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Post by scooterkb on Mar 2, 2013 15:53:16 GMT -5
My Chinese "Peugeot",  and her reflective tape,  in case you're wondering, the 'board' thing between the mirrors is for clipping maps to, I use her for doing what is known here as the "knowledge of London". Basically learning to be a London black cab driver. You have to be able to take a customer from A to B without a map, satnav, or any directions in the quickest and most direct route possible and be able to circumnavigate any traffic problems. And you get comprehensively tested on your 'knowledge'. Mike ;D |
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Post by terrilee on Mar 2, 2013 18:12:50 GMT -5
very nice scoot
love the reflective tape idea
i had heard its very hard to become a black cab cabbie
londons HUGH , we were there twice
how the heck do u memorize it all?
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Post by leftwayleft on Mar 2, 2013 21:02:43 GMT -5
I love the reflective tape!!!!
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Post by oldchopperguy on Mar 3, 2013 3:17:45 GMT -5
Great looking scoot!
I sympathize with your learning curve to become a cab driver... Back in 1968, while in the US Army, I visited London for a week. I loved it, BUT... I had a friend's Chevrolet (regular American lefthhand drive) and I had enough trouble trying to drive on the left side of the roads... let alone figuring out where I was going! LOL!
I had a LOT of blokes "hooting their hooters" at me...
A few years ago, I knew an English fellow here, who brought over his Jaguar (righthand drive) and he had the same problem here in America... So I didn't feel QUITE so bad anymore...
Ride safe, and our best wishes for your cab driving career!
Leo (your scootin' friend) in Texas, USA
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Post by tvnacman on Mar 3, 2013 9:58:54 GMT -5
nice scooter good luck on learning your way around .
John
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Post by leftwayleft on Mar 3, 2013 11:47:21 GMT -5
Can you tell me where you got the reflective tape at.... Think it would a great add on to keep scooter visible at night.
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Post by payneib on Mar 3, 2013 12:34:09 GMT -5
Can you tell me where you got the reflective tape at.... Think it would a great add on to keep scooter visible at night. I was thinking the same thing. Obviously only about safety, it's all about safety, "Tron Light Bike" didn't come into my head once, not at all! I was only thinking "safety". Honest. |
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Post by scootnwinn on Mar 3, 2013 13:51:02 GMT -5
You can reflective tape at any automotive store or cycling shop and most motorcycle shops.
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Post by scooterkb on Mar 3, 2013 14:54:05 GMT -5
Hey guys and gals, thanks for the nice comments  1st, London and the taxi driving. Boy, riding a scooter in a city setting is tough at the best of times, but add to that the fact you're trying to read a map at the same time and looking out for certain buildings and the fun factor (read that as brown trousers!) increases ten fold. But I love it. Often ride around all day, upwards of 70 miles, taking in some of the sights and whizzing past traffic queues straight to the front and tear off when the lights turn green....scooter takes it like a champ,great stuff. It does take a long time to learn it all, mainly through repetition, they say you can't fail, only give up! 2nd, reflective tape. Was someone extracting the urine with Tron comments? ;D Yeah it does have that look, I actually said so myself when I posted these pic's on the old place. But hey, what ever gets you seen right? The tape I used came as 2" wide. I cut it into 1/4" strips. It is black and reflects white. It is there on the first photo, you can just about make it out. At that width it was very easy to get it to conform to some quite tight curves. It came from Ebay, as scootnwin says, you should be able to get reflective tape from a lot of places. I've only seen colored tape that reflects white on ebay though, in all sorts of colors (though they all reflect white). I used regular red reflective tape on the rear,  Thanks again folks, happy scooting, Mike |
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Post by leftwayleft on Mar 3, 2013 15:58:04 GMT -5
Went to eBay and found it.... And it's available in rolls of different widths... 1/4" and bigger I ordered me some |
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Post by scooterkb on Mar 3, 2013 16:07:12 GMT -5
Hey lwl, that's great, you'll be 'Troning' in no time  Let's see how it comes out? |
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Post by leftwayleft on Mar 3, 2013 16:29:00 GMT -5
Hey lwl, that's great, you'll be 'Troning' in no time Let's see how it comes out? LOL.... I just don't want ran over at night |
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