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Post by vnice »

So...I finally...FINALLY...saw a Spree being ridden on the road yesterday. Good lord, they're tiny! Looks a bit like a toy. Hehe.
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:lol: ahahaha
yeah man, they are kinda small. I have only spotted a few over the past few years.
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I work in East Lansing, near Michigan State University. I see scooters all over the place here. About 3 months ago, I saw a nice, black little Spree. That's it. Haven't seen one since I was maybe 12 years old, when my dad bought one for us kids to beat on.
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The spree, a japanese bike is an american icon.
You talk to d*** near anybody about scooters and they will have a story about there past and a honda spree. I dont see so many of them on the road now but everybody knows them. My old boss, who was a big car guy. He had tons of cars, all sorts of high end high dollar cars. And even he admits he likes the spree. Everything he does is buy and sell, but he was talking about finding a mint spree and storing it away for another 10 years.
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Post by Chisholm »

I ride my Spree to school (Ohio State) nearly every day. I had some dudes at a stop light in the hood start cracking up that I was riding a Spree. They must have had some kind of memory of it.

Oh, and I think mine is pretty cherry.

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Saw a red one today while going through campus....it's like a sign from above telling me to sneak behind my wife's back and get my spree running!
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vnice wrote:So...I finally...FINALLY...saw a Spree being ridden on the road yesterday. Good lord, they're tiny! Looks a bit like a toy. Hehe.
Yeah. You should see mine next to 'Jeeves' - my '52 MGTD. I thought the MG was small - but the Spree looks like it could fit in that sucker's glove compartment. :D

And they're both the same color red too. My garage is a zoo - but I like it that way. :P

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Chisholm wrote:I ride my Spree to school (Ohio State) nearly every day. I had some dudes at a stop light in the hood start cracking up that I was riding a Spree. They must have had some kind of memory of it.

Oh, and I think mine is pretty cherry.

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It's not only cherry, but it looks like the Jolly Red Giant next to MicroVespa there. :D

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Post by Chisholm »

The "Young Master" we brought it back from Taiwan when I was a kid.
My kids ride it now; it's a 6-volt electric.

My daughter explained that scooters are cooler than motorcycles because,
"They have more color".

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Chisholm wrote:The "Young Master" we brought it back from Taiwan when I was a kid.
My kids ride it now; it's a 6-volt electric.

My daughter explained that scooters are cooler than motorcycles because,
"They have more color".

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Cute kids. Ya'd better be careful, though, because with all the riding practice their getting, in a few short years they're gonna be hittin' ya up for yer Spree, bud. :P

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Post by scooterwerx »

i was riding my sb50 elite e around austin texas, and i saw a girl on a nice black spree...we rode around together for a while. i didnt think the spree was all that tiny, but then i remembered i was riding an sb50.
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Post by EliteS120ccJDM »

check out the black spree doin a wheelie


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UALjlwi4AqY
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Post by Clivester »

Is it really a Spree!!! :?

Those guys in Hawaii tend to put Dio motors on them.

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Clivester wrote:Is it really a Spree!!! :?

Those guys in Hawaii tend to put Dio motors on them.

Clive.
its a DioSpree.
people in hawaii throw away spree motors. There useless to them. is a spree yes, but its a dio spree.
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vnice wrote:So...I finally...FINALLY...saw a Spree being ridden on the road yesterday. Good lord, they're tiny! Looks a bit like a toy. Hehe.
Maybe you saw this guy:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/mcy/903261626.html

AHAHA! This ad made me laugh. :D :P

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