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finally got the Stella out of storage

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The is the first time in 6 years I wasnt riding in March - this spring (& the winter) sucked but I got it out today & took a quick spin for some fresh gas.
Chilly out but felt good to ride. (& gas is up to $3.99 here - WTF?)

I am envious of you in warmer climates!

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Excellent!
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Finally got scooter out

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I unwrapped my Buddy 125 today and put the battery back in. I got her started and ran it for awhile. My granddaughter is out of school for spring break and I am watching her so I couldn't take it for a ride. This is probably the latest I had to wait to get it out because our weather has been bad too.
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depends on what you mean by 'warmer'.

You guys just get a lot more wet, which is no fun in anything but the hottest temps.
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Well... this winter we had 26 days below 0 - most ever for us (since they started keeping records in the 1800's)
+ over 80" of snow (3 highest total on record for us)

So... pretty crappy winter for us.

+ we have only had a few days over 60 so far.

I know some people had it worse this winter but this one really made me think about moving
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prior to last week I only had 1 actual ride day recently...prior to that I started & idled the scoot 2 times during the winter to get fresh gas into the carburetor & distribute the oil;
did anyone get the license plate number of the bus that just hit me?!?
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We are supposed to see 70 DEGREES this Saturday!
First time this year
Can't wait!

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ScootLemont wrote:I am envious of you in warmer climates!
I had to go to Chicago to ride in 35° weather this year! :)
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ericalm wrote: I had to go to Chicago to ride in 35° weather this year! :)
yeah... that was a crappy weekend that you were here (about our 20th in a row) & that was the middle of March.

A couple days after you were here we had a HIGH temp of 23.... so it could have been worse for your ride.... but I assume it was chilly for a California guy like you (It was cold for all of us here in Chicago)
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by the way... LA's high is supposed to be 66 on Saturday.
we are supposed to hit 76 in Chicago
Go figure...
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And 29 on Monday, 25 on Tuesday and 29 on Wednesday nights here in beautiful SE Michigan.

STOP IT, STOP IT NOW!
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