She Wanted A Bike, He Didn't

[Houndguy]

I don't know, one of the reasons I love my Kimmie (Kymco Xciting 500) is because its a big enough scooter to do highway speeds but still with the simplicity of a scooter. It carries my girl on back without issues too.

I think her issue is more with the look and not the funtionality of a scoot over a bike. Storage, MPG, parking...all that has to be considered when buying a bike. Is he replacing his car? Or is this more just for the weekends?

Keep the scoot, dump the wife.

[kz1000st]

I didn't want to say this over there. I think it's this. Hubby goes out the door with Big Bike money and comes back with, what looks to her, a toy. She was expecting a used Sportster or another big bore V-Twin and he comes back with a Vespa. The general public probably doesn't know the MSRP of a 300cc Vespa approaches an NC700 Honda.

Sort of like he said, "I'm going out to buy a Classic Car" and instead of coming home with a '57 Chevy Belair he returns with a '57 VW Beetle.

I find the whole matter a convoluted issue. If he likes the Vespa, cool, but he should have prepared her for his choice. "Dear. I'm going out and spending $7,000 on a scooter" and dealt with the flack in advance.