This is how we use our scooter during the Minnesota Winter!

Dibber · Post by **Dibber** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:45 pm

Using my imagination and the mind set of my hero and mentor, Red/Green of the Red/Green show and some duct tape. I finally no longer have to shovel the snow. I can even sand/salt the slick spots at the same time. Clearing the driveway has never been so much fun! Ha! Ha!. As Red/Green would say, "If your woman doesn't find you handsome at least they will find you handy". Scooter on Dudes!!!

SteMer · Post by **SteMer** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:55 pm

That's awesome! Love the creativity.

coopdway · Post by **coopdway** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 8:41 pm

Dibber, We may just be a bit tooo close to Canada for our own good.

BuddyRaton · Post by **BuddyRaton** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 1:23 am

Whats all that white stuffon the ground?

EP_scoot · Post by **EP_scoot** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:00 am

We just got back from taking the kids to the Holidazzle parade downtown Minneapolis. Bunch of floats and people decorated with thousands of Christmas lights. Air temps in the single digits and windchill below zero as it was wipping good through the tunnel effect created by the streets.

So there we are, watching the floats go by, surrounded by thousands of people and I turn and tell my wife, "really, you Minnesotans are a little certifiable, who came up with the idea of a parade, outside, in the middle of winter with single digit temps !"

Been living here 18 years and it still amazes me.

illnoise · Post by **illnoise** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:48 am

BuddyRaton wrote:Whats all that white stuffon the ground?

It's magic powder that protects us from Southerners and West Coasters!

Bb.

vitaminC · Post by **vitaminC** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:37 pm

EP_scoot wrote:We just got back from taking the kids to the Holidazzle parade downtown Minneapolis. Bunch of floats and people decorated with thousands of Christmas lights. Air temps in the single digits and windchill below zero as it was wipping good through the tunnel effect created by the streets.

So there we are, watching the floats go by, surrounded by thousands of people and I turn and tell my wife, "really, you Minnesotans are a little certifiable, who came up with the idea of a parade, outside, in the middle of winter with single digit temps !"

Been living here 18 years and it still amazes me.

And yet, you were out there watching it!

We suffered through a sunny day with temps in the 50's yesterday -brrr!

BuddyLove · Post by **BuddyLove** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:05 pm

What's more amazing is it is not just the Holidazzle, but also the winter carnival parades and fireworks in St. Paul when I am pretty sure it is even colder! Yet hundreds show up for them. (Me included)

scooterdoodler · Post by **scooterdoodler** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 5:08 pm

I don't (didn't) shovel no steeenking snow.

And you call yourselves Minnesotans? Shame!

(From a former Minnesotan).

Sharon · Post by **Sharon** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:07 pm

Now I've seen everything. What a great idea for shovelling & enjoying that scooter!

Keys · Post by **Keys** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 7:37 pm

[quote="scooterdoodler"]I don't (didn't) shovel no steeenking snow.

...me either...

--Keys

BuddyRaton · Post by **BuddyRaton** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:24 pm

illnoise wrote:
BuddyRaton wrote:Whats all that white stuffon the ground?
It's magic powder that protects us from Southerners and West Coasters!

Bb.

Well that stuff works on me!

Dooglas · Post by **Dooglas** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:50 am

This is what I do during an Oregon winter when it gets too chilly to ride the scoot.

scooterdoodler · Post by **scooterdoodler** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 1:10 am

Dooglas wrote:This is what I do during an Oregon winter when it gets too chilly to ride the scoot.

Whoa! Great colors on your 'rig'! love the WW's too.

Those whacky 'Russkies' apparently found some paint other than black or olive drab. (or did you have to paint it yourself?).

polianarchy · Post by **polianarchy** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:13 pm

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG!!! Sidecarrrrrr!!! <3 <3 <3

scooterdoodler · Post by **scooterdoodler** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 7:13 am

His is prettier than mine was...but my Jawa Velorex looked more like the Jetson's go-cart than his does (is that a plus? I'm not sure).

polianarchy · Post by **polianarchy** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:46 pm

scooterdoodler, if there is a sidecar involved, I like it. No quibbling here! I really want a Stella with a sidecar, handling be damned.

scooterdoodler · Post by **scooterdoodler** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:21 am

polianarchy wrote:scooterdoodler, if there is a sidecar involved, I like it. No quibbling here! I really want a Stella with a sidecar, handling be damned.

I can't afford one right now, but I've recently decided that I want another sidecar 'rig', but the only one I'm interested in is another vintage Jawa Velorex like the one I owned in the photo..only this time, I'm going to have it painted red like this delicious 'eye-candy-combo' I found last night while searching the net for Velorex photos......

The older style Jawa 'Velorex' sidecar just pushes about every 'good button' I have...heck, I'd buy one just so I could look at it all the time.

I'm a designer anyway, maybe I'll start to design retro-cool fiberglass sidecar bodies that pay more than a little 'homage' to the fabulous old Velorex.

Kevin K · Post by **Kevin K** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:18 pm

Why we own sidecars in Minnesota:

-K

coopdway · Post by **coopdway** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 3:33 pm

Nice Kevin, nice..... and thanks for those.

Kevin K · Post by **Kevin K** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:09 pm

More:

http://www.gearwhore.smugmug.com/gallery/2513742#P-7-9

http://gearwhore.smugmug.com/gallery/2302859#120361322

Only 13 days until the I-Cycle Derby! Woo hoo!
-K

polianarchy · Post by **polianarchy** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 7:02 pm

I am not obsessed with sidecars much at all.

All photos taken by me at the Antique Motorcycle Show, Perkiomen Chapter this April in Oley, PA. O, happy day....

Kevin K · Post by **Kevin K** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:30 pm

And even more sidecar goodness:

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=294734
-K

Kevin K · Post by **Kevin K** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 5:31 pm

From my friend Lee in Watertown, SD:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/152868/m ... +go+skiing

Yeah, they do things a little differently out there.
-K

polianarchy · Post by **polianarchy** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 7:58 pm

Kevin K wrote:From my friend Lee in Watertown, SD:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/152868/m ... +go+skiing

Yeah, they do things a little differently out there.
-K

Kevin K, that was amazing! Thank you.

Kevin K · Post by **Kevin K** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 10:32 pm

He had that rig and the skis here in town this week. I didn't get to try them out, but a couple of friends did. Sounds like they had a blast.
We did run the sidecars yesterday in the I-Cycle Derby. I posted a link in the "up north" thread.

-K