Scooter fans...?

[Falko]

Somewhere close....

[nhbubba]

Starbucks-to-Starbucks tour? Negate the fuel savings with some $5 coffees.

[Tricky Mike]

You guys should really just ride them to the Broken Spoke. ATGATT

[Paul_E_D]

Nice acquisition Dave! Is there going to be a Seacoast scooter ride this year?? I am potentially acquiring an Aprilia SR 50 with an 80 cc bore kit and a pipe this summer. It will be sweet to ripe around Portland. When I lived in Jersey and worked over the river in PA, I used it to commute every day!

There is a huge scooter/moped culture here in Portland. They organize rides and tear up the city sometimes. They even did this last year: http://bennetttheredonethat.bangorda...ath-race-2013/

Cheater bike!!!

[Garandman]

Dude showed up on this for the weekend at Cromag 2008.

[Chippertheripper]

^ and probably had himself a great ass time.

[tbonehedge]

I bought a 1984 Honda spree just about a year ago. I LOVE IT! I put about 800 miles on it since I bought it, and have a big grin on my face every time I come home.

I look ridiculously big on it, I don't care. Its got a milk crate zip tied to the back that makes me look homeless, I don't care. I have to take the long way home from town because there is a hill too steep to climb right by my house, I don't care. The speed limit around town is 30mph, the scooter is all I need. Its great for beer runs, bringing recycle stuff back, quick trip to the overpriced local market, fill the lawnmower gas can, or toke up and hit the open roads out into farmland (speed limit is over 30, but zero traffic). I've threatened my coworkers that I'm going to ride it to work someday, maybe this summer. Its the best $500 bucks I ever spent!!!!!

[McBiggity]

an 18 pack fits perfectly under the seat of the ruckus. Like it was designed for beer runs.

[Pigman]

Zuma

30 on the floor
12-24 under the seat

and a can of RedBull in the cup holder

[McBiggity]

I need to mount a cup holder to the Ruckus this year.

[TheIglu]

There aren't eyeglass rims thick enough and jeans small enough to make that work for you, Dave.

[Garandman]

The Aprilia 50cc scooters are not created equal. I'm told they'll do 45mph with a light rider.

I always toy with the idea of buying a Big Ruckus. Or even the V-Strom's special cousin, the Burgman.


You guys may cost me money!

[nhbubba]

It still annoys me that every time I look up the P/N for the filter for my 'strom it lists it as FILTER, OIL - BURGMAN. I'm not normally one to give a damn.. but that one rubs me wrong.

[golden chicken]

Dammit, Bubs, that's all I'm gonna think about next oil change.

[TheIglu]

Weird, doesn't mention anything about the Burgman at Wal Mart where I buy my filters.

[Chippertheripper]

Fuck walmart.
That is all.

[TheIglu]

Ducati people, jeeze.

[Garandman]

Somewhere close....

Goodhues's?



[It's across the street].

[jerseygirl]

The Aprilia 50cc scooters are not created equal. I'm told they'll do 45mph with a light rider.

I used to be able to do 60-65 on my "cheater" scooter.

[slowkermit]

an 18 pack fits perfectly under the seat of the ruckus. Like it was designed for beer runs.

SOLD!!!

[Garandman]

So someone school me on old-fashioned Mopeds? There are some old Motobecane, Peugeot etc and some newer ones from Tomos and Sachs. Prices are all over the map, from $300 to some dude in Somerville who is buying them, doing some refurbishing them and selling them, so $300 to $1,200.

[DucDave]

I know practically nothing...except, when I was 10 or 11 my parents took us to France and Switz. These were EVERYWHERE...



... along with these...



The high points of that trip were my brother and I doing Bumper Cars outside of Paris somewhere, and my getting to ride one of those Mopeds. I believe that was where my need for motorised two wheeled transport went from a vague desire to an obsession!!!

[Garandman]

I know practically nothing...except, when I was 10 or 11 my parents took us to France and Switz. These were EVERYWHERE...

Honda, Suzuki, and Yamaha all started this way.

I've gone modern with a 48V LiFeP04 electric.

[B440]

+1 on the lead a ride with it. I think you need another ride on the calendar; a 'little bikes' ride.



Since we're dragging the discussion to mopeds. My first ever motorized bike was a Puch moped similar to this:



My dad had it on extended loan. We cleaned it up, got it running, and I ripped it around the neighborhood for a summer before he sold it for the owner. I think I once saw 30 MPH on the speedo, riding down hill, with the wind at my back, in a full tuck. Rode it all over my corner of town without a license or any form of registration .. and never got a second look. Pretty sure you can't do that no more.

You can in CT. Mass is for suckers. Oops, I meant NH is for suckers...

[JettaJayGLS]

Once a sr50 pops up for a reasonable price (most people want near 2k for one 10 years old) I'm buying it. Calling dibs right now.