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pulse
03-29-2005, 11:57 PM
Well like the title says i have been given the chance to test ride a piaggio typhoon for one week. they are trying to promote the scooter to college kids to use for easy commuting, parking, great gas mileage, cheap transportation and fun as well :guitar: . all i have to do is ride it to class every day and keep a journal giving feed back on the scooter and show it off basically. so i picked up the 50cc beast this afternoon and she had a whopping 14 miles on her lol. she is a 2 stroke and tops out at 50 mph so it is not freeway legal.

my first thoughts about riding today where that the thing is super light, agile and actually handles pretty good. the bike is ok up to about 25-30mph and then it just dies lol, it has nothing after that and it was scary rollin down mirimar rd. to buymoto as i was topping at about 45mph :lift: . some cool things about it are the steel braided brake lines, brembo brakes and michelin tires :thumbsup: . the thing is easy to move around off the bike and easy to park in tight spots at school and most of all it gets all the ladies :ha: . anyway i will talk about it through out the week and take some better pics but here are some for now... :thumbsup:
pulse
03-29-2005, 11:59 PM
the sick brake set up :bowdown:
pulse
03-30-2005, 12:00 AM
50 mph max speed :ha: :lift:
pulse
03-30-2005, 12:00 AM
typhoon :cheers:
r1brip
03-30-2005, 12:01 AM
Brembo single piston calipers.... thats a hella cool ride Jared. The ladies will flock
pulse
03-30-2005, 12:01 AM
deno strappin in for a ride :squid:
pulse
03-30-2005, 12:03 AM
adding the stalion to our stable :cool:

thats it for now......who wants to race?? :ha:
cbrsmurf
03-30-2005, 01:52 AM
lol sick!

let me know if you wanna borrow my suit while u ride that thing lol
deno
03-30-2005, 02:01 AM
It's all about the Typhoon! :thumbsup: woohoo! Suprisingly, the brake, tire, USD forks suspension combo make this thing a potent street machine viable for tearing up SD's metro areas. The Brembo's especially have some considerable stopping power. I'm also diggin the Piaggio stylin as well, lookin sharp.

Tack on that 70cc kit and you're in business :holymoly:
afrothunder
03-30-2005, 02:19 AM
hahahahahaha
duuuuuuuude... sweeeeeeeeeeeeeet! :thumbsup:
deathblow
03-30-2005, 07:20 AM
Even better, put on a Takegawa 88cc kit!
teamgreenzx7r
03-30-2005, 10:36 AM
Sweet ride.. We all should get one and ride it to bike night.. hahaha
Philo
03-30-2005, 11:16 AM
lol sick!

let me know if you wanna borrow my suit while u ride that thing lol

So Jeff when are we painting your bike like below?

Jared scooters are like fat girls, fun to ride 'till your friends see ya. But you just post up all proud-like!!! You got brass ones for sure!
:bowdown:
MatrixChick04
03-30-2005, 01:10 PM
Brembo single piston calipers.... thats a hella cool ride Jared. The ladies will flock
we rode it at buymoto and the scooter wasn't going very fast riding 2-up.
gerk
03-30-2005, 03:43 PM
we rode it at buymoto and the scooter wasn't going very fast riding 2-up.

:thumbsup: were you the one waving at the two guys(cousin&me) like it was a parade? the third person peg girl right? lol!!!
HondaRider22
03-30-2005, 05:59 PM
lol I love it! Can I ride puweeease :)
Shortee
03-30-2005, 06:00 PM
that thing is out of control! lol...
ps thanks for the lift to my car at the other end of the parking lot ..
double ps dont forget that you and typhoon are needed for a 1 minute movie shoot (bryants request) here at the shop
thisxgyrl
03-30-2005, 09:07 PM
Jared that's dope... :D
maestro
03-31-2005, 10:10 AM
hey jared did you wait till it got really dark to leave buy moto tues night haha...oh thanks for helping me out with my lights even though there still backwards j/k
pulse
03-31-2005, 02:00 PM
hey jared did you wait till it got really dark to leave buy moto tues night haha...oh thanks for helping me out with my lights even though there still backwards j/k

yeah i left when it was dark and no cars out lol.
MatrixChick04
04-01-2005, 03:53 PM
oh my gosh i can't believe jared really let me ride on the street to BN on that thing. i think i found every single pothole between Buymoto and BN(on the insde roads) i think i scared him a lot while he was driving my car behind me. i think i did pretty well for my first time on the road riding. Thanks Babe for letting me ride it!!!! :wub:
pulse
04-01-2005, 11:21 PM
oh my gosh i can't believe jared really let me ride on the street to BN on that thing. i think i found every single pothole between Buymoto and BN(on the insde roads) i think i scared him a lot while he was driving my car behind me. i think i did pretty well for my first time on the road riding. Thanks Babe for letting me ride it!!!! :wub:

your welcome :thumbsup:


it was scary though lol
LV_styles
04-02-2005, 02:34 AM
that things a beast...I didn't really believe it was, until I saw it with my own two eyes :squid:
pulse
04-02-2005, 03:31 AM
that things a beast...I didn't really believe it was, until I saw it with my own two eyes :squid:

luis you got at least 3 ft of air that time....
deathblow
04-02-2005, 04:45 AM
your welcome :thumbsup:


it was scary though lol

LOL, it definitely takes alot of nerves!
MatrixChick04
04-02-2005, 01:53 PM
LOL, it definitely takes alot of nerves!
i guess it will always be scary for any of your girlfriends to start to ride. but you will have to get over it and care for us if we make a boo boo. :rolleyes: