Vespa GT200

Her name is Claudia Cardinale, and 2 years and 12 thousand km down the track and I still love her. I bought her on the day I arrived in Berlin from New Zealand and have used her most days since - weather and snow ( or lack of ) permitting. She was always my first choice of motor scooters - chosen because of style, history, as well as more profane reasons such as power, exhaust emissions etc. The other choice was a Gilera Runner - no contest on the style stakes. Reliability - never, ever have I had a problem. She always starts on the first or second push of the starter - even after she has been stored for 6 weeks in a garage through minus 19deg. ...  Read the complete review

I bought this scooter 2 weeks ago today. What a blast. I looked at scooters on line for over 6 months. I had come down to basically 2 models the kymco People 250, and the Vespa GT200. In the end I went with the Vespa. Reasons I chose the Vespa were a few. I much prefered the retro look, the reputation, and the seat. I sat on both I am 6'3" tall and on the people because of the stepped seat I could not slide far enough back. I felt close to the steering. I have 692 miles on this scooter in 2 weeks so I am really enjoying it. I take it out daily to work and back, and also for nice long rides of at least an hour. It handles very good, the automatic works ...  Read the complete review