Christian Science Monitor Came On Board

PTB · Post by **PTB** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:01 am

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0425/p01s01-ussc.html

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:10 am

It's not a moped, it's a dang scooter!

Pita1963 · Post by **Pita1963** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:15 am

jfrost2 wrote:It's not a moped, it's a dang scooter!

ditto

arrrgghhhh........

DarbyWalters · Post by **DarbyWalters** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:39 am

Come on guys...he was using alliteration with "Moped Madness"

High gas prices propel a new 'moped madness'
Scooters and mopeds see a rise in sales - and cachet - thanks in part to a youth energy ethic.

Post by **ericalm** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 4:53 am

Funny, this story is about 2 years old but similar stories have been popping up in various media in the past couple of months. Gas is now over $4/gal for regular at some L.A. stations. Guh.

jfrost2 · Post by **jfrost2** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 1:17 pm

Just in time! Because summer is coming and that means perfect scooter weather, and our scooters get 80-90mpg!

Valgal20 · Post by **Valgal20** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:30 pm

They are just uninformed, let us inform them! PS- i saw a guy on an Awesome Moped (yes it was a moped) Most mopeds Ive seen look old and ugly, but this guy had one of those cruising bicycles and it had a motor on it, it looked quite comfortable and awsome and he was going like 25mph. (and it was nice to see him wearing a proper helmet too)

Post by **illnoise** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 8:18 pm

That story's two years old, there was one in the CSM last month that was pretty well-written and much more up-to-date:

http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0321/p12s01-stgn.html

I remember we were discussing it in the Vespa S thread because of the illustration (which shows the scooter in a totally wrong proportion to the rider)

Bb.

peabody99 · Post by **peabody99** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:17 pm

wow. funny story -it seems like someone 80 years old wrote that. I am suprised we did not see the word "whippersnapper"

"
In fact, the tattered denim jackets and faux toughness of moped enthusiasts are boldly tongue-in-cheek, open invitations to small-bore envy. While the age of the average scooter owner has nearly doubled in the past five years to over 40, cultural experts credit mopeds' acceptance to the cachet of the kids, who often travel in packs"

who here is wearing "tattered denim" ?

Eddy Merckx · Post by **Eddy Merckx** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:22 am

The second article is noticeably better than the first one, I hope someday Americans might actually realize that driving an absurdly large vehicle is exactly that absurd..... jmo of course....

Post by **ericalm** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:38 am

There actually are some beautiful mopeds out there. I like the Motobecanes wit the saddle bags...

pugbuddy · Post by **pugbuddy** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:20 pm

Nice. I like that too!

Post by **jmazza** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:41 pm

peabody99 wrote: who here is wearing "tattered denim" ?

I heard it was illnoise.