http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/ Maxi-Scooter Club Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:35:44 GMT howard9134 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37039 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37039 Now that the automatic engine switch-off gizmo is becoming established in vehicle manufacture I suppose it must only be a matter of time before some Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:31:08 GMT T i m http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37038 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37038 ... ;-) (As it's a bit quiet and you talking of noise pollution) ... When I worked for British Telecom my daily commute (Lambretta SX150 then Messerschmitt Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:09:46 GMT Martyn Goodwin http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37037 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37037 Of course NOT! We do it as sensitive new age folks who care about the planet and those around us. We care and deeply understand and appreciate that turning Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:39:27 GMT T i m http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37036 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37036 ... I wonder if we do that because fuel has always been much more expensive here than it has in many countries? ;-) Cheers, T i m Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:22:11 GMT i.am.reil http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37035 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37035 Since the s/wing does not use much gas over a short period of time on idle, I rarely shut it down during a trip.... I figure the gas used is not as great as Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:13:25 GMT Tim http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37034 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37034 ... I do! I'll even cut the engine at some traffic lights if they are likely to be a long time.. TimB Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:02:39 GMT T i m http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37033 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37033 ... Just out of interest, I wonder how many people turn their engines off when held up for any reasonable time ... like at railway crossings etc? I have done Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:18:44 GMT Ian Kew http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37032 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37032 ... I disagree - it talks to a particular type of rider, makes the point about vulnerability regardless of blame, doesn't preach and leaves them to draw their Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:13:06 GMT Tim http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37031 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37031 The most exciting thing about this seems to be the fact that the engine stops at traffic lights....Judging by the general design, I can only think that Honda Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:08:26 GMT Tim http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37030 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37030 ... I agree that the alternative one is deadly boring - most people will have fallen asleep by half way through. However, the official one is utterly Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:22:29 GMT Ian Kew http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37029 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37029 ... I think it is rather good and the one with Mick Doohan is smart too. Clearly they are aimed at getting the subject matter over to the audience they need Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:55:18 GMT Martyn Goodwin http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37028 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37028 This is a very interesting take on MC safety - the first ad is one now being shown on TV in Victoria, where I live. The others are what some folks think the Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:42:16 GMT Niall Mead http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37027 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37027 ... extension what therefore is the point of the model codes so beloved by the Japanese makers? You mean like the BMW 5 series for instance? Been around for Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:23:50 GMT Tim http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37026 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37026 ... Then if they are very different, why do they share the YP250 code? And by extension what therefore is the point of the model codes so beloved by the Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:30:55 GMT Niall Mead http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37025 http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/maxi-scooters/message/37025 type. ... My wife had an XMax before going to the TMax. And no, they are very different to the old YP250. The whole access to engine, design was new. To work