 2006 and currently have about 8200 miles on it. I have decided I'll stick with it until I reach the 10,000 mile mark and then look into a C650 GT. I enjoy my Yamaha a great deal and have found it to be solid, reliable little machine over the years. The biggest disadvantage I've found is our town is rather hilly and with me checking in at 6'1" and 275 pounds I'm unable to maintain posted speed limits on the hills. I've found and mostly stick to less difficult routes that the scooter can handle as a compromise.
I looked at a 650 at our local dealer and have sat on it, taken it off and back on the center stand and it seems to be a good fit for me size-wise. I didn't test drive it as I knew I was a ways off on buying one. I've been reading all I can find about them and the WebBikeWorld blog led me here. I haven't had a chance to really go through the posts but hope the early issues I read about concerning stalling and surging have been worked out.
Anyway, I look forward to browsing the posts and am excited to be joining your community.
Keith
I visited this forum for the first time today and joined right away. I have been riding a Yamaha Vino 125 that I bought new in 2006 and currently have about 8200 miles on it. I have decided I'll stick with it until I reach the 10,000 mile mark and then look into a C650 GT. I enjoy my Yamaha a great deal and have found it to be solid, reliable little machine over the years. The biggest disadvantage I've found is our town is rather hilly and with me checking in at 6'1" and 275 pounds I'm unable to maintain posted speed limits on the hills. I've found and mostly stick to less difficult routes that the scooter can handle as a compromise.
I looked at a 650 at our local dealer and have sat on it, taken it off and back on the center stand and it seems to be a good fit for me size-wise. I didn't test drive it as I knew I was a ways off on buying one. I've been reading all I can find about them and the WebBikeWorld blog led me here. I haven't had a chance to really go through the posts but hope the early issues I read about concerning stalling and surging have been worked out.
Anyway, I look forward to browsing the posts and am excited to be joining your community.
Keith