Scooter pics!

Nice Amigos!

Real cool!

Hudson Valley Road, looking east towards Bakersfield CA.

690 mile road trip on the Piaggio BV-350's this weekend. Temecula Ca, to Paso Robles, Ca and back. (Thats my wife on her green scooter)

TN to CA on 110 cc Honda Elite

Holy smokies man. You got the kitchen sink strapped somewhere on that 110?

Hope your ride has gone smoothly! That is some serious ADV mileage.

-tim

Wow!

Is there a ride report?

Definite ADV rider!

Yea, I would love to hear the story behind this ride.:eek1

Alright. I was on the fence about writing it, but now that I know you guys want it, I'll write it up. Good use for the 1000+ photos I took. Coming in a few days in rides report section.

Can't wait.

What are you.. new here?! :huh


GET TO WORK!

Sheesh.. kids these days..

Well, after way too long I am going to post a couple of pictures of my most recent two scooters. The first picture is of my '01 Helix, a bike I recently sold and I regret selling it. It was a great scooter and delivered for me as I rode it throughout the American Southeast. I picked it up in '05 and kept it until I was enticed away by my new scooter, a 2009 Burgman 650 Executive that I bought with only 2000 miles on it two months ago:



And that is the second picture. As you can see, I have already started farkling it and have taken it on one road trip to do the north part of the Natchez Trace. Cut me some slack on this bike, I have only owned it two months. And now my Burgman:

move over I wanna see the beautiful Transalp in the back. :)
You say you regret selling the Helix, why? The Burgman not what you thought it would be?

Nice Doug , now you have the best travlin scoot there is .

TheReaper!

Not at all. It is just that the Helix was really handy for around town. The Burgman with the added weight is not so much so although I expect that I will get used to it. Out of the City, the Burgman wins hands down.

You want to see my riding buddy's Transalp? It is a cool machine for sure. Here, I will show you another picture. It is my friend Dale and his Transalp on the same trip that my Helix picture was taken from.



He still owns and rides the bike by the way. He also owns and rides a 1989 Honda Pacific Coast.

Wild Wild World of Scooters

A Helix & a transalp , now there's an odd couple if I've ever seen one .

TheReaper!

They do have something in common. Both are old Honda's that have developed a cult following. IMO they are both classics.

I also have a V-Strom 650 fully kitted. I actually prefer riding a scooter because of the step-through because I have Rheumatoid Arthritis. I know, sucks to be me but I am still riding (52 years). I enjoy it as much today as I did at 11 when my uncle let me ride his Vespa. It is part of who I am. I have owned a bunch of scooters over the years. Seems as if I have more fun on them than I do on my motorcycles. I still have a old 1980 Honda Express NC50 that I put a 70cc jug on out in my shop. Get it out on occasion and ride it around the neighborhood. Don't take it further as it gets kind of scary at 40mph on the main roads. That speed is way beyond what it was designed to do and the frame flex is amazing. The brakes aren't too good either, drum brakes all around and Honda cut a lot of corners making that bike as cheap as they could but I do love that bike too. Makes me grin when riding it.