I've been asked what I want for Christmas....!

Skill Magill

^^^
FFS , If Santa gave me a vespa, I'd know I'd been naughty,:pac::pac:
Like a brick on wheels, terrible bikes.

stewygriffin

Santa seems to be running late this year.:pac:

X-Lite x802r carbon fibre helmet was supposed to arrive today,but DHL are late shipping it,still in their depot in Germany,according to DHL Ireland.

Got the "Black Friday and how busy DHL are " excuse from your woman on the phone.
Had hoped to have it for Sunday,but looks like I wont get it till Tuesday now.:(

Visors are here and ready to go.:)

Richard tea

stewygriffin wrote: »

Santa seems to be running late this year.:pac:

X-Lite x802r carbon fibre helmet was supposed to arrive today,but DHL are late shipping it,still in their depot in Germany,according to DHL Ireland.

Got the "Black Friday and how busy DHL are " excuse from your woman on the phone.
Had hoped to have it for Sunday,but looks like I wont get it till Tuesday now.:(

Visors are here and ready to go.:)

I recently ordered a new lid from Louis.de. it showed up in the German depot for 4 days. Next thing an post turn up with the lid. I haven't been impressed with dhl for a while now

stewygriffin

Richard tea wrote: »

I recently ordered a new lid from Louis.de. it showed up in the German depot for 4 days. Next thing an post turn up with the lid. I haven't been impressed with dhl for a while now

All I can do is wait.:)

arybvtcw0eolkf

Skill Magill wrote: »

^^^
FFS , If Santa gave me a vespa, I'd know I'd been naughty,:pac::pac:
Like a brick on wheels, terrible bikes.

Oh, you've owned one?.

Vespa, the best bike I've ever used by far. I loved it.

I came home from Lebanon in 2001 with a wade of money and went into town to look at buying an R1.. That afternoon I rode home on a brand spanking new Vespa PX200E and kept it for ten years.

When I sold it I immediately knew I'd regret it and long for it ever after, and I was right.

Dear Santa, please may have a Vespa PX200E for Christmas ~ I've been a good boy.

Skill Magill

Nope, never owned one, but driven one and only one, maybe the shocks were fúcked on it, it was a px200 too. A brick, never again.

blade1

Well Mak you do ride a BMW now!:p

Mesrine65

Isabela Gorgeous Creature wrote: »

I'd love another Vespa PX200E.

I have a soft spot for the wee buggers meself, throwback to my youth, good memories

Skill Magill

I'm slaggin off vespas not beemers, had an f650 and could hardly keep the front end down, loved it. If Santa is listening:)....

blade1

Is this the px200e?:pac::pac::pac:

Wonda-Boy

Never on a Vespa but I would love a rip on one, over at the NEC last week an Peugeot are doing a lovely range of scooters very Vespa ish.

http://www.peugeotscooters.co.uk/peugeot-scooters-detail.php/Django-Evasion-150cc-retro-vintage-style-scooter-46/

arybvtcw0eolkf

blade1 wrote: »

Well Mak you do ride a BMW now!:p

Yup, and here's both my BMW and my old Vespa (it used to be black) in a Joey Dunlop themed scooter.



Ok its no secret, I Vespa's

Mesrine65

Some of the lads got very imaginative with their scoots...







Used top be a crew in Dublin way back, The Riff-Raff Scooter Club, that loved chopping/customizing them.

galwaytt

Skill Magill wrote: »

^^^
FFS , If Santa gave me a vespa, I'd know I'd been naughty,:pac::pac:
Like a brick on wheels, terrible bikes.

Nonsense.

If you can ride a Vespa, you can ride anything - nothing says 'tankslapper' better than a PX ridden on a windy day with .......one hand

Try one on a frosty day for added spice...

Mine btw: https://galwaytt.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Vespa-PX/i-9TrZkvk/0/M/20130707_160228-M.jpg
https://galwaytt.smugmug.com/Motorcycles/Vespa-PX/i-qgBfrWz/0/M/20130707_160206-M.jpg

stewygriffin

Richard tea wrote: »

I recently ordered a new lid from Louis.de. it showed up in the German depot for 4 days. Next thing an post turn up with the lid. I haven't been impressed with dhl for a while now

Status Location Date Receiver Name Country of Origin Delivery Record?
ON ROUTE TO CUSTOMER PORTLAOISE MAIL CENTRE
CO LAOIS 06-Dec-15
23:27 GERMANY


7 days and counting now.:(

Supposedly its in Portlaoise now.:pac:

Richard tea

stewygriffin wrote: »

Status Location Date Receiver Name Country of Origin Delivery Record?
ON ROUTE TO CUSTOMER PORTLAOISE MAIL CENTRE
CO LAOIS 06-Dec-15
23:27 GERMANY


7 days and counting now.:(

Supposedly its in Portlaoise now.:pac:

In portlaoise. Ah grand u will have it by next week.

gerrowadat

I find that all the time from louis - best to just leave a week or so and give up on the tracking.

stewygriffin

Richard tea wrote: »

In portlaoise. Ah grand u will have it by next week.

Its now supposedly in the sorting office in Dublin 12,Ballymount.

stewygriffin

X-Lite X802r carbon lid finally arrived today.

Very light helmet in weight.
Well happy.Nice snug fit too.:biggrin_old:

KT10

That's a lovely looking lid dude!

stewygriffin

Must have been good for Santa,as this arrived today.
Also flew back up to Crossans to get some mirror tint visors for it.
Crossans did me a good deal on the pound to euro.Gave me 85 cents to the pound and also knocked a few extra quid off the price of the visors.

Thanks to Adrian and Collie in Crossans for that.:D


And the Ben Spies HJC RPHA 10 is a lovely fit,dare I say ever so slightly nicer of a fit than the X-Lite.:)
Slightly heavier lid though.:(

galwaytt

...when you say heavier, how much heavier though ??

stewygriffin

galwaytt wrote: »

...when you say heavier, how much heavier though ??

HJC feels heavier when I hold both lids in my hand,also feels a tad heavier on me noggin.I can notice the difference.Not loads heavier,but heavier none the less to notice the difference.
X-Lite ultra carbon is a very light helmet on the head.
HJC seems to fog up alot more than the X-Lite.

stewygriffin

Had to send the small back as it was too snug actually and started giving me headaches.Brought it up with me to Crossans and they even said to send it back for a medium size.
Medium arrived this morning (at no extra cost) from Germany.

Perfect comfy fit and no headaches,as tested for over an hour and a half on the bike this afternoon whizzing around Dublin City Centre.:)



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stewygriffin

Bought the X-Lite helmet and other bits and bobs from bogotto moto in Germany.

Cant praise them enough.:D

http://www.bogotto.de