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Zero Motorcycles Forum | 2013+ / Re: New owner!
« on: July 06, 2013, 09:46:56 PM »Plus, there are two Zero dealers in the SF city area. Monroe Motors, not far from downtown and Mission Motors, located in Daly City, just outside the SF city limits.
I test rode a Vespa GTS 300 and found it a nice scooter, but I didn't care for its handling at high speeds on the freeway. Above about 70 mph, it became kind of "darty" and the small wheels would cause the scooter to bounce around whenever a bump was encountered (and there are a lot of them on the CA freeways) or when hit by a wind gust. For the same reason, I would recommend a vehicle with larger wheels than a Vespa scooter in San Francisco, as the city is also well known for its potholes and other wheel-eating pavement irregularities.
Munroe isn't a ZERO authorized dealer, unfortunately (I wish it were!), but DLC isn't far away. The question for me is whether the $8k premium of the ZERO S over a Vespa GTS is worth it -- I won't be on the freeway with my Vespa (ever), and I don't struggle too much with the roads on the ET4 (actually, I think I DO struggle more than I am admitting). When I tested the S and DS back to back, the S was clearly the winner for me (the vibe was immediate and visceral that that was the bike for me). As previously posted, no ABS has been the deal-breaker for me. I am starting to let that go, as the ONLY automatic bike options with ABS are Honda NC series and Aprilia Mana. I just don't connect with any of them like I do with Vespa and ZERO.
- Paul