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Yellow Scooter
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| Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:18 pm Who would I contact? |
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I did it to myself again. I was browsing the ebay.uk websites looking over the diffrent scooters that are presently unavailable and some even considered illegal :evil: Mostly the mid-size variety like the peugeot NRG yamaha Aerox and gilera runners, etc, so on...
I want to know what the sam hell make them illegal seeing that ero3 emissions are tighter than our own at the present, and a damn good explanation as to why they are so unobtainable here in the US! As gas prices shoot ever skyward and talks of leveling off is around the $5-6 amount over the next 5yrs. I'll be DAMNED if I'll ever own a vehicle that cost more to fuel than my household furnace in the winter and I surely amnot alone in that sentiment! If they were available, I know full n well they would sell big.
who do I need to have it out with? politicians? the cycle makers? all the above? I'm serious. I want to know why I cannot have one of these even if I go over and collect the damn thing myself. |
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TheDarkCutlass
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| Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:37 pm Re: Who would I contact? |
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Scooter wrote: I did it to myself again. I was browsing the ebay.uk websites looking over the diffrent scooters that are presently unavailable and some even considered illegal :evil: Mostly the mid-size variety like the peugeot NRG yamaha Aerox and gilera runners, etc, so on...
I want to know what the sam hell make them illegal seeing that ero3 emissions are tighter than our own at the present, and a [you]damn good [/you]explanation as to why they are so unobtainable here in the US! As gas prices shoot ever skyward and talks of leveling off is around the $5-6 amount over the next 5yrs. I'll be [you]DAMNED[/you] if I'll ever own a vehicle that cost more to fuel than my household furnace in the winter and I surely amnot alone in that sentiment! If they were available, I know full n well they would sell big.
who do I need to have it out with? politicians? the cycle makers? all the above? I'm serious. I want to know why I cannot have one of these even if I go over and collect the damn thing myself.
Where do you see that they are illegal? |
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Yellow Scooter
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| Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:50 pm |
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Try to register an italjet dragster 180cc in NC. :| I dare you.
That's IF you manage to smuggle it over in part or in whole overseas without a military trnsfer waiver or exemption. |
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TheDarkCutlass
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| Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:57 pm |
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YellowScooter wrote: Try to register an italjet dragster 180cc in NC. :| I dare you.
That's IF you manage to smuggle it over in part or in whole overseas without a military trnsfer waiver or exemption.
Ahh, gotcha. Why are they dening registration? do they say? |
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Yellow Scooter
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| Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:30 pm |
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| Something to do with EPA regulations is the present excuse for why no peugeots or gilearas are exported over this way. Thing is I want a Gilera GP800. Also I wouldn't mind owning an aerox or a speedfight to tool around town on without having to worry about tagging or insuring. The feds, for whatever reason, won't allow either over these boarders. The emissions over in the UK (the euro3 I think it is), is stricter than our current regs are, so how can that be an excuse??? |
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TheDarkCutlass
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| Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:33 pm |
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hurmmm weird...
I was looking around and found this you can buy in the states, 150cc
Or how about a 260cc
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Yellow Scooter
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| Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:35 pm |
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TheDarkCutlass wrote: YellowScooter wrote: Try to register an italjet dragster 180cc in NC. :| I dare you.
That's IF you manage to smuggle it over in part or in whole overseas without a military trnsfer waiver or exemption.
Ahh, gotcha. Why are they dening registration? do they say?
They are just illegal to own or operate is all I'm told. So if I did managed to smuggle one over in coffee crates, or somehow got it while on a military tour, I'd have to run it under the radar so to speak as like a 50cc.
Just get creative with some stickers and open it up only in the deep dark back roads I guess. :P |
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TheDarkCutlass
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| Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:37 pm |
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hurmmm
www.atvdiscounters.com """says""" they are street legal
maybe NC just has some weird rules.
I know here in VA, if its over 50cc, it must be registered, tagged, insured, and you have to have a motorcycles licence If its under 50cc all you have to have is a helmet :P |
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Yellow Scooter
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| Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:41 pm |
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I already got a chinky 150. It's been a great bike don't get me wrong, but I want a Vtwin GP800 Gilera. I have been disqualified for military service because I'm deaf in my right ear. So I have no way of getting one! :cry:
The US had signed a free trade law so I want to know WTF is the problem with Americans getting ahold of these kinda bikes??? |
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TheDarkCutlass
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| Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:45 pm |
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How about a Yamaha Majesty then? *shrug*
You could easily find one of those over here, name brand you can trust will always be there, etc... etc...
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Yellow Scooter
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| Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:52 pm |
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Yes I can make due with just about anything. Thats a great bike no 2way about that.
My point is that it's perfectly legal and possible to get a Bugatti Veyron here in this country, a Lamborghini, a Lotus, etc...Plus all the parts to build one in you garage if you wanted. But Why not a Gilera or a Peugeot cycle?? thats what is burning my butt forever now... |
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TheDarkCutlass
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| Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:11 pm |
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What about a nissan skyline? that car you can't really import over here without lots and lots of $$$
its our goverment hard at work :roll: |
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TheDarkCutlass
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| Mon Jan 21, 2008 7:19 pm |
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doing some research on this Gilera and found this:
Aprilia Mana, 850cc v-twin engine. Granted it doesn't have the same bodyshape as your typical scooter, but its got the same engine :P
http://www.aprilia.com/mana.asp?lin=eng&lin2=eng |
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Yellow Scooter
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| Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:33 pm |
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Is it so wrong to wanna have a V-twin to twist and GO LIKE HELL on in America?
Hold the phone! Thats it! That looks like a winner to me. :D
Lets see if WE can have one. Shall we?
I know we can have Aprilias. I see one here n there. I think they are sold in Charlotte. :D |
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TheDarkCutlass
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| Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:43 pm |
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YellowScooter wrote: Is it so wrong to wanna have a V-twin to twist and GO LIKE HELL on in America?
Hold the phone! Thats it! That looks like a winner to me. :D
Lets see if WE can have one. Shall we?
I know we can have Aprilias. I see one here n there. I think they are sold in Charlotte. :D
Dealer's List in NC
Forsyth Motorsports
5599 University Parkway - 27105 Winston-Salem (NC)
Tel. 336-767-2020 Fax 336-767-2021
Import Motorsports
985 Hwy 70W - 28658 Newton (NC)
Tel. 828-464-9919
Interstate Cycle Inc
20647 Catawba Ave. - 28031 Cornelius (NC)
Tel. (704) 987-9800 Fax (704) 987-4227
E-Mail: matt@interstatecycle.com
Matison Motorsports
8840 Capital Blvd. - 27616 Raleigh (NC)
Tel. 919-844-7177;919-713-4344 Fax 919-845-9182;919-713-4374
Mid Carolina Powersports
2290 North Church St. - 27515 Burlington (NC)
Tel. (336) 513-4588 Fax (336) 513-4584
E-Mail: kcwolf123@hotmail.com
Smith Power Equipment
1433 Highway 64 West - 28904 Hayesville (NC)
Tel. 828-389-6009 Fax 828-389-1429
Steve Jones Motorsports
11049 N. Hwy 15-501 - 28315 Aberdeen (NC)
Tel. (910) 695-1055 Fax (910) 695-1455
E-Mail: kwolf123@hotmail.com
Swannanoa Scooter Sales Inc.
2392 US Hwy 70 - 28778 Swannanoa (NC)
Tel. 828-686-7424 Fax 828-686-7422 |
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