The Good Part Of Scooting

You'll meet people. And, you'll tool down Church Street, and a pretty lady walking her dog will see you and say (louder than she thought), "Awesome!!!"
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AX-E-DENT

Nothing serious -- I was not on a scooter.

My pal/landlord/El Presidente of the condo association called to ask me about a couple of hideous purple chairs that were left by an neer-do-well by the dumpster, nearest my unit. Yes; they were still there. So, as El Presidente, he was tasked with removing them from the premises. I volunteered to help him load/unload them, in exchange for a ride to ESS, to pick up my Vino. I had it in the shop to have new tires put on.

So, we load the chairs, get waived into the drop-off for the dump w/o charge (yo!), unload the chairs, and head towards inner East Nashville. We turned from E Trinity to Gallatin, and were in a bit of a traffic jam. A light changed, and then BAM! Dood behind us (OH plate EET-8200) smacks into us, pretty hard!

The truck suffered little damage -- the bumper was bent downward, slightly, but unmarred, otherwise.

My neck, however, is a little sore. We'll see how it feels, tomorrow.

Anyway... baby's got a new pair of shooz!

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Welcome SCTRCST Visitors

... and thanks to DaveM for the link and the mention in his podcast.

Minor historical correction: I got a Kymco Agility 125 in June, 2007. I've had the People 250 since March of this year. I won it on eBay, when I guy I knew from the 'net put it up, no reserve.

Petty grammatical correction: KymCojones. :)
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Definitely One That Got Away

Oy.

A friend alerted me to this, at the time, but I didn't know what a deal this was. This would have been GREAT for her... or I could've swapped my Vino to her, for it.
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There Goes The Neighborhood

A brand new Vespa Grantursimo 200, right outside my balcony window? Dang.

UPDATE: Less than two weeks old, and dude's already dumped it. It has a huge dent in the starboard side cover. Dang, again. Noobs. What's this go for, about $6K?

UPDATE II: $5399 MSRP + TTL = $6,200 U.S., brand new, out the door w/free helmet. Whoo-hooooo! Man, sorry. I can get a lot of scooter x2 for $6,200.
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Who Did What, Now?

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Good Lard

Is it already time to put fresh lard in the People? Dang!
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Boldly Go

Like wearing a screen door.
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Goin' For A Ride

See you shortly, with photos, video.
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Oooooooooo-Kla-Homa!

Smack yer haidbone, like you coulda had a V-8:

Grady Maples was fed up with high gas prices.

Maples, 54, of Tulsa, took matters into his own hands and exchanged his car for a motor scooter.

The Owasso native is just one of many Oklahomans opting to use motorcycles or motor scooters as a primary method of transportation instead of an automobile in an effort to save money on gas.

"I save hundreds of dollars each month by using a scooter," Maples said.

And yet Glen Dean will say I just hate the oil company executives.
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Scoot Nashville Ride To The Loveless

The official scootrak.com route. It can do more than help recover a stolen vehicle, y'know.

Scoot Nashvillians gather shortly after 2 p.m. at East Side Scooters.

We had 'em all. No snobbery, no airs, which is very cool. Mine was the sole Kymco on the ride. Here we have a Chinese Yamati Strada 150, close relative to my one beloved Ymoto Chinese Death Machine.

A metric buttload of Genuine Buddys 125 (and 150 -- all of which were from ESS, I reckon). Look -- there's two new ones with the drive-out tags still on 'em.

The Big Mama of the Vespa fambily -- Gran Turismo 250. Schweet bike.

This is the world's most pissed off lawnmower. Actually, it just sounded that way. Cool 'ped!

A Bajaj Cheetak. Rare around here (waves at Vestal Vespa in Colorado).

This Genuine Stella belongs to the Scoot Nashville guy, whose name I forgot (d'oh! Andy?).

The owner of this newer Vespa had a story to tell... a shipper decided to try out his scoot while it was in transit to him... and wrecked it. Oy. The sound of this scooter is incredible. And of course, except for the wrecked bits, it looks like a million bux, too. Love the paint.

The guy on his 50cc Honda Ruckus stayed with the lead pack most of the way to the Loveless. A Honda Metropolitan stayed up there pretty well, too! Not that anyone was trying to race, but about a third of the contingent dropped out before we got into Bellevue.

Murray made mopeds? Who knew?

An older Puch moped. The helmet has a "clergy" decal, which I have no doubt is genuine.

The gang's mostly here. :)

How many scooters do you see, and can you ID?


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Oh, Look At All The Lonely People

Where do they all come from?

With the sale of the Agility 125, and with the Vino in the shop, having tires fitted, the People is not feeling the love here at home.
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Agility 125: SOLD!

Congrats, Phil! Ride safe, and enjoy!
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I'm Pretty Much Eat Up With Scooters

... these days.

I installed the beta scootrak.com system on one of ESS's test-ride scooters, and it's working like Bob. This one will sit on the scooter's battery continuously for two days, and not drain it to the point of "un-startability," even if it's not started in those two days. I bet it'll go more than three days. My radio/tv electronics classes are payin' off.

This is, as newscoma would say, Of The Good.

I also helped derestrict a 50cc Sym Fiddle, to some degree, tonight. Fun!

Dang. It's scooters, all the way up.
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May 20th Is Dealer Appreciation Day

Congrats to East Side Scooters!
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Spring Fling

Hi, folx.

It's busy inside the Prestonian Empire, I tell you what. I'm busier than a one-armed paper hanger's ass-kickin' contest with one-legged ass-kickers who called the ACLU and sued to be admitted to the competition, and the one-legged ass-kickers have a president whose brother is U.S. Senate Majority Leader. :)

My conservative friends will be pleased to know that I'm soon to be free of the private academic teat, owing to my ill-fitting skill set, valuable though it is.

That's right -- I'm starting some businesses (yes; more than one) that center on scooters, technology and sociology. I expect to make a minimum of $20/hour off the bat, so I think I'll be fine. A capitalist, born, bred and well-read. I've got good ideas, good people and a level headedness that should serve. For now, anyway.

There's not a day that goes by that someone doesn't ask me about the scooters, at some point. With $4/gallon gasoline a reality, people are looking for solutions. Americans look for solutions. It's what we do. I'm proud of us for that. I just need to do more to make it easy for them.

And that's what I do, from here on out.
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East Side Scooters Has A Posse

Got the tags for the Peep, today. No more "All About Scooters, Tallahassee, FL" bullshit.

Also, had brilliant fuckin' idea. Must pitch to the Two Js, ASAP.
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Too Many Keys

You know what they say: Big scooter... big key.

1. Yamaha Vino 50
2. Kymco People 250
3. Security cable
4. Kymco Agility 125
5. Shad 29 topbox

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I Got To Do Amazing Scooting Thangs, Today

... but until I clear it with the boss, I'm only going to tell you about the big, important one: I test-rode a Kymco Xciting 500, today. Whoa.

I felt like Fat Daddy Boss Hawg, rollin' down Main St. on that fucker.

Mang! Scooter Envy.

Oh, it's schweeeeet. It's seductive. And I learned a great deal about how the PDI on this model goes down. I would have liked to see its Interstate 'nads, but not during Friday rush hour. Not when it ain't mine.
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Delay of Game

Yo, been busy.

I got told last week that my employment sich is changing on 5/30.

So, unfortunately, income replacement therapy is Job #1, right now.
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