monkeykat wrote:One of these days I'll get in on the game, because I love the pics! Although, is it ok if it's a Stella and not a Buddy?
Absolutely! All scooters are welcome. I love scooter tag. I haven't had a chance to participate much recently, but I'm also gonna try to better keep up.
Sorry I didn't see that monkeykat. Poli's right, everyone is welcome - geez, they've let me play all these years - and I've *never* had a Buddy.
Which brings me to the next tag. But first, a forklift:
The new tag shouldn't be hard, either. Most every community has one. Sometimes they are called the Humane Society, sometimes the Shelter, sometimes the pound, Maricopa County appears to call it Animal Care and Control. What it is is the place lost pets often end up and the place you should go for your next pet.
This is my first scooter tag! I dont know if this is ok or not, its not an animal control center, but its an animal hospital ?
If the animal hospital is ok (its up to syd), I would like to throw my own assignment out there: get a pic of your scoot with something Turkish (i found a restaurant). I guess maybe this one is hard. I have an alternate if nobody has any Turkish influence in their town
dshanson wrote: If the animal hospital is ok (its up to syd), I would like to throw my own assignment out there: get a pic of your scoot with something Turkish (i found a restaurant). I guess maybe this one is hard. I have an alternate if nobody has any Turkish influence in their town
Ok...My first post... I've had the scooter for two weeks and took it in today for her 300 mile service. On the way home I found this:
For the next contestant: A State Park! This is a shot of Moonlight State Beach here in Encinitas, CA
Had a lot of fun reading your previous posts, I hope you have as much going out with your scooter as I did today
-Brian
wow, SoCalScooter...thats impressively fast! I thought it would take a little longer for someone to find such a weird, obscure thing. hahaha. Welcome to MB
*goes off to search for a state park in houston.... >.>*
dshanson wrote:wow, SoCalScooter...thats impressively fast! I thought it would take a little longer for someone to find such a weird, obscure thing. hahaha. Welcome to MB
*goes off to search for a state park in houston.... >.>*
Nahh... I lurked a bit and did some research before buying, so I could jump right into the weird, obscure stuff right away! Thanks, glad to be here
I grew up in Houston (Kingwood specifically)... If you can get out into the boonies the San Jacinto monument is part of a state park!
dshanson wrote:wow, SoCalScooter...thats impressively fast! I thought it would take a little longer for someone to find such a weird, obscure thing. hahaha. Welcome to MB
*goes off to search for a state park in houston.... >.>*
Nahh... I lurked a bit and did some research before buying, so I could jump right into the weird, obscure stuff right away! Thanks, glad to be here
I grew up in Houston (Kingwood specifically)... If you can get out into the boonies the San Jacinto monument is part of a state park!
hmmmm.....thats a bit far on the freeway...I think ill have to give this one a miss until I get a 250 scooter
Okay -- I FINALLY have my scooter and this one is easy for me.
The largest state forest in Massachusetts is here in my town. October Mountain State Forest...
and for the next challenge lets go with an Italian heritage theme and a picture next to a Fiat.
This 1970 Fiat 500F is mine so it was easy for me also.
It doesn't have to be old, there is enough of the new ones rolling around now that it shouldn't be too difficult.
listless wrote:The largest state forest in Massachusetts is here in my town. October Mountain State Forest...
You live in a very beautiful place. I keep wanting to bring the bikes up there for a ride. Maybe later this fall. And that Fiat, schweeeeeeet. Great tag!
I'm looking forward to some nice rides this fall with the leaves changing.
Driving the underpowered 499cc Fiat in a hilly rural area was actually very good training for driving an underpowered 149cc scooter in the same hilly rural area.
Those long gradual hills where you lose a couple mph each second until you are going much slower at the top and cars are lining up behind you. Then you crest the hill and take off again. I try to route my way away from those both in the Fiat AND the Stella. Come to think of it my old VW Busses 20 years ago had the same problem...I think there is a theme there in my vehicle selection.
I took a ride to Jahnstin to grab a pic of the new Cinquecento (aka Fiat 500) at the dealer.
In and out before one of the guys could even talk to me.
Jahnstin is the home of Pauly D, oh yeah, another proud little Rho' Dylin' claim to fame.
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A pic with any Mini will do, but if you happen to have access to an old Cooper or Innocenti, let's see it!
This is the boyfriend's 1970 Innocenti Mini that he got in a trade for two Lammys.
I'm still sick over it and it's been about 10 years since the trade...I never even met the tradees because I was so sad.
listless wrote:I guess my Fiat killed the scooter tag.
How about if we expand it to any car with Italian roots?
Will that revive the tag or did I overreach too far on my first tag?
Nah not too far, I was just going to wait to see if AWinn6889 could get her friend's Fiat by this weekend (she had dibs, but no scoot yet!).
...Thanks. I FINALLY get to pick it up tomorrow... I think. Never heard back on the whole insurance/registration thing today.
Apparently, NYS now requires that your whole middle name is on your license... okay. But Progressive does not have space in their insurance cards/info/whatever for more than an initial... and the DMV didn't like that.
I doubt there is another Alexandra M Winn, with my license ID#, born on my birthday in Schenectady. There is an Alexandra E Winn in Latham, born on my birthday, but she's not old enough to drive yet... sooo... DMV is dumb.
Didn't even have to pull the scooter out of the garage!
I know siobahn was requesting either generation (classic or late model) of Mini, but lets make this the next tag too. Your scooter next to a late model (2002+) Mini.
Sweet garage set-up, SuperFly. What size engine? Our little guy has an 850 in it. I drove it up to PVD from Long Island and actually managed to pass one car ... a little old lady in a Taurus sedan. I keep wanting to fix it up properly and make it my winter car. Go from two 10-inchers to four.
siobhan wrote:Sweet garage set-up, SuperFly. What size engine?
Ok folks...getting a new Mini should be eeeeasy.
Actually I'm not sure as I haven't pulled the motor apart yet to measure the bore and stroke. The engine id tag says it's a 1098 but casting numbers on the block indicate a 1275 S. The head casting numbers are for a 1275 S motor. To a true restorer of original S cars the motor could be worth something but most folks want A+ motors with the reinforced webbing cast into the block. My car was originally from Canada (obvious by the front and rear Canada specific bumper mounts) and has the original transmission so as most of these cars are, it's a bit of a Frankenstein.
And hello, it should be VERY easy to find a new Mini somewhere!
Now THAT's too easy. If I wasn't working this evening I would have gone to any number of old schools in the area. There's a least 6 I can think of off the top of my head, and they are all within 10 miles or so.
Cool, can't wait to see one. Here out West we don't have near the history compared to the East.
AWinn6889 wrote:Now THAT's too easy. If I wasn't working this evening I would have gone to any number of old schools in the area. There's a least 6 I can think of off the top of my head, and they are all within 10 miles or so.
Old in AZ is fifty years old. Older than that and it's probably been bulldozed for a housing development. But once in a while you find something like the first schoolhouse built in the city of Mesa in 1913:
The next tag is easy. Everyone has this, and shouldn't have to travel too far to find it. A full moon (or nearly full):
Better hurry though. you've only got two or three more days this month!
On a related note.....
Here is a screen grab where you can see the Blatz sign (far left) from the 1992 Dolly Pardon movie Straight Talk (thats Dolly on the left).
& this movie scene is under the Blatz sign from 2001's Save the last dance
(thats the back of Julia Stiles's head)
& here it is again in the 2002 movie Children On Their Birthdays
(Tom Arnold is driving the car)
I'll bite. Here's my PCX in front of my homemade camper trailer under my homemade shed / carport next to my homemade utility trailer.
And here's the next tag:
That's my PCX in front of the Big Chicken, somewhat of a landmark around here because of its gaudiness. The next tag is your scooter with a chicken. Real chicken or monolithic chicken statues both apply.
Currently own: 2011 Honda PCX 125 Previously owned:2007 Buddy 125, 1988 Honda Spree, 2003 Honda Silverwing, 2000 KTM 125SX, 1998 Honda PC800, 2x 2008 Buddy 125, 2001 Honda Reflex, 1987 Honda Elite, 5 other bikes (hit text limit for sig)
This may sound weird, but I've been waiting to include this very chicken in a tag! I pass this guy on Narragansett all the time on my way to a friend's place. Where did he come from? Why is he in front of the liquor store? God bless America...and Bud? Mystery and intrigue!
We got 19 inches of snow here and it is all gone except for a few piles in the shade. Enjoying the upper 50's in the afternoons this week because we likely won't be seeing that again until April.
Next Tag: A children's playhouse or treehouse. It isn't required to be under construction as ours (perpetually) is.
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