August 2, 2013
I went to a Bike Night. Great fun. OK, let's expand on that. Up in Sherburne, about fifty miles from here, there's is a bike night. Riders come from all over to kick tires and swap lies and show off their bikes. I've been champing at the bit to go for four years and finally decided to do it. Bidding adieu to the family for three hours I made the trip on the big scooter enjoying the roads and scenery on the way.
Once I got there I found a mini-rally in progress. I got there an hour after the official start and thought, "This is a small turnout." It didn't stay that way. Over the course of the next hour about a hundred bikes of all shapes and sizes pulled in. I spoke to a few people and found one more scooter owner who was more than happy to share scooter tales. I wanted to remember it and took a video which of course I don't seem able to load up here. Here's the link if you're interested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9AiuTMKYFU
The owners of Gilligan's Island, the Ice Cream shop hosting the event were pleased to get it. I will do it again, maybe on something smaller, for the adventure, just to say I did it. It was fun and I loved taking the big scoot to a gathering. It deserved it.
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July 28, 2013
A scarcely mentioned vehicle here has been the original Chinese scooter pictured over there on the right. It's super long name is Bashan Eagle Milano 150DX. Around here it's just called "The Scooter". It's been sitting in the garage with a massive oil leak for the last year while I availed myself of the pleasure of using the Big Scooter and the 50cc bike. I was about 99% sure the problem was a cracked cylinder head,...and I was right. Last week I replaced the head with a whole new unit from S...
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July 13, 2013
As I'm sure you noticed my last entry was a video of my daughter, Cheryl, riding the 50cc bike. That makes three generations of my family that have ridden motorcycles. My dad started shortly after the Second World War, I started in 1962 and over fifty years later my daughter has joined the club. Now I don't know when Cheryl will do it again but it's a start. She took the bike out on the local road, by herself, and said she really liked it. In her words, "I know I was gone for awhile but I kep...
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July 1, 2013
As you can tell by the title the weather hasn't been too pleasant here recently. Our stream on the back of the property has been quite vocal as it runs with great pressure from the rain fall we've been living with. In other parts of the region there has been flooding with streets disappearing under the flow of local streams. We've been lucky in that the rain hasn't filled our stream to overflowing but the sun hasn't been a frequent visitor and motorcycle rides have been few and far between.
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June 24, 2013
In addition to the usual uses as a commuter vehicle the big scooter has enjoyed a few trips to Binghamton for various reasons. Last Thursday I had to ride to Binghamton to see a Podiatrist about ending the ongoing pain in my foot. The reason turned out to be so minor that it's a wonder that it caused so much pain. It seems that I strained it so badly at work that I stressed the muscle that runs through the foot. A little anti-inflamation medication, some ice, better shoes and gel pads along w...
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June 17, 2013
For those of you not acquainted with it, the third Monday in June has been annually designated as "Ride Your Motorcycle to Work Day". Unfortunately for me today is one of my days off so I used the big scooter to do some errands. The first was to bring a package to the local Post Office to mail off to our nephew in Webster, NY. The weather today is gorgeous and the thermometer at the bank across from the Post Office read 76*. It's one of those days when you wish you had someplace about fifty m...
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June 16, 2013
It was Fathers Day, it was lunchtime, we were hungry. What a perfect excuse for a ride. I chose Wendy's for the meal and had the perfect vehicle for a food run. Now I know you're thinking, "So big deal, he dragged out the 50cc bike to run to town." My original thought exactly but that isn't what I did. The problem with the 50cc is that the crate on the back is open so the food would be cold by the time I got home. No, the answer was to take the big scooter. First, it has two sealed compartmen...
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June 9, 2013
Lately my job has had me starting at four in the morning on Sundays putting out stickers indicating an item is on sale for the week. Saying that the effort to get up that early in the morning is taxing is an understatement. I dislike missing an opportunity to commute to work but it has to be warm, dry and have a low percentage of chance to precipitate for me to take the big scooter. Two things make an early morning ride a test. The first is the occasional fog I encounter on the route. It can ...
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June 5, 2013
Back when my sons were little they watched the adventures of Thomas the Tank Engine-alot. One of the ways that an engine on the show was congratulated for going above and beyond was by being called a "Really Useful Engine". My big scooter has attained that title this week by being my vehicle of choice on a pair of good sized rides and saving me a pile of gas money. I'm having a health dilemma this week involving a painful foot and it has required a pair of trips to my Doctor's office in Bingh...
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