Ten grand here, too!

Keys · Post by **Keys** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 2:52 am

Well, I finally did it. This last Saturday as I was riding to Sedona on a dark and lonely highway at 10:30 p.m., my odometer passed the 10,000 mile mark. I'm now at about 10,300. Still running, despite all my attempts to beat it to death. Fabulous little machine.

--Keys

rajron · Post by **rajron** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:03 am

Big number

ScooterTrash · Post by **ScooterTrash** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:10 am

You deserve a trophy

Keys · Post by **Keys** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:12 am

...actually, Lou76 and Bonegirl beat me to the 10,000 mile mark. In fact, I saw and rode with Lou76 (Isaac) this weekend and his has almost 12,000 miles on it now.

--Keys

ScooterTrash · Post by **ScooterTrash** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:17 am

Keys wrote:...actually, Lou76 and Bonegirl beat me to the 10,000 mile mark. In fact, I saw and rode with Lou76 (Isaac) this weekend and his has almost 12,000 miles on it now.

--Keys

Its bad when you kill your own glory. Everyone over 10000 needs a trophy

ThisDude · Post by **ThisDude** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:28 am

I'm getting there, today I broke my 180 mile one day record scouting a potential ride for a group of scooterists. 210 miles in one day, real miles as per my gps. The trip is from Monrovia to Lake Elsinore to san Juan Capistrano and back. The trip is like 120 miles plus including my daily 40 mile commute to work and back and my various scouting activities added to 210. So it's been 18 days and my odometer is already at 1490 miles. It's too easy to rack up miles on a scooter this fast, I could never cover this much on my 50cc Metropolitan. I sure wish I had the time and money to do the lake eerie loop, I'd probably want to try it on my trusty old Metropolitan, '05 but still old mileage wise 7700 right now. Alas I weep, for it's going to auctioned off on ebay to a possible new friend in 2 days 9 hours and 50 minutes.

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:45 am

Keys,

Which is scarier? I-17 or 89A?

Jim

Bunnita · Post by **Bunnita** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:19 pm

I don't live in Sedona but I'm there all the time, never seen a scooter there yet.

Can you ride a Buddy on the highway?

Right now I'd say driving from the 17 into town would have the be the scariest part, all that construction with all of the dirt on the road and no one knows where they're going /shudder

I never have my scooter when I"m there, it would be a really pretty drive though.

Keys · Post by **Keys** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 4:16 am

I'd have to say I-17...mostly because you're always looking over your shoulder for a cop...under 150cc isn't legal on interstates. I, however, have done it.

89A is one of my favorite roads from Prescott to Cottonwood...from Cottonwood to Sedona, though is 4-lane highway and boring as heck. THEN the entertainment jumps back up from Sedona to Flagstaff. FABULOUS ride!!

As for scooters in Sedona, I am aware of only one ET-4 Vespa. I've seen a chinese-type, like a Tank or something there once, too. There are a couple of maxi-type scooters and a couple chinese jobs in Cottonwood, but mine is still the only Buddy I'm aware of north of Phoenix.

As for killing my own glory, I don't accept accolades that I'm not due. It just isn't honorable.

--Keys

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:55 am

Keys wrote:I'd have to say I-17...

89A is one of my favorite roads from Prescott to Cottonwood...from Cottonwood to Sedona, though is 4-lane highway and boring as heck. THEN the entertainment jumps back up from Sedona to Flagstaff. FABULOUS ride!!
--Keys

Agreed all around. I-17 is scary in a truck, and those parts of 89A are two of the nicest stretches of road in the land. I wish I could clone either down here in the Valley. Nothing much down here but straight, Stop light, right or left turn. Sigh. I need to get up to South Mtn some morning.

Jim

Keys · Post by **Keys** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:57 pm

Truck your SYM up here on some Saturday, Jim and we'll blast those two stretches to give you something to smile about as you sit in traffic down in the Valley of the Sunstroke.

--Keys

goldscott · Post by **goldscott** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:25 pm

Well, I finally did it a couple weeks ago.

10000 miles in 14 months.

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:43 pm

Congratulations - twice. Once for the 10k mark, the other for thread revival!

Here's another good place for those pics: Neat Odometer...

viney266 · Post by **viney266** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 6:24 pm

Congrats!!! Thats a good reason for a thread revival!

lilguy · Post by **lilguy** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:56 pm

Congratulations!

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:06 pm

ScooterTrash wrote:Everyone over 10000 needs a trophy

I concur. (I am currently at 10,150ish.)

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:09 pm

goldscott wrote:Well, I finally did it a couple weeks ago.
10000 miles in 14 months.

That's about a year less time than it took me.

Of course my scoot doesn't move as fast as most of y'all's.

bluebuddygirl · Post by **bluebuddygirl** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 3:48 am

TVB wrote:
ScooterTrash wrote:Everyone over 10000 needs a trophy
I concur. (I am currently at 10,150ish.)

I am getting close to 10,000. If anyone wants to get a trophy ready for me, I will gladly accept it.

michelle_7728 · Post by **michelle_7728** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:01 am

TVB wrote:
goldscott wrote:Well, I finally did it a couple weeks ago.
10000 miles in 14 months.
That's about a year less time than it took me.
Of course my scoot doesn't move as fast as most of y'all's.

Way to go, TVB!