Who are you in real life?

Mutt the Hoople · Post by **Mutt the Hoople** » Wed May 30, 2012 11:55 pm

The Original Mutt The Hoople

Manuel

Example of my metalsmithing

And pastel drawing

Post by **ericalm** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:22 am

chas wrote:
ericalm wrote:
DCUNITED4LIFE wrote:Last but not least, I finally got that Vintage Vespa I always wanted and I'm in the process of restoring it. Funny how your x-wifes retirement accounts can make things like that happen!
I really should have handled my divorce a bit better! (Oh, everyone wound up much happier, etc. in the end, but maybe I could have gotten a scooter out of it!)
I wasn't able to get a scooter until I got divorced, let alone get a free scooter as a direct result of my divorce. Don't feel TOO bad Eric, at least your ex let you ride haha!

The ex was pre-riding. I'm lucky to have a wonderful wife now who lets me ride despite having taken me to the ER twice after crashes.

Also: no such thing as a free scooter!

chas · Post by **chas** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:26 am

ericalm wrote:Also: no such thing as a free scooter!

Knowing now what I know about divorce, good point.

2wheelNsanity · Post by **2wheelNsanity** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:42 am

Beautiful work Mutt

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Mutt the Hoople · Post by **Mutt the Hoople** » Thu May 31, 2012 4:16 am

Thank you

Post by **ericalm** » Thu May 31, 2012 6:03 am

chas wrote:
ericalm wrote:Also: no such thing as a free scooter!
Knowing now what I know about divorce, good point.

Even when married or single!

A major selling point for bringing a third scooter top the house was that I was getting it for free. When I started talking about plans for my rebuild and needing to buy parts, my wife said, "I thought you said this wasn't going to cost anything!" No, I said I wasn't paying anything for it. Not the same thing!

Mutt the Hoople · Post by **Mutt the Hoople** » Thu May 31, 2012 6:15 am

ericalm wrote:
chas wrote:
ericalm wrote:Also: no such thing as a free scooter!
Knowing now what I know about divorce, good point.
Even when married or single!

A major selling point for bringing a third scooter top the house was that I was getting it for free. When I started talking about plans for my rebuild and needing to buy parts, my wife said, "I thought you said this wasn't going to cost anything!" No, I said I wasn't paying anything for it. Not the same thing!

Show her the YouTube Starbucks ad and tell her your investing in art.

DCUNITED4LIFE · Post by **DCUNITED4LIFE** » Thu May 31, 2012 4:33 pm

chas wrote:
ericalm wrote:Also: no such thing as a free scooter!
Knowing now what I know about divorce, good point.

Yea, wasn't free really, just that I used to money I should be using to pay for lawyers to get the GL of my dreams, I'll pay the lawyers later. Meh.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu May 31, 2012 9:42 pm

Mutt the Hoople wrote:The Original Mutt The Hoople

Ah, I was wondering how you derived the Mutt aspect of the name.

ericalm wrote:my wife said, "I thought you said this wasn't going to cost anything!" No, I said I wasn't paying anything for it. Not the same thing!

You should have been a lawyer!
I just completed 3 days of jury duty btw.

Rob

jprestonian · Post by **jprestonian** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:55 am

Rob wrote:And if memory serves me correctly, didn't you shoot a video of Josephine demonstrating how to change the oil on a Buddy? Well, I think it was a Buddy.

Anyway, I showed that to my wife, who has absolutely zero mechanical aptitude, and she was able to change the oil on our scoot in about 15 minutes.

Oh, cool! Yes; Josephine and I shot that one slow Saturday morning. We had a lot of local customers say much the same thing; we would tell them that we were overjoyed to change the oil for them, given it was one of the highest-profit services we offered. :) But that it was indeed dead stupid-simple, and that everyone who worked at the shop changed their own.

Now that I have this 30-mile commute, I'm doing it every month, and have it down to about 11 minutes (including the opening of the beer, after). :)
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jprestonian · Post by **jprestonian** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:02 am

JohnnyScoots wrote:I'm Prentice. A search marketing & analytics specialist from Nashville, TN who is moving to Manhattan Beach, CA in two weeks to work & live.

SUNNY BEACHES! :) You just came back here from California! Hardly got to know you, again! :lol:
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JohnnyScoots · Post by **JohnnyScoots** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:09 am

jprestonian wrote:
JohnnyScoots wrote:I'm Prentice. A search marketing & analytics specialist from Nashville, TN who is moving to Manhattan Beach, CA in two weeks to work & live.
SUNNY BEACHES! You just came back here from California! Hardly got to know you, again!
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I know! I am headed back again, though.

jprestonian · Post by **jprestonian** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 10:24 am

JohnnyScoots wrote:I know! I am headed back again, though.

Bi-coastal: Pacific, Cumberland River. ;)
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Rusty J · Post by **Rusty J** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:36 am

JohnnyScoots wrote:I'm Prentice. A search marketing & analytics specialist from Nashville, TN who is moving to Manhattan Beach, CA in two weeks to work & live.

Stella 2T. Single-Speed Bike. Los Angeles Galaxy. That sums me up along with my uncanny desire to name everything Jack Nicholson.

Just wanted to point out that there's free motorscooter (and, yeah, motorcycle...whatever...) parking just a block up from the Manhattan Beach pier (Ocean Dr, just south off MB Blvd). Likewise in the parking structures on either side of Highland Av, on 12th St.

The South Bay Scooter Club has monthly rides on the first Saturday of each month, no make/model restrictions but mostly oriented toward 125cc+ bikes.

There's also a Long Beach Area Scooter Group with a Meetup.com page. It's a bit of a ride to get out that way on surface streets, but do-able.

- Rusty
'09 Vespa LXS150
'05 Suzuki Burgman 650
(still considering a new Stella)

Post by **ericalm** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:05 am

Rusty J wrote:
JohnnyScoots wrote:I'm Prentice. A search marketing & analytics specialist from Nashville, TN who is moving to Manhattan Beach, CA in two weeks to work & live.

Stella 2T. Single-Speed Bike. Los Angeles Galaxy. That sums me up along with my uncanny desire to name everything Jack Nicholson.
Just wanted to point out that there's free motorscooter (and, yeah, motorcycle...whatever...) parking just a block up from the Manhattan Beach pier (Ocean Dr, just south off MB Blvd). Likewise in the parking structures on either side of Highland Av, on 12th St.

The South Bay Scooter Club has monthly rides on the first Saturday of each month, no make/model restrictions but mostly oriented toward 125cc+ bikes.

There's also a Long Beach Area Scooter Group with a Meetup.com page. It's a bit of a ride to get out that way on surface streets, but do-able.

- Rusty
'09 Vespa LXS150
'05 Suzuki Burgman 650
(still considering a new Stella)

And you should both come out to Swerve n Curve in August! And join the LA Meetup Group, though we meet a bit further north than the beach cities.

Rusty J · Post by **Rusty J** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:26 am

ericalm wrote: And you should both come out to Swerve n Curve in August! And join the LA Meetup Group, though we meet a bit further north than the beach cities.

Sounds good -- the LA group is in easy Burgman range, but a bit of a reach for the S150 or a Stella. Not impossible, but getting there would be half the fun (and at least half of the overall time in the saddle)! Might have to commandeer the Young Lady in Question's truck for that...

And Swerve & Curve is going to be practically next door! I expect to be there.

- Rusty

JohnnyScoots · Post by **JohnnyScoots** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:01 am

Rusty J wrote: Just wanted to point out that there's free motorscooter (and, yeah, motorcycle...whatever...) parking just a block up from the Manhattan Beach pier (Ocean Dr, just south off MB Blvd). Likewise in the parking structures on either side of Highland Av, on 12th St

That is amazing. I'm going to be working on 11th and Highland.

Rusty J · Post by **Rusty J** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:09 am

JohnnyScoots wrote:
Rusty J wrote: Just wanted to point out that there's free motorscooter (and, yeah, motorcycle...whatever...) parking just a block up from the Manhattan Beach pier (Ocean Dr, just south off MB Blvd). Likewise in the parking structures on either side of Highland Av, on 12th St
That is amazing. I'm going to be working on 11th and Highland.

That work location is amazing! Enjoy!

-Rusty

Edwub · Post by **Edwub** » Mon Jun 04, 2012 5:19 am

Rusty J wrote:
JohnnyScoots wrote:
Rusty J wrote: Just wanted to point out that there's free motorscooter (and, yeah, motorcycle...whatever...) parking just a block up from the Manhattan Beach pier (Ocean Dr, just south off MB Blvd). Likewise in the parking structures on either side of Highland Av, on 12th St
That is amazing. I'm going to be working on 11th and Highland.
That work location is amazing! Enjoy!

-Rusty

Yes, it is! Be sure to check out "Bruce's Beach" on 27th and Highland. It's a little known park, grassy and green with trees and benches.....and a beautiful ocean view. If I worked where you are, it'd be my private getaway to take a bagged lunch to

(that is, if you ever get bored of the beach and the pier or want some more privacy!)

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sun Nov 25, 2012 5:58 pm

<bump>

A lot of new folks and awhile with no activity in this tread.

Rob

DirtyRAT · Post by **DirtyRAT** » Fri May 09, 2014 11:26 pm

Reviving a long dormant thread...since I've posted enough here to warrant a real life 'hello'

Real Name: Russell
Current favorite scooting music: The Pillows, and noodles

I spend lots of time doing I.T. stuff for work, here in sunny San Diego.

I spend most of my time on the ModernVespa Scooter tag San Diego thread, tagging local San Diego spots.

This is my 2-stroke Stella Atomic Fireball, after having the famous 'Robot' at Vespa Motorsport rebuild the engine with a Malossi 166 cylinder kit, italian bearings and other innards.

KrispyKreme · Post by **KrispyKreme** » Sat May 10, 2014 2:51 am

^^^^Russell you have style! You can't teach that. Awesome looking Stella and I bet it screams with that kit. Great post.

theemptythrone · Post by **theemptythrone** » Sat May 10, 2014 6:54 am

me in multiple scenarios

soakland · Post by **soakland** » Sat May 10, 2014 10:38 pm

This is us... on the old scoots

pugbuddy · Post by **pugbuddy** » Sun May 11, 2014 11:09 pm

Good to see this thread back! Maybe we need some updated photos of the regulars too?

Dooglas · Post by **Dooglas** » Sun May 11, 2014 11:59 pm

pugbuddy wrote:Maybe we need some updated photos of the regulars too?

Ask and you shall receive.

craftynerd · Post by **craftynerd** » Mon May 12, 2014 1:09 pm

Here's me!

Drum Pro · Post by **Drum Pro** » Mon May 12, 2014 1:45 pm

Here is a pic I took last year. I also play drums almost everyday but now I kinda want to change jobs to maybe something away from music like accountant or start classes in IT.....

wschmechel · Post by **wschmechel** » Mon May 12, 2014 2:13 pm

I picked this pic of me as it was the gateway to me getting my Buddy 125. More importantly, I don't make this face when riding at home.

pugbuddy · Post by **pugbuddy** » Tue May 13, 2014 2:48 am

craftynerd wrote:Here's me!

You're in Bloomington IN? I ride up there occasionally to visit a friend from way back! Nice college there; I really enjoy the town.

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Tue May 13, 2014 6:14 am

Drum Pro wrote:Here is a pic I took last year. I also play drums almost everyday but now I kinda want to change jobs to maybe something away from music like accountant or start classes in IT.....

I'm not sure if you're serious, but if you are be careful what sort of training you get. Day to day operations/support tasks are largely outsourced to, oh other places, especially in large business. It has been a very good 15 years for me, but I don't know if I would recommend it to someone now.

craftynerd · Post by **craftynerd** » Tue May 13, 2014 11:58 am

pugbuddy wrote:
craftynerd wrote:Here's me!

You're in Bloomington IN? I ride up there occasionally to visit a friend from way back! Nice college there; I really enjoy the town.

Yep, been in Bloomington for nearly three years! I love it here - lots of nice places to ride.

eb11 · Post by **eb11** » Tue May 13, 2014 7:50 pm

This is Theemptythrone and I. disregard the terrible face i'm making.
also his 2013 RH. 50 and my 2002 yamaha Vino 50.

Godio13 · Post by **Godio13** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 2:37 pm

My name is Trisha, age 27, and I live in South Boston, MA with my husband and dog. I work for Boston University and commute the 5ish miles each morning and evening. I like my job, but the commute is the added bonus! After doing it for so many years, I can't imagine having to drive to work. I always tell my co-workers (especially on frigid days) that I am the most awake person than anyone in the office after my rides! I dread the day of the first snowfall or city salting that puts me back on the T.

I am on a couple of Meetup groups for scooters (Meetup.com). I am very mechanically ignorant, so even when I come on these forums to get advice, it is hard for me to even understand what people are talking about.

Elder Scoot · Post by **Elder Scoot** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 3:12 pm

I am in real life a somewhat retired litigation attorney. I've spent the last 40 years in courtrooms in Texas and in 28 other states. My son opened his own practice recently and I am of counsel to his firm. I've been married 46 years and my wife and I are awaiting our first grandchild this Spring. I've had a number of exciting hobbies in my life and riding scoots is a great activity that keeps me sharp.

Benzo Mike · Post by **Benzo Mike** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 6:12 pm

That's me up in Duane Peters' grill last December in Weinheim Germany. I'm a professional brewer (currently in project engineering).

I dig bikes and punk rock. Spend a lot of time, blood, and money on both. I'm a grouchy old married bastard, and I'm happy with that.

KrispyKreme · Post by **KrispyKreme** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 10:00 pm

For those who don't know Duane Peters this is him in skating action. He is also a singer/songwriter. VERY hardcore dude.

Christophers · Post by **Christophers** » Thu Sep 25, 2014 11:33 pm

KrispyKreme wrote:For those who don't know Duane Peters this is him in skating action. He is also a singer/songwriter. VERY hardcore dude.

Well... Let's just say "singer" and "song"writer and roll with that. ;P

KrispyKreme · Post by **KrispyKreme** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 1:26 am

Christophers wrote:
KrispyKreme wrote:For those who don't know Duane Peters this is him in skating action. He is also a singer/songwriter. VERY hardcore dude.
Well... Let's just say "singer" and "song"writer and roll with that. ;P

It was a puff piece.

Christophers · Post by **Christophers** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 2:11 am

KrispyKreme wrote:
Christophers wrote:
KrispyKreme wrote:For those who don't know Duane Peters this is him in skating action. He is also a singer/songwriter. VERY hardcore dude.
Well... Let's just say "singer" and "song"writer and roll with that. ;P

It was a puff piece.

:D

JHScoot · Post by **JHScoot** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 1:21 pm

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Benzo Mike · Post by **Benzo Mike** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 1:51 pm

So happy to have derailed this thread into a celebration of the MASTER OF DISASTER himself. Awesome.

On a related note, I just scored 3 tickets for Motorhead in Zwolle Holland NOV 20. General admission, floor. In the pit. PUMPED.

JHScoot · Post by **JHScoot** » Fri Sep 26, 2014 1:56 pm

didn't Lemmy die back in '82

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