Scooter riding advice

[HappyHighwayman]

My friend gave me her Sym 200 for a few months while she's abroad. I have over 60,000 motorcycle miles but zero scooter miles not counting the rental in Greece like 15 years ago.

Is there much of a difference between feet together and feet on pegs?

 

[budgie45]

No flip flops or half face helmets

 

[HappyHighwayman]

I'm going to use my full face helmet. My friend rides it in her yoga pants, but otherwise is mostly armored up.

 

[TerryM]

They wear my butt out - as in, no weight supported by your legs. And speedo's hard to see in a full face helmet, but who needs one on a scoot.

 

[budgie45]

I’ll tell you I’ve seen some crazy people riding them scoots around sf in and out of cars blowing through stop signs

 

[HappyHighwayman]

Yeah I'm not going to be riding a lot, and I never rode my F800GS aggressively in the city either. I found city riding to be dangerous vs. back roads or highway.

 

[berth]

It'll be a lot lighter than your GS

 

[HappyHighwayman]

It's funny how I was able to ride a scooter 15 years ago with zero training because I didn't think about it and rode it like a bicycle.

Then after I took training I started thinking about it. Bad move.

 

[mototireguy]

Get one of those scooter rain aprons.

 

[RightCoastBias]

I love me some scooter riding. If I lived in the city, I'd totally commute on one.

Spent a lot of time riding a shitty vespa 150 knockoff in China. If you think city riding in the west is sketchy, you'd probably die of fear in the east.

I can't really think of too much that is different from scooter to motorcycle. Except you can get a lot of places on a scooter that are more difficult on a motorcycle, especially an 800GS.

 

[GPzPop]

Be sure to "Wheelie for Safety" whenever and where ever possible!

 

[two wheel tramp]

Pin it to win it, beware the smaller scooter tires.

 

[mrzuzzo]

I'm going to use my full face helmet.

LOL.

Fail.

 

[Sharky]

Waiting for spicy comments.

 

[russ69]

...Is there much of a difference between feet together and feet on pegs?

Keep your knees together so the wind doesn't blow up your skirt.:teeth

 

[boney]

My friend gave me her Sym 200 for a few months while she's abroad. I have over 60,000 motorcycle miles but zero scooter miles not counting the rental in Greece like 15 years ago.

Is there much of a difference between feet together and feet on pegs?

Scoots are narrower and more agile than motorcycles. That makes them perfect for city use. The feet thing, yeah, a lot of scooters have a "feet forward" position that is weird at first, when you're used the more neutral motorcycle ergonomics. And the floorboards are a perfect place to set a bag of groceries.

 

[HadesOmega]

It sure is easier to split lanes in the city with a small scooter, it's a challenge on a motorcycle. Hopefully it's got enough power to climb dem hills, I rode a 150cc up a street in SF once and it seemed to have enough power so I think a 200 is fine

 

[HappyHighwayman]

I've never had a problem lane splitting but with this I'd probably just filter as needed.

 

[Marcoose]

Ear plugs!

 

[HappyHighwayman]

Actually that's a good point. Do I need plugs?