Modern Buddy

typical story... gas is expensive... some people ride scooters.... put a reporter on a scooter

http://www.myfoxchicago.com//dpp/news/m ... s-20120328

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I realize they dont have time to explain 2T & 4T in a 3 minute video clip, but Phil is looking at a Roughhouse when he says "change the oil"

ya still gotta change the gear oil...

Nice. "Rolling stop, Phil...rolling stop." Oh, and singing as he rides away. At that rate, I wonder how long before that reporter ends up a member here?

I am happy to see the mention of "safety first" and a reporter who can actually ride. I remember some of the other reporter...mishaps...over the past few years.

"It's hip, it's happening, it's now."

also Farm Out, Near In, Outta Touch, Outta State, Outta Body.

Reporters: leave the retro-hip lingo to the experts.

Cheshire wrote:Nice. "Rolling stop, Phil...rolling stop." Oh, and singing as he rides away. At that rate, I wonder how long before that reporter ends up a member here?

Was thinking these same things

I also enjoyed the photo of the couple getting married on Scoots... I would totally do that.

Gotta love the opening music: "See they're wannabe HOG riders!"

Same crap, different gas crunch. Just another fluff piece treating them like toys.

Cheshire wrote: I am happy to see the mention of "safety first" and a reporter who can actually ride. I remember some of the other reporter...mishaps...over the past few years.

Sure, but he didn't buckle his helmet!

neotrotsky wrote:Just another fluff piece treating them like toys.

Gonna happen no matter what.....
"Get that toy offa the road!" Seems to be the 'battle cry' of the uninformed or the general a$$holes, yet I get that or have gotten that when someone has driven like a total jerk just to keep up with me even when I'm 55 or 65 mph!!!

Good piece though, can it/will it help??

phil is looking good, am i right?

two stroke goodness in the windy city. must be nice

ScootLemont wrote:typical story... gas is expensive... some people ride scooters.... put a reporter on a scooter

http://www.myfoxchicago.com//dpp/news/m ... s-20120328

Ha! I can't get the link to work, but that sums up every local news scooter story.

awww...the link is farked. I wanted to see.

Even on the Scooterworks website... the video seems to be toast.

searched google could not find it but found this 4 y/o clip. they're all the same, it seems!

reporter says its his "first time ever" riding. i doubt it. he is no pro, but he does OK

the guy from Motorworks says "its as easy as 123!"

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Yeah, they never show the guy running into the side of the building because he's mashing the floorboard looking for the brakes. Also, the classic MC first clutch let out...............wheelie and flip and crush and bleed. The service guys would quit whatever they were doing when a newbie got his bike at the Honda shop my dad worked at . This was back in the day when there was little factory financing, and almost every bike was cash or cashiers check. They would hang out in front of the service garage door and size up the newb.......decide if he was going to be flipper or a staller, and then take bets.

Oh news anchors... I was waiting for a crash and grape stomper lady-type reaction