OT – Scooters zipping off lots

[nostradamus]

I highly recommend the CHP/Motorcycle Safety test that jpinpb and esmith have mentioned. In it they teach you emergency maneuvers, like sudden turns , what to do when the brakes lock, and so on. The instructors actually have you lock up the brakes.

They teach you important stuff like when you lock up the REAR brake, you SHOULD NOT unlock it because it can whip you right off the bike. If you lock up the front brake, you should release it. They will also teach you the very important evasive technique of counter-steering which is counter-intuitive for most people.

Be safe!

[Rudee]

I’ve travelled pretty extensively in Asia and the family of five going to dinner on the family scooter isn’t uncommon. Or the live pig on the back. My favorite was the 6’x4′ tall piece of glass carried by the passenger as they weaved through traffic in Saigon City. Life goes on.

As a note, I’ve ridden a motorcycle for 20 years and (knock on wood) haven’t had a problem. 45 mpg. Comes out of the garage a lot more lately.

[Rudee]

I’ve travelled pretty extensively in Asia and the family of five going to dinner on the family scooter isn’t uncommon. Or the live pig on the back. My favorite was the 6’x4′ tall piece of glass carried by the passenger as they weaved through traffic in Saigon City. Life goes on.

As a note, I’ve ridden a motorcycle for 20 years and (knock on wood) haven’t had a problem. 45 mpg. Comes out of the garage a lot more lately.

[Rudee]

I’ve travelled pretty extensively in Asia and the family of five going to dinner on the family scooter isn’t uncommon. Or the live pig on the back. My favorite was the 6’x4′ tall piece of glass carried by the passenger as they weaved through traffic in Saigon City. Life goes on.

As a note, I’ve ridden a motorcycle for 20 years and (knock on wood) haven’t had a problem. 45 mpg. Comes out of the garage a lot more lately.

[Rudee]

I’ve travelled pretty extensively in Asia and the family of five going to dinner on the family scooter isn’t uncommon. Or the live pig on the back. My favorite was the 6’x4′ tall piece of glass carried by the passenger as they weaved through traffic in Saigon City. Life goes on.

As a note, I’ve ridden a motorcycle for 20 years and (knock on wood) haven’t had a problem. 45 mpg. Comes out of the garage a lot more lately.

[Rudee]

I’ve travelled pretty extensively in Asia and the family of five going to dinner on the family scooter isn’t uncommon. Or the live pig on the back. My favorite was the 6’x4′ tall piece of glass carried by the passenger as they weaved through traffic in Saigon City. Life goes on.

As a note, I’ve ridden a motorcycle for 20 years and (knock on wood) haven’t had a problem. 45 mpg. Comes out of the garage a lot more lately.

[Rudee]

I’ve travelled pretty extensively in Asia and the family of five going to dinner on the family scooter isn’t uncommon. Or the live pig on the back. My favorite was the 6’x4′ tall piece of glass carried by the passenger as they weaved through traffic in Saigon City. Life goes on.

As a note, I’ve ridden a motorcycle for 20 years and (knock on wood) haven’t had a problem. 45 mpg. Comes out of the garage a lot more lately.

[Rudee]

I’ve travelled pretty extensively in Asia and the family of five going to dinner on the family scooter isn’t uncommon. Or the live pig on the back. My favorite was the 6’x4′ tall piece of glass carried by the passenger as they weaved through traffic in Saigon City. Life goes on.

As a note, I’ve ridden a motorcycle for 20 years and (knock on wood) haven’t had a problem. 45 mpg. Comes out of the garage a lot more lately.

[Rudee]

I’ve travelled pretty extensively in Asia and the family of five going to dinner on the family scooter isn’t uncommon. Or the live pig on the back. My favorite was the 6’x4′ tall piece of glass carried by the passenger as they weaved through traffic in Saigon City. Life goes on.

As a note, I’ve ridden a motorcycle for 20 years and (knock on wood) haven’t had a problem. 45 mpg. Comes out of the garage a lot more lately.

[Rudee]

I’ve travelled pretty extensively in Asia and the family of five going to dinner on the family scooter isn’t uncommon. Or the live pig on the back. My favorite was the 6’x4′ tall piece of glass carried by the passenger as they weaved through traffic in Saigon City. Life goes on.

As a note, I’ve ridden a motorcycle for 20 years and (knock on wood) haven’t had a problem. 45 mpg. Comes out of the garage a lot more lately.

[Rudee]

I’ve travelled pretty extensively in Asia and the family of five going to dinner on the family scooter isn’t uncommon. Or the live pig on the back. My favorite was the 6’x4′ tall piece of glass carried by the passenger as they weaved through traffic in Saigon City. Life goes on.

As a note, I’ve ridden a motorcycle for 20 years and (knock on wood) haven’t had a problem. 45 mpg. Comes out of the garage a lot more lately.

[Ex-SD]

I rode motorcycles for 35 years. Gave them up around a year and a half ago……………thought I had them out of my system……………….BUT, today, I bought a new Vespa, GTS 250cc scooter to putt around on.

jpinpb: A piece of well-seasoned advice: Whatever you do, DO NOT put a sidecar on your Vespa scooter. The frame will probably crack and you will wear out your CVT parts every 2k or less miles. We have owned seven sidecar rigs over the last 35 years (my wife preferred driving a sidecar rig rather than riding solo) and our children grew up, riding in them. We took a couple of NorCal vacations where we took our three children and a dog on two sidecar rigs (one of them pulling a small utility trailer).
Sidecars are great but you really only want to put one on a larger motorcycle……………..never a scooter.

[Ex-SD]

I rode motorcycles for 35 years. Gave them up around a year and a half ago……………thought I had them out of my system……………….BUT, today, I bought a new Vespa, GTS 250cc scooter to putt around on.

jpinpb: A piece of well-seasoned advice: Whatever you do, DO NOT put a sidecar on your Vespa scooter. The frame will probably crack and you will wear out your CVT parts every 2k or less miles. We have owned seven sidecar rigs over the last 35 years (my wife preferred driving a sidecar rig rather than riding solo) and our children grew up, riding in them. We took a couple of NorCal vacations where we took our three children and a dog on two sidecar rigs (one of them pulling a small utility trailer).
Sidecars are great but you really only want to put one on a larger motorcycle……………..never a scooter.

[Ex-SD]

I rode motorcycles for 35 years. Gave them up around a year and a half ago……………thought I had them out of my system……………….BUT, today, I bought a new Vespa, GTS 250cc scooter to putt around on.

jpinpb: A piece of well-seasoned advice: Whatever you do, DO NOT put a sidecar on your Vespa scooter. The frame will probably crack and you will wear out your CVT parts every 2k or less miles. We have owned seven sidecar rigs over the last 35 years (my wife preferred driving a sidecar rig rather than riding solo) and our children grew up, riding in them. We took a couple of NorCal vacations where we took our three children and a dog on two sidecar rigs (one of them pulling a small utility trailer).
Sidecars are great but you really only want to put one on a larger motorcycle……………..never a scooter.

[Ex-SD]

I rode motorcycles for 35 years. Gave them up around a year and a half ago……………thought I had them out of my system……………….BUT, today, I bought a new Vespa, GTS 250cc scooter to putt around on.

jpinpb: A piece of well-seasoned advice: Whatever you do, DO NOT put a sidecar on your Vespa scooter. The frame will probably crack and you will wear out your CVT parts every 2k or less miles. We have owned seven sidecar rigs over the last 35 years (my wife preferred driving a sidecar rig rather than riding solo) and our children grew up, riding in them. We took a couple of NorCal vacations where we took our three children and a dog on two sidecar rigs (one of them pulling a small utility trailer).
Sidecars are great but you really only want to put one on a larger motorcycle……………..never a scooter.

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