Hello,i´m Armelão (that´s my surname to) i´m from Portugal,and i´m about to buy a silver wing 600 from 2001,whith 8500 Kms,the scooter it looks like new,i have experience with maxiscooters,but mostly piaggio,what do you say about this business?thank you for your opinions,oh!by the way,here in prtugal we only have one good forum about maxiscooters,it´s www.maxiscootersportugal.com ,but it talk´s about all kinds of scooters,but it´s very,you may take a look,im sorry my english is not very good,but i think you will understand me,so we can comunicate.

Hi Armelão,

Welcome to the forum. Happy to have you with us. Your english is allot better then my Portuguese.

Post some pictures of your scooter if you get a chance and again, welcome.

http://www.maxiscootersportugal.com/forum/index.php?topic=2355.0

Here it is,i don´t know how to to put photos directly into a mesage.

Cumprimento e acolher Armelao. Your english is fine. Spend as much time with us as you wish.

Armelao,

Welcome to the site and hope you enjoy it. Don't worry about your english..it is fine. And those of us in the states don't speak english, we speak American. I'm sure we get our brothers and sisters in England a bit crazy how we borrowed their language and changed it around some.

Welcome aboard and don't worry about communicating. We speak swinglish. There's some good people on here and a lot of useful information in the files.

Armelão,

Welcome to the site. Enjoy the ride.

Your English is much better than my non-existant Portugese!

Thank´s for your words,i´m glad we can comunicate in "swinglish" .
I don´t see the time to get my Silver Wing,it`s a dream i have since 2001,i always buy new bikes,if i get this one,it will be the first time i have one maxiscooter in second hand,but this Silver Wing is really really new.I´m whith a litle fear to buy a second hand scooter,but it´s a risk i have to take,here in portugal we don´t have Silver Wing 600 any more,so this is a great oportunity to get one,almost new,what can you people tell me about this?is there many diferences from 2001 to 2009 for example?

armelao,
there are not any major changes from the 2002 introduction (in the USA) to the newest models. one change that occurred about 3 years ago is that Honda stopped making the dashboard in color, and makes them all in a dark soft-touch vinyl. there is also a catalytic converter and oxygen sensor in newer bikes to meet emission controls.

i bought a 2003 last year with 3800 miles on it. it has performed flawlessly since i bought it. i just passed 8400 miles today (13400 km) on a 175 mile ride.

congratulations on your "new" ride!

I missed this thread - welcome from me, too.

Welcome Armelao I would love to do some rideing in your country and enjoy it's beauty. Did they quit marketing the 600 there?

thanks for your opinions,yes,here in portugal,we don´t have 600 cc any more.

Armelão

What type of scooter are you currently riding? Is that a Piaggio? Which model?

Welcome and don't be concerned about being understood I don't understand what I say half the time. Just enjoy the scoot.

thank´s, yes i have a piaggio x8 400 cc, it´s a good bike, but i like a lot SW, and like i said i´ts an older dream.

Well...i have my 2001 SW600,i went to get it from 1 month ago.but i went on holidays,now i have changed engine and final drive oil,anti freezer,air and oil filters,oil brakes,oil suspention,all this because the scooter was stoped on a garage for about seven years,the scooter is absolutly new,i´m loving the experience,when the summer ends,i must change tires,and im thinking about change slide rollers for dr.pulley.