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Well, given that I live in the land of the endless potholed road (sydney) now, will have to commute into work and absolutely detest the public transport system, I've been starting to look into small capacity bikes... mostly around the 250cc ones.

While I was looking at the bikes I came across an ad for a Yamaha Majesty for a touch over $4000. The Yamaha Majesty is a big scooter, or a feet first bike... however you wanna look at it, its not exactly the coolest looking thing on earth. However it is 250cc and its mighty comfortable to ride in (I've ridden one before a long time ago when I was test riding some bikes).

Here's what it looks like in stock form (1996 majesty... about 4 to 5 grand to buy with rego n stuff):

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now you can take that... and make it look like this:

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or this (blue one):

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The black one is the newer majesty and the red one is a suzuki.... which brings me tot he choice of shelling out an extra couple of grand and get the newer majesty which looks a lot better, and has a whole HEAP of aftermarket products for...

Of course there's other large scooters made by Suzuki and Honda (esp the Honda Helix, which is pretty popular in the US, Europe and Japan... which can be imported pretty cheaply as a 1988 and older import).

Anyways... some more pics:

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Here's a moderately pimped Honda Helix:

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Now... you can take a honda helix, take off all the fibreglass parts... then drop a bodykit that costs about 4 grand or so on it... and get this:

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Pretty f**king cool if you're a fan of the anime, although, I'm not really a big fan of the fake wheel cover, esp in this day and age where you can get a wide chopper wheel pretty cheap.

So the question remains... VIP Scooter... yay or nay?

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Here's a guy on the Akira copy

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some more VIP scooters...

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We all know its not how you ride your scooter, but how you stand by your scooter...

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FTW...

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I think those big scooters are a bit lame, but seem practical....Nowhere near as totally homosexual as most 250cc learner bikes - especially the four cylinder sporty looking ones which are the lamest of all.

Little scooters are fun. Our shop hack used to be a Derbi 50cc, with a ported 65cc barrel kit, high comp forged piston, thin head gasket, bigger carburettor and tuned expansion chamber with carbon fibre muffler. Happily wound out to beyond 80kmh which is no mean feat for a scooter with a 100kg bloke on it. With sports brake pads and rotors, and sticy rubber it also had unreal handling. Plus you could jump it over/off stuff and bunnyhop it etc, do nose wheelies, just a total pisser of a bike. The BP100 race fuel and motul oil was a little exxy, but then it ddn't use much either.

i used to own a Peugeot Speedfight, 100cc of pure fury. this is what the bad boys look like:

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if i had to buy another scooter, the only one that id consider is the Peugeot JetForce 125cc Supercharged. yep u heard right, the little f**ker is supercharged.

heres pics of the JetForce:

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JetForce Compressor

The Jet Force - a natural sensation of speed

A World's First - Jet Force opens the way to a new generation of engine, with three stunning new models:

50 cc TSDI horizontal engine with liquid cooling.

125 cc EFI optimised horizontal engine.

125 cc Compressor - fuel injected, supercharged engine with displacement compressor: a world first!

Featuring the new Direct Perimetric Frame (DPF) with partitioned double tubes provides the chassis with unparalleled rigidity without any increase in weight: the perimetric frame is just as light as a classic chassis. With optimum weight spread, Jet Force has much in common with motorbike design: central fuel tank, central shock absorber and horizontal engine. Daring and original architecture, drawing its inspiration from motorbikes, a natural sensation of speed, exceptional performance and faultless road-handling... Jet Force embodies sportsmanship at every level: perimetric type visible chassis, central shock-absorber, flowing lines.

Cylinders

2 stroke single cylinder, electronic injection, liquid cooled (50cc)

4 stroke single cylinder, electronic injection, liquid cooled (125cc)

Engine

49,1cc

124,8cc

124,8cc Compressor

Brakes

front disc 226mm - rear disc 190mm (50cc)

front disc 226mm - rear disc 210mm (125cc)

Tyres

front 130/60-13 - rear 130/60-13 (50cc)

front 130/60-13 - rear 140/60-13 (125cc)

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The Majesty has a 250cc 4stroke engine, and can do 110km/h comfortably. Its the same engine that comes in the 250cc Yamaha motorbikes. You can readily get bolt on turbocharger and nitrous kits for these suckers... but then that goes against the point of having an economical commuter that has a lil eyecandy.

Provided you bling it out nicely, they must surely enhance the strenght of your pimp hand. You can even get longer handlebars so you can ride the thing chopper style... and a backrest for the seat so you can get your gangster lean on.

Turbocharger:

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Nitrous:

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