I never do the usual things to get hurt, just the most colorful. This past Tuesday I was riding to work and enjoying the fall weather when up ahead I saw a most impressive sight. Wild Turkeys were gliding in for a landing across the road and landing on the shoulder on my side. At this point I was traveling at 60 mph and in no position to stop when I suddenly realized the first two I saw were not alone. Coming in on my left was a squadron of more turkeys and I was riding into a meteor shower o...
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The first thing is that the big scooter is really perking along this season, as if you didn't know. Last night on the way home the odometer passed 7,000 miles. This is more miles than I've done on anything in a long time. I use 1,900 miles as the start mark of when I got it from Marc which means that I've put 5,100 miles on it since July of last year. I haven't done 5,000 miles on anything in ages. To put that in perspective; the other scooter, my 150cc Bashan, now has 7,500 miles on i...
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It's not earth shattering and this will be short. My big scooter completed fifty commutes to work yesterday for a stunning 1,750 miles of money saving gas economy. If I haven't bored you with this before I save about $6.00 every day I use the scooter over the minivan. It isn't that much if I use Sara's Scion but money saved is money saved. The commuting number isn't as impressive as last year but winter was much milder and allowed for an earlier start of the riding season. Heck, I even got to...
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I've had the most profound thought percolating in my brain in the last few weeks. I've been riding motorcycles for over fifty years and been around them longer than that. It's always been enjoyable and I've bonded with many of my bikes and enjoyed their way of doing business. Lately though I've found that I really have connected with the Chinese scooters and the 50cc bike more than I ever did my European or Japanese bikes. Now understand that I'm one of the people who scoffed at the notion of...
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