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Any Ovetto/ Vespa Moped Owners Out There?

  • 21-03-2005 8:08pm
    #1
    Nevee13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭


    Im looking for some help with buying a scooter/moped. If you have a scooter/moped that you'd like to recommend to me/ tell me why you hate it then please reply!

    My scooter died (for good) on me two weeks ago (it was a 4 year old suzuki katana) and I want to get a new scooter.

    Im looking at either a vespa (ET2 or PX200) or an Ovetto MBK.... thing is Ive heard that the vespas are hard to get serviced/ expensive to buy parts for.

    The ovetto sounds like a better bike in terms of functionality and reliability/service but apparently the only colours available in Dublin are red, blue or a minging looking pearly silver... I want the dark green/ black colour but havent been able to find a dealer that will order that colour in... anyone have any advice on which bike to buy/ own these bikes?

    Thank you! x


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  • #2
    camarobill
    Closed Accounts Posts: 449 ✭✭camarobill


    get urself a vespa,i still have my t5,in the shed,head over to scooter iland,mod id up ;) wildcry sc,those where the days :D:D:D:D


  • #3
    Velcrow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Velcrow


    OK I have a "minging" siliver :) - great bike, but I live much closer to work now so have not used it since the new year... Yes, here is the plug ...its for sale...

    http://ww.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=221220

    I would also be interested in trading this for a bicycle ... time to get fit!


  • #4
    Ratchet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,175 ✭✭✭Ratchet


    i would go for px type, no problems with parts and scooter island will help you any time.


    wouldn't touch ovetto, it will be better of fixing your own bike.


    r u selling it ?


  • #5
    Stephen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,484 ✭✭✭✭Stephen


    What happened to the Katana? Dead after only 4 years sounds rough.


  • #6
    Nevee13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭Nevee13


    Yeah, rough is right! (I realise this took me years to reply to - only started re-using Boards.ie for the Canada forum recently.)

    I was told that the whole engine would have to be replaced and that that could cost E800 + and even then the bike would need more work... So, on the advice of the shop I sold it for scrap via them (for E80) and bought a brand new scooter back then. 6 months later guess what I see stopped at a traffic light? My "scrapped" moped done up and being driven by a Polish guy. Pulled up beside him to ask about it and he says that he bought it from Buy And Sell... Completely taken advantage of and ripped off. Wouldn't be the first time, I usually have a bad/ unfriendly experience in motorbike and scooter shops as a female customer - always sneer or dismiss you. Anyone recommend a good, honest, non-chauvinistic shop?


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  • #7
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,257 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Nevee13, this thread is 4 years old - please don't resurrect old threads :)


  • #8
    -Chris-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,035 ✭✭✭✭-Chris-


    eoin wrote: »
    Nevee13, this thread is 4 years old - please don't resurrect old threads :)

    You can't even resurrect your own thread?

    Self-inflicted zombiefication?

    Awww... :p


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