the italjets are pretty cool, i had a few come through in deals some years ago, mainly Dragsters and Formula's though.
Quick, Quirky, but a little bit of a pain for parts and spares, very poorly supported over here i'm afraid, or at least that was the case back then.
what about Aprilia Habana if youre after that retro look?
the later Vespa's, et4 and the like are simply rebadged Piaggio group scoots, but were pretty good for a commute.
The Gilera Runners are probably about the best used scooter in my opinion, 125 or 180, 2 stroke or 4, they ride well, perform very well, and actually handle more traditionally thanks to a spine type frame rather than two bits of tin pressed together!
Depends what you want though i guess, but if it were me personally, and wanted a bit of retro flavour, i'd be on the lookout for a proper innocenti Lambretta, as big as you can ride.
A lot of folk will argue over the pro's and con's of Vespa v's Lambretta, and my two penneth is that having worked in a Piaggio/Vespa dealership for some years, i can confirm from my own and from the mechanics points of view, the traditional Vespa's were awful!
We didn't like selling them because we knew theyd be back, and the mechanics hated working on them, everything poor quality, badly fitting, and likely to be returned quite soon thereafter!
Jube has a pair of awesome Italjet Dragsters, one pretty stock and the other tuned, very nice, and very quick,
But i don't think he'll part with either of them!
