Wife’s new machine

[MarkCR750]

After several soul destroying weeks fixing fault after fault on my wife’s cheapo Piaggio x8 125 scooter we’ve bitten the bullet and bought her a new un !, Peugeot D’jango 125 4 stroke twist n go, and what a pretty little machine it is, almost want one myself!😄 [ Guests cannot view attachments ]

[Nurse Julie]

I just love that colour, the whole bike looks really retro, very, very nice.

[hairygit]

And there was I thinking it was going to be a picture of a washing machine or a dishwasher!

[Green1]

Agree very retro.
Now you have someone to ride with. 

[MarkCR750]

Thanks Julie, evidently it’s called Pistachio!🙂

That’s the problem Green1, she loves it and wants to go out with me all the time, it’s encroaching on my “my time bike time”!, in truth it is nice to find a common interest after all these years 😄

Ref below, knew I could rely on you HG 🙂, TBH I thought I’d buy her something she’d actually use!

And there was I thinking it was going to be a picture of a washing machine or a dishwasher!

[Moorey]

Oooooooo white wall tyres.

[MarkCR750]

She’s done 68 miles on it and the back one is grey with brake dust, no doubt a Little job for me with the blanco !

[Moorey]

Try a quick wipe with thinners on a cloth it worked great on my white walls on the car.

Keep it off the paint though.

[MarkCR750]

Thanks Moorey.
Still running wife’s in but took their demonstrater out, really nippy, I had 66mph showing on my sat nav, (70 on the bikes speedo) not bad at all for a twist n go, brakes are really good, linked front and rear on the left lever and front only on the right, wifey just needs a Parker now 🙂

[Moorey]

And that's exactly how I started my two wheel journey, a Lambretta Li125  and a Parker many, many moons ago.
A lifetime later still continuing only without the Lambretta but I must confess I do still consider one. Then sense kicks in thankfully. 

[MarkCR750]

Mate of mine just paid 8k for a lambretta!, not sure which one, a 175 sports type thing, yes nostalgia is great but you also need to think, will I use it?, I almost bought a basket case Malagutti Monte 50 recently, that was my first bike,  then I thought once I’d restored it I would have something that would do 50 flat out, so not very practical, was great when 16 though!, library picture below. [ Guests cannot view attachments ]