It's not functional, it's just stupid. What else is ugly? How about the useless off-center speed holes drilled on the downtube, the headtube cutouts, half-assed grip job, etc? Care to elaborate on what exactly it is that the deck plate cutouts are supposed to do, or why you cop such an attitude with me and try to prove MY OPINION wrong?
first I have to apologize because there was no animosity in what i responded to you with man, i was really just asking you a question, and explaining myself because you referred to my scooter so negatively at first. I understand you don't like it, as its obviously not your run of the mill perfect condition mgp or pheonix. regardless, i am sorry that you took what i said that was, text has a way of distorting our connotation of what one is saying. Anyway, when I said that it was functional i was referring to the fact that since I ride ski, I don't use much of the front of my deck. When i started riding this tsi, i had come from a pheonix and the weight differential from those two decks was a weird adjustment to me, so i removed some of my plate to shave a few ounces. Thats the only reason i said it was functional. My grip tape isnt half assed, it was just all i had left. work with what you have I guess. The holes drilled into my downtube are supposed to be off center, you may notice all three are different sizes and the left side of their diameters line up. Their werent speed drilled, but when drilling holes that large without mounting them in a vice, the bit tends to catch and it chewed the soft aluminum up pretty well. The bottom line is that im not trying to prove your opinion wrong by any means, just defending my choices when you called my scooter "baaarf". Once again, I'm sorry if you felt attacked or insulted, I don't think thats the point of these message boards, just for the forward progression of the sport. sorry man.
