True story: I was watching the GF park her Vespa in our driveway, which is lined by a low brick retaining wall. After she pulled into the driveway, she attempted a k-turn in order to turn the scooter around to face out to the street. My big dumm-, uh,
absolutely wonderful sweetheart GF didn't duck walk the scooter in the k-turn... no, she *gave the scooter gas* to make the turn.
Needless to say, she didn't make the turn.
CRUNCH, front wheel first into the retaining wall. Not even 2 mph, but 2 mph more than that wall could take.
The Vespa had those metal fender guards. They cracked. The fender cracked... the *shocks* cracked...
everything cracked.
Anyone here know how expensive and time-consuming it is to replace a front fender and shocks on a Vespa? Let me tell you, for a simple thing, it's nearly enough to *total* a Vespa, it's that labor-intensive. $1000 parts and labor for a 2 mph bump. :banghead:
Bottom line? You don't want a frunk guard. Anything strong enough to be useful will weigh too much, and to be useful it'd have to be attached to the frame. You don't want
any energy getting transmitted to your frame. Don't worry about protecting your frunk-- your frunk, acting as a crumple zone, is protecting *you*, and your Spyder.
