scooter riding, gotta love it!!!

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Squeezle

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Hi...rode motorcycles for years and years, but now I cannot lift my leg over the seat so decided to get a scooter and am having a blast.
Anyone else out there ride a scooter or motorcycle?

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Yep - had one for more than three years now - at 75 I decided that motor-cycles were a bit too powerful and exposed to the weather for an old guy (I´m in the UK where the sun don´t shine much!) and have enjoyed the new experience. Hits those pot-holes a bit hard tho´ with the tiny wheels, and changing the rear tyre (tire?) is a challenge, Like the look of yours with all that Hog-inspired leather-work on the back. Mine´s just a bog-standard 125cc Peugeot, but I love it just the same. We had a Harley rally here in Lincoln last week, and I really envied those guys as they rode around the town. Bit heavy for me now, but what great-looking and sounding machines.
 
That's pretty nice. I would like one if you could put maybe three or four more wheels on it, I need something more to keep me from falling to either side. I am balanced challenged.

Speaking of which this made me think of a tv report I saw about a police department just yesterday. Very cool of them to let it go on youtube.

 

Loved it April, we should be motorcycle chicks. Also want a hog, and a red 63 Vette, and a giant motor home we can put them in! Let's go camping, mermaid style! My son and his wife are in Turkey right now--why aren't we??
 
I rode motorcycles for years but no longer ride. But in my next life I'm going to have a couple of scooters.
 
Hey, Squeezle, I just joined and this is my first post. Riding my bikes is one of my most enjoyable hobbies and I wish I had more time to devote to it. I have a couple of BMW road bikes...a R1100RT and a K1200GT , and probably my favorite bike is a Honda dirt bike that I ride all over the country near our ranch. Next Wednesday I am riding over to Toledo Bend, which is near the border of Texas and Louisiana and is about a 7 hour ride. At the age of 70 I still feel very comfortable on the bikes but I realize that things can change rapidly. That is a good looking scooter you have there!
 
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I wanted a Vespa when I was young, to scoot around town and to and from work. Didn't happen. Now they cost around $10,000+. Oh, well. I did have nice bicycles.
 
Where we are going in Thailand everybody rides scooters and many are very careless - tourists and locals. Driving a car there is nerve wracking as you get scooters passing you on both sides of the car! They all wear skimpy clothing and rarely a helmet even though it's the law. Most ride on the side of the road so as pedestrians or bicyclists we have to be careful.

We thought about renting a scooter instead of a car but we can't because hubby doesn't have a UK motorcycle licence and we wouldn't be insured.
 
Your old scoot has a lot of character, Hoss, and that is an interesting looking body of water in the background. Also really like the handy pad you have under the kickstand. I've got a '81 Honda 900F Super Sport out in one of our tractor barns that needs restoration and this winter might be a good time to do it. Got a good wood stove in the shop and some tunes on the juke box so really don't have any excuses except not enough time.
 
Those are gorgeous "scooters". I wish I had one. When I brag on my machine...I'm talking about a 3 wheeled electric scooter that I can ride in the grocery store!:D It's made a huge difference in my life. I can go 25 miles on a full charge, and go all across the city, thru Wally-World and still get home on my own completely independent. Can't imagine living without it.
 

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