10-27-2014, 08:57 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Yuma, Arizona
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Where 'Cool Boy' stickers ended up
If you read this 2010 article about the rise of enduros in Nepal, it mentions about half way down why Lifan stopped putting 'Cool Boy' stickers on ungrateful American's GY-5 bikes who would scrape them off (ok, it doesn't directly mention why, but I inferred it from the article
 http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathman...e-road/212559/ http://www.onlinebusiness.com.np/ann...ol-boy-150-gy/
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10-28-2014, 12:34 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sardis, BC, Canada
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Gipsy isn't a terrible name.
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10-28-2014, 12:36 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Idaho
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I agree; I'd ride a bike called Gipsy.
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10-28-2014, 12:56 AM
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I'd still rip the decals off, but it's better than Cool Boy.
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10-28-2014, 01:41 AM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Yuma, Arizona
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I was a little disappointed that the 200cc model is called the Gipsy, while the 150cc model was called the Cool Boy. A little backwards IMO...
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