My little Metropolitan!
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 12:22 am
Let me tell you all the story of the little Honda Metropolitan that got me into scootering, and how it came back to me...
Way back in 2011, I bought myself a little red 2009 Honda Metropolitan. I was so afraid to ride it when I first bought it, but I got braver and braver and eventually joined up with a riding group, and started really stacking the miles up on my little Metro.
Last September, however, I fell in love with the Buddy 50, and wanted to get one so badly. My soon-to-be ex-husband, however, said we didn't really have room for me to have two scooters - we lived in an apartment complex at that point, and didn't exactly have a good place to put multiple scooters. So, I ended up trading my little red Metro in (I may have cried when I rode her in for her final ride) for my seafoam green Buddy.
And I love my Buddy. Mia takes me everywhere, although she hates running in the winter. I fell in love with the noisy two-stroke scooter, but I still missed having my Metro around. So late this past summer, I started shopping around, looking for a new-to-me Metro, and not really finding anything that suited what I was looking for (in good shape, within a reasonable price range, with title and everything).
Then my soon-to-be ex sent me a message the other day - he works at my local scooter shop and told me he had some news. Apparently the guy who bought my little red Metro wanted to sell it, and he told me he wanted to get in touch with me to see if I was interested. And I was.
So today, I brought back home my little Scooterlou, my first ever scooter. It's gonna take some getting used to, riding her around after 1800 miles with my Buddy over the past year, but now I've got both my favorite scooters, and I couldn't be happier.
And here she is, in the garage with two Buddies and a Stella (typically there are two, but one was at work!)
Way back in 2011, I bought myself a little red 2009 Honda Metropolitan. I was so afraid to ride it when I first bought it, but I got braver and braver and eventually joined up with a riding group, and started really stacking the miles up on my little Metro.
Last September, however, I fell in love with the Buddy 50, and wanted to get one so badly. My soon-to-be ex-husband, however, said we didn't really have room for me to have two scooters - we lived in an apartment complex at that point, and didn't exactly have a good place to put multiple scooters. So, I ended up trading my little red Metro in (I may have cried when I rode her in for her final ride) for my seafoam green Buddy.
And I love my Buddy. Mia takes me everywhere, although she hates running in the winter. I fell in love with the noisy two-stroke scooter, but I still missed having my Metro around. So late this past summer, I started shopping around, looking for a new-to-me Metro, and not really finding anything that suited what I was looking for (in good shape, within a reasonable price range, with title and everything).
Then my soon-to-be ex sent me a message the other day - he works at my local scooter shop and told me he had some news. Apparently the guy who bought my little red Metro wanted to sell it, and he told me he wanted to get in touch with me to see if I was interested. And I was.
So today, I brought back home my little Scooterlou, my first ever scooter. It's gonna take some getting used to, riding her around after 1800 miles with my Buddy over the past year, but now I've got both my favorite scooters, and I couldn't be happier.
And here she is, in the garage with two Buddies and a Stella (typically there are two, but one was at work!)
