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Vespa GTS300 Super
02/02/2009
Updated Italian icon gets grunt, brakes and handling The GTS300ie, as it says on the retro-looking vented side cover, is a bored and stroked update of the GTS250ie. In reality it's actually a 278cc engine, and never has an extra 28cc been put to better use.
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Anyone can twist a throttle to the stop, but not so many know the principles behind safe and effective braking – if you engage in the former often but aren’t so hot on the latter, you’re just playing a waiting game before push comes to shove, and end up going down the road next to your bike, instead of on it.
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