Scoot Around These Gas Prices

self | 06/16/2008 | vanity

[Clemenza]

It is (admittedly) the only bike I ever rode, albeit the 1998 edition.

Back when Triumph introduced the T-Bird in the early 50s, it was considered revolutionary at 650 cc. It was the bike of choice for the "rocker" subculture in the UK through the early 1960s, largely because of "The Wild One." Ironic that it took an American film to get the Brits interested in one of their own.

[DustyMoment]

I drive 40 miles one way to work with other people on the road who are 3/4 nuts!! Thanks, but no thanks.

[Squawk 8888]

I beg to differ on that point.

[Squawk 8888]

On the contrary- last week I rode on I-90 through Ohio, and I found that out in the boonies the other drivers are quite civilized. I was doing 55-60 in a 65 zone and everyone went around me without a problem. In the urban areas it was a different story- around Cleveland and Buffalo I was doing 60 in a 55 zone and getting tailgated by everyone and his brother.

[Squawk 8888]

Need a link to the story of the guy who chopped a Harley into a scooter.

[McLynnan]

We call them organ donors where I work too and call the helmets “brain buckets.” When you’re hit by a full size vehicle at highway speeds, ejected and your head plows into a concrete barrier the helmet is useful for keeping all your parts together. We also see a lot of guide wire amputations from these human missiles.

[Squawk 8888]

Sweet ride.

http://scooter.meetup.com/232

[To Hell With Poverty]

Ok, shoot, I just reread your first post. Kinda sounds like you bought Chinese...hopefully you just got something else slightly used. My scooter friends and I spend considerable time warning folks about the total ripoff that is pretty much all the Chinese brands. It’s so sad now that they are in such demand that folks are getting suckered left and right. And it doesn’t help that Clark Howard harps on about his, either. Anyway, here’s a kind of humorous link about the Chinese scoots: http://clevelandscooters.com/id60.html

[Sherman Logan]

Just curious. Is there a tremendous difference in the results when you are run over by a car on one of these things or on a 1500cc Honda? Seems to me a motorcycle is a motorcycle when it comes to a crash. No metal around you.

[To Hell With Poverty]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOH! Is that yours? Loverly!

[To Hell With Poverty]

Well yes and no. Most motorcyclists aren’t fooled into thinking they can ride in shorts and flip-flops. :/

[To Hell With Poverty]

If I’m ever up that way... :)

[Sherman Logan]

If they were our primary form of transportation, we’d solve at least three crises at the same time:

Gas prices.

Obesity.

Global warming.

[Gay State Conservative]

A good portion of my driving is on Interstates.Within the last month or so I've discovered that at 62 MPG my car gets about 35MPG and at 56MPH it gets close to 37...versus the 30MPG it gets at 70MPH.

Until gas is back to $2.50/gal I'm doing 60MPH.That's my contribution to conserving oil.

[Squawk 8888]

A friend of mine is a dealer whose biggest regret is being the first to sell TnG in Canada. His advice, and mine as well, is to stick with the quality outfits in Taiwan, Japan and Europe: Piaggio, Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki, Kymco and Sym.

[To Hell With Poverty]

Exxxxxxxxxactly! We say that alllll the time. Genuine is also a great company.

[wastedyears]

That was my primary form of transportation when I was a teenager.

I want a new mountain bike.

[HangnJudge]

My current Scoot
2006 Piaggio BV 250 (10,330mi)

My other vehicle is a 1998
Dodge Dakota 4wd 5.2lt King Cab

[SpaceBar]

Bikes, scooters, and motorcycles aren’t inherently dangerous of themselves. It’s the sharing the road part with mostly cars and trucks that adds greatly to the danger factor.

[groanup]

Moto Mojo