Stormy Weather

May 10, 2012
I don't know what it's been like where you live but the conditions this week has not been "riding weather". Of course I have had the opportunity between rain storms to use the scooter for runs into Town for groceries but commutes to work have been out of the question. I was hoping to really get heavily into using my two wheeled fleet this month but Mother Nature has put a dent in my plans. So far I'm stuck at unlucky 13 for the number of trips to work but the report for tomorrow is looking good for a run to work on the scoot. My plans for using the Yamaha have been put on hold by the precipitation until I can get in a long ride without it stalling out on me. Once it proves itself it will become my own Rapid Transit System.  

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Finally

May 5, 2012
As you know I've been chasing the stalling problem of the little Yamaha ever since I got it running. Today I think I've finally narrowed it down, maybe even solved it. The ignition switch has always been, as my Dad would say, "a little fluky". Unlike every other bike in the garage it doesn't snap into the start position but rather slides over and never has felt completely right. 
One day in the midst of trying to restart it after it stalled on me I twisted the key over and slapped the key down...
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The Scooter Dozen

April 24, 2012
As you may have guessed the scooter has finally reached twelve trips to work. It has a whopping 6600 miles on it, about to be 6700. I recently came across something that I wrote at the beginning of February stating it had 6100 on it which only heightened my understanding of how mild this winter has been. Last year at this time I was only beginning to ride and if I had one hundred miles on my two wheeled fleet, that was alot. Today is more winter-like with temperatures in the low forties with ...
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Get Your Motor Running

April 16, 2012
It's been a busy time with my two wheeled fleet and just in time. Gas here has climbed to over $4.10 a gallon for regular and filling the minivan practically requires a loan from the bank. The scooter gets filled from a five gallon can with about four gallons in it and it lasts about three hundred miles. I'm lucky to go about 80 miles with the minivan with that amount so the use of the scooter has been a bonus. I was able to ride both the little Yamaha and the scooter for trips into Town yest...
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Battle of Wills

April 8, 2012
I'm having a very interesting time with the 250 Yamaha. It was a warm, breezy day today and an excellent opportunity to use the Yamaha for a small shopping trip. It fired right up in the garage and I had a reasonably uneventful ride to the store. In one of my more brilliant moves I had forgotten my wallet and needed to go home for it. Of course as I rode home the bike suddenly went silent. As I fruitlessly tried to start it I noticed the directional signals were still on. Without getting too ...
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Lucky Seven

April 3, 2012
Last week the weather was quite inhospitable so the two wheelers stayed parked in the garage while the car became the chief commuting machine. Yesterday was different with only slightly chilly temperatures but no precipitation in the forecast. For those of you who relish the thought of taking money out of the oil companies pocket I used the scooter to go to work and saved another $6.00. I've used it seven times this year as my Not-So-Rapid Transit System saving a modest $42 in the process. It...
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Sixth Commute

March 25, 2012
I was called into work yesterday and in keeping with the previous days I took the scooter in. That was the fourth time for the week and the sixth time this year, totaling 210 miles in commuting alone. Last winter's miserable weather kept me off the scooter until late April. Between that and breaking my hand I had a fairly short season. This year I'll be using up the China Special and I hope to pile on a bigger record of miles on it. Last year was a big year in spite of the conditions and I lo...
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Spring At Last

March 18, 2012
Yesterday was a day for my archives of important events. The little Yamaha performed an errand into Town and I didn't have to push it home. I needed some repair materials from the local hardware store and didn't need much carrying capacity for the job. I made it to the hardware store with only one brief stall out but the bike re-fired immediately. After successfully reaching the hardware store I felt it was time for an even more mundane task. I filled it with gas and it started flawlessly. Am...
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On The Road Again

March 13, 2012
I had the day off and decided this would be the perfect day to take care of paperwork. I took four registration renewals; two mopeds, the scooter and Honda Rebel, and added the registration for the little Yamaha to the mix. I was blessed with no other customers at DMV and was in and out in five minutes. It was no problem tossing the official documents into the scooter and then running off to complete the rest of my shopping in Town. 
When I got home I hung my shiny, new license plate on the Ya...
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No Place to Go

March 12, 2012
Today was a fairly warm day and a good day for a ride. Sadly I didn't feel like burning gas joy riding and I had no reason to go anywhere. As a concession I started the Yamaha and listened to it roar from its barely muffled engine but left it where it was parked. Sometime this week I'll get it registered and then invent a reason to go into Town. I just ordered some parts to get it through inspection and to return the oil filtering system to some semblance of stock. Over the years parts have d...
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Jim Zeiser If you wish to comment my e-mail address is h1500e@hotmail.com. I'd like to hear anything-good or bad-that anyone would like to say. As they said in college, we're all lifelong learners.

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