(NBR) - New member, scooter pic, and thank you :)
Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 11:41 pm
I have been ogling scoots for almost 2 years now, and finally made the plunge in March for a little People 50. I learned my way around, fell in love with the feeling, and sold it for an '06 Kymco Bet & Win. Sadly, the BW subforum on Kymco's forums is a bit desolate (18 total threads).
Fortunately, this forum is active, considerate, and extremely helpful. Thank you for letting me come in to your community. I hope to keep sharing and learning with all of you.
Here's my lovely ride parked with a view of Long's Peak. I completed my first ride to Boulder today (13 mile drive, kept mostly to roads under 50 mph.) And I passed my motorcycle driving test, which means no more riding dirty!
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78737887@N04/7212314788/" title="20120515_200327 by 303 whodat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8015/7212 ... f397b7.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="20120515_200327"></a>
It felt terrific today, a day of firsts for me and my scooter... First time over 55mph, first time riding in the town of Boulder (which is much more scooter friendly than Longmont where I live), and first time I finally have my endorsement. And that's when I found this quote ...
“Drive a scooter for even a little while, and she becomes strangely yourself, yourself grown swift and powerful and untiring. In turn, you feel what she feels - a quirk in the wind, a difference in the road surface, the rise and fall of the land - and her sounds become like the noises of your own body, her vulnerability becomes your own.”
On a day like today, it feels more like it found me.
I found it at the terrific site here...
http://www.johnnyscoots.com/
He is a regular poster here on these forums, I think. The quote is from this book
http://www.amazon.com/See-My-Outfit-Cro ... 1585790478
Here is a short review...
http://scootr.blogspot.com/2008/08/book ... utfit.html
Scoot safe and be excellent to each other, ya'll
Fortunately, this forum is active, considerate, and extremely helpful. Thank you for letting me come in to your community. I hope to keep sharing and learning with all of you.
Here's my lovely ride parked with a view of Long's Peak. I completed my first ride to Boulder today (13 mile drive, kept mostly to roads under 50 mph.) And I passed my motorcycle driving test, which means no more riding dirty!
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/78737887@N04/7212314788/" title="20120515_200327 by 303 whodat, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8015/7212 ... f397b7.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="20120515_200327"></a>
It felt terrific today, a day of firsts for me and my scooter... First time over 55mph, first time riding in the town of Boulder (which is much more scooter friendly than Longmont where I live), and first time I finally have my endorsement. And that's when I found this quote ...
“Drive a scooter for even a little while, and she becomes strangely yourself, yourself grown swift and powerful and untiring. In turn, you feel what she feels - a quirk in the wind, a difference in the road surface, the rise and fall of the land - and her sounds become like the noises of your own body, her vulnerability becomes your own.”
On a day like today, it feels more like it found me.
I found it at the terrific site here...
http://www.johnnyscoots.com/
He is a regular poster here on these forums, I think. The quote is from this book
http://www.amazon.com/See-My-Outfit-Cro ... 1585790478
Here is a short review...
http://scootr.blogspot.com/2008/08/book ... utfit.html
Scoot safe and be excellent to each other, ya'll