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And here Piaggio Scooters
and here Vespa Scooters - Scooters

Also look at the yammaha's Suzuki's and others.

DR-Z400SM sounds perfect to me

Bulletproof engine and it'll be a blast around town. Tall so you can see traffic well, and will be good on gas too.

Or, ninja 250






wait you need 5 of them?

Don't most city-based couriers ride bicycles? Do you really want your motorcycle/scooter to be stuck in traffic? What if you can't find a spot to park it? Are you prepared to insure five motorcycles/scooters with multiple users in a metro area?

Get 5 nice Trek single-speeds and call it a day. Very little required maintenance, no insurance costs, no licensing, and cheaper to replace part or whole in case of damage.
Trek Bikes | Bikes | Urban | District

DR650SE. Plenty powerful for a quick run up the freeway, rock solid durable, lower seat than most of the big dual sports, easy to maintain. Its also narrow and (sic) light enough to get around in traffic with little or no effort.

Twisted throttle and Sport tour show several options for luggage attachment.


TwistedThrottle.com : ...by What Fits My Bike - Suzuki - DR650SE dual sport, '96-current -
Suzuki DR650 Dual-Sport Dual Purpose Motorcycle

madriders86 said:

DR-Z400SM sounds perfect to me

Bulletproof engine and it'll be a blast around town. Tall so you can see traffic well, and will be good on gas too.

Or, ninja 250

wait you need 5 of them?

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Dirtbike-based engines are not designed or expected to rack up huge mileage. The big scooters, OTOH, are designed to be used as daily transportation and should hold up better. And again, the scooters generally have built-in lockable storage, and much better comfort and protection in inclement weather.

PhilB

Used Suzuki DRZ400SM or Used SV 650, Used Kawi ninja 500

nee_ dragon said:

either a busa or a zx14 with a huge turbo, everyone loves speedy deliveries

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nah, Harley Davidson Road King with full chrome package, full touring package and engine work.

nee_ dragon said:

either a busa or a zx14 with a huge turbo, everyone loves speedy deliveries

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LMFOA!!!!

Fuck that guy for having a VFR750 and not beating on it.

honda ruckus'

DR200SE

CRF230l

KLX250SF

WR250

these are your best choices for what you described what you plan to do.

this will be you in no time

YouTube - Taxi- Scooter Scene

binx_19 said:

DR200SE

CRF230l

KLX250SF

WR250

these are your best choices for what you described what you plan to do.

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I disagree. The maintenance intervals on dirtbike engines are WAY too short for that kind of intensive usage.

PhilB

I dont think bicycle couriers would work well in a town as spread out as memphis.

Buy some honda SH150i scooters and call it a day. The advantage of scooters is fuel mileage and storage space, but they cant handle high speed highways unless you get the big scoots like the suzuki burgman.

if you anticipate lots of highway and really want true motorcycles, maybe get SV's or kawasaki 650's. You can actually get lockable hard cases (givi) and tail racks for these bikes. ventura also offers large tail bags that you can mount to the subframe on a ventura rack.

gatorSMASH said:

this will be you in no time

YouTube - Taxi- Scooter Scene

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Or this... YouTube - "Throw a Kit" by Hollywood Holt

Throwin' a kit on it

I'd recommend an older ninja 250. Great gas mileage,reliable as all hell,cheap, tons of parts, and one of the best bike specific websites ever IMO Ninja250 Riders Club :: Index
The ninjette also had 4 folding hooks on the back plastic by the seat to help you hold stuff. With a spider bungee, I could hold just about anything.
Here is a badass link for peeps that have fabbed hard cases on it,,,,dammit wish I had seen that before I bought the SV
fabbing up givi racks on an <07 Ninja 250 - ADVrider