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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Jul 16, 2000
Pros: Style, Reliability, Electronic Ignition, Handling
Cons: Front Breaks, Newer Styling, Stuff Breaks
Summary: After going to school for a year in Italy I came to appreciate, and sometimes hate, the Vespa (Italian for Wasp. You would understand the name if you have heard a pack of these bikes whizzing down the Via). The noise from these small machines echos ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 3, 2011
Pros: cheap to buy cheap to maintain . great fun ,
Cons: the brakes stay back and service your brakes yearly.
Summary: I bought my first p200e in 2002 it's still going today and I put 4500 to 5000km each summer ! Since buying the 79 P200e I have also found a 1980 P200e and it has the Califorina sidecar on it ! I have since 2006 had over 400 passengers in the sidecar for ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 22, 2003
Pros: Simplicity
Powerful for displacement
Pleasant Appearance
Attention grabber
Cons: Small Wheels
Vibrations
Summary: I have had wind in my face for my entire life. Toured Japan extensively on a Honda CB450, the USA on ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 28, 2003
Pros: Easy to find. Easy to fix. Lot's of available parts.
Cons: Not very stable. Kick start. Hand shifter.
Summary: Vespa's are making a comeback. If you ever need to go anywhere short distance. Or where parking is an issue. A scooter is the way to go. And if you want to go is semi style... get a Vespa. It has all the character and style a Honda Elite doesn't. ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 5, 2002
Pros: Reliable, sturdy, cheap to run & maintain, a classic.
Cons: some scooterists don't regard it as a classic (yet!)
Summary: I restored my 1980 registered model p200e, completing it last autumn (2001).
It cost far more than it is probably worth, and took me 5 years as I was so insistent on making it look completely new.
The UK spec one I have is exactly the way it ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 14, 2000
Pros: fun, reliable, durable, stylish
Cons: low top speed
Summary: As I write this it is snowing outside, the first snow fall of the year, and I am still riding my Vespa p200e to work. It isn't because I like arriving at my destination half frozen. It is because I love riding the Vespa.
My friend and I bought ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 9, 2000
Pros: the most plentiful Vespa, great power, easy to refurbish, fun to ride
Cons: generally not considered the most desirable Vespa model, often referred to as a "moped"
Summary: My first Italian scooter, like so many other folks', is a Vespa P200E. The P200E is Vespa's most powerful, largest and most available / affordable model you'll encounter today. I purchased mine in 1998, it's a 1978 model, and I consider it the pinnacle ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 3, 2000
Pros: reliability, parts availability, easy to repair yourself
Cons: dodgy styling, still an older scooter, lack of fuel gauge
Summary: After admiring a number of Vespa scooters in the LA area where I grew up, I finally took the plunge once a long while ago and bought myself one. A previously unowned '81 Vespa P200E. After taking many long trips (one was 500 miles each way) and much ... read more
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