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Castle-Barber
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| martin68 wrote: | | Blackpool Paul wrote: | There all Black according to DVLA arnt they?  |
Mine was registered as black in colour when i bought it but is in fact silver and never been anything other then, is this a common thing?? I was worried that the scooter had suspect history even though it didnt come up on a hpi check. |
yep all fast Black.....  |
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Maver
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Location: naaaaaarfolk we drive tractors and talk loike PIRATES
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| Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:17 pm Post subject: |
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| martin68 wrote: | | Blackpool Paul wrote: | | There all Black according to DVLA arnt they? |
Mine was registered as black in colour when i bought it but is in fact silver and never been anything other then, is this a common thing?? I was worried that the scooter had suspect history even though it didnt come up on a hpi check. |
for a period of time all GTs's, regardless of colour were registered with the DVLA as being "black" seems it was an "administration error" 
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MikeHolland
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| Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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Mike, I got the black mirrors from Gus Sutton at Vespaspares. I find them just as good as the originals - they are not as high, but just as wide, and have convex lenses just like the originals. They come with a set of adaptors for two thread sizes, and left and right hand thread, so there are no problems fitting them. They are French made FAR mirrors.
When I got my GTS, I had a problem with the mirrors flopping, always aimed at the road or sky. I had them replaced under warrantee, but one of the replacement ones also flopped around. With three duds out of four, I gave up on Piaggio mirrors and got these. No problems with them.
Mike
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Mr Oppinionated
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Location: Blackpool
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 Appreciate that, cheers.
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catskillnyrider
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Location: The Catskills, NY, USA
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Beautiful Scoot Mike. I think all scooters look better naked. It's remarkable the difference in appearance between the first two pictures and the last. I guess thats just the sun? If vintage red is more accurately dipicted in the first two pictures, with that musty Nantucket ora, I think it's my new favorite color.
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MikeHolland
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Hi Jess, thanks for those comments. I visited the Catskills back in 1984 when I was in Poughkeepsie on an IBM assignment. Beautiful scenery, and lovely roads for scooting around.
The first two pics were taken on a rather cloudy day. I think the third shows the colour better. Some guy came on a Sydney scooter club ride early this year, on a GTS in that vintage red colour, and I fell in love with it and promptly sold my GT and bought one.
Mike
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