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Post by genseeker on Jul 11, 2014 13:39:27 GMT -5
Rode over the continental divide today. Went from 1437' at my community to around 3200'. Got behind a log truck coming home. Had to keep hitting my brakes and I even topped a couple times to take more pix. Driver rode his brakes too much, could smell them before we got halfway down, 6 miles of this:
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Post by 90GTVert on Jul 11, 2014 13:47:32 GMT -5
Other than the traffic, sounds like a great ride.
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Post by 2TDave on Jul 11, 2014 14:22:03 GMT -5
Nice ride. Beats my recent riding to work and the store which I did again today. So much nicer going to and from a job on a bike than in a cage.
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Post by 90GTVert on Jul 11, 2014 14:30:18 GMT -5
I had a guy ask me today when I was taking trash if I still had a scooter. He said "I never see your big ass riding anymore". lol I must be slacking... or just riding at weird hours.
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Post by craisin on Jul 12, 2014 1:22:08 GMT -5
I normally ride every day pick my times to beat the rain. Sometimes i get wet oh dear how sad never mind
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Post by craisin on Jul 12, 2014 2:03:49 GMT -5
Rode to the next Suburb to get gas 98 octane cause its not available local
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Post by aeroxbud on Jul 12, 2014 2:59:08 GMT -5
I had a guy ask me today when I was taking trash if I still had a scooter. He said "I never see your big ass riding anymore". lol I must be slacking... or just riding at weird hours. You do like your late night rides Did you tell him you have a few scooters. Too many projects not enough time. Running this forum must take a lot of your time up. We do appreciate it though.
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Post by 90GTVert on Jul 12, 2014 5:43:13 GMT -5
I told him I run a scooter forum and ride a lot. Whenever I have told someone in person about the scooter forum I can just watch the look come over their face like "WTH is a scooter forum?". I then said "a scooter website" and then he got it I guess with an "ohh, okay" and turned his attention to the ramp in the back of the truck. Now he probably thinks my scooters are trailer queens. I also had two guys I haven't seen in a few years I knew from racing and working on Mustangs stop by yesterday and they were not impressed by scooters replacing the Mustang. No love for scooters around here.
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Post by 2TDave on Jul 12, 2014 6:03:41 GMT -5
They would have been impressed if they got on one of your 100+ CC strokers. I can imagine some clown jumping on one of these tuned two strokes with it's just a scooter mindset and grabbing a hand full of throttle. At 5 mph it hits the pipe, the head slings back, whiskey throttle sets in and the scoot and rider veer right off the road and on their side.
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Post by 90GTVert on Jul 12, 2014 6:28:43 GMT -5
They didn't say anything bad about them, just wanted to know if/when I'm getting another Mustang. To me the Mustang and the scooter are the same thing... or serve the same purpose... working on them and learning and enjoying riding around or racing with them. Just the scooter is A LOT cheaper. Unfortunately it seems like no one else can see that and they're just silly slow scooters. Now if I could get the car guys I know on their own and riding around and racing with me instead of using them solely to navigate the pits at the track, I think they'd get it... although they prob still wouldn't wanna be seen on the scooters. One friend bought a scooter for pit duty and then sold it after riding it only once on the road. He ended up with a golf cart with a lift kit and fancy wheels and mud tires and battery/voltage mods. The scoot was faster than the golf cart so I guess it's all about impressing your buddies. That's the worst thing about hanging around a track regularly. You will feel broke because some of these folks enjoy showing off their money and do think about if the guy over there has a nicer golf cart or a bigger RV or whatever. I just enjoyed fast, loud, mean cars or bikes and racing and never cared much who had what as far as pit rides and motor homes. I was jealous of one dude that had an air conditioned car trailer though. He had the right idea IMO. If you're gonna spend the money, might as well make yourself comfortable rather than putting gold wheels on the golf cart. At this point I can't even afford gas to the track and admission.
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Post by 2TDave on Jul 12, 2014 6:44:26 GMT -5
I get what your saying. I've had guys ask me about mine in parking lots, a guy with tricked quads in a truck give me a thumbs up and then I've had guys sneer at me. Most have a look of bewilderment because they haven't seen anything like it before and don't know what to think. I can never resist popping the throttle to let them know it's not all show. I'm sure even the ones with their buddy's sneering secretly would love to get on it.
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Post by 90GTVert on Jul 12, 2014 6:52:25 GMT -5
If they're sneering at your tricked out RX8 there's no hope for the rest of us.
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Post by 2TDave on Jul 12, 2014 7:48:33 GMT -5
Haha! Thanks! I just put in all my cvt cover bolts and snugged them up good. No more short cuts where that is concerned. Heck I've been riding w/o a cover for periods of time while tuning the cvt but nothing to aggressive as far as cornering goes.
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Post by oldgeek on Jul 12, 2014 9:11:08 GMT -5
I took a nice ride last night on the stock vento from 9:00 to 12:30. The temp outside was mid 70's, and traffic was surprisingly light. I had to stop and pull the carb and clean it under a streetlight. I ran out of gas while riding with my buddie earlier in the day, and I guess some trash got into the carb. It never ran right after it ran out of gas and I finally got tired of riding 1/2 throttle and stopped and fixed it. I sure need to get the 70cc scooter put back together, and back on the road!
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Post by craisin on Jul 12, 2014 9:30:18 GMT -5
Well i must have been riding scooters for close to 8 years now my friends and family thought i was crazy with my injuries and at my age. I would have thought more young people in my country would be riding scooters, instead of running big cars with bald tires and doing runners from gas stations cause they have no cash. And they wonder why scooter riders are happy can afford to ride everyday I dont drink no more or smoke cigarettes and i am glad i dont have to find the money for those habits
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