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Post by wheelbender6 on Jul 19, 2015 9:23:00 GMT -5
My workplace has a gated parking lot. I swipe my access card and drive in. On the way back out of the lot, the gate senses your vehicle and opens automatically and there is no place to swipe the access card. The gate does not sense my 125cc scooter, so I try to wait for a car to leave and follow them out. Fortunately, when no cars are leaving, I push my scoot out the pedestrian gate, like the bicycles, to leave my workplace.
Its a pain in the butt, because that pedestrian gate is spring loaded, and tries to slam into my scoot.
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Post by ricardoguitars on Jul 19, 2015 11:45:51 GMT -5
"3 stories tall" speed bumps, whoever put those speed bumps thinks everyone is driving a Unimog, I have to stand on my feet when passing over the speed bumps to avoid hitting the exhaust  |
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Post by jtron on Jul 19, 2015 12:03:04 GMT -5
Traffic light sensors....nuff said
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Post by JerryScript on Jul 19, 2015 12:28:34 GMT -5
Cagers...nuff said!
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Post by spandi on Jul 19, 2015 14:03:35 GMT -5
Thieves, deer, little kids who think your scoot is a "ride" take your pick.  |
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Post by SylvreKat on Jul 19, 2015 14:42:11 GMT -5
...a sis' in-law who plopped her little son on your scooter's seat like it's a toy....
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jul 19, 2015 15:21:27 GMT -5
That GROSS, ammonia-scented and potentially disease-infested mist in your face which you THOUGHT was from some car's windshield-washer... BUT... in reality, was from the driver of the semi in front of you, who was relieving himself using a "trucker's friend"...
EEEEWWWWW!!! Talk about being pee'd off... Or, rather, PEE'D ON... LOL! At least it DOES take bugs off your glasses... 
Leo (thankful for a LARGE Givi windshield on the old Mouse) in Texas |
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Post by JerryScript on Jul 19, 2015 16:09:33 GMT -5
That GROSS, ammonia-scented and potentially disease-infested mist in your face which you THOUGHT was from some car's windshield-washer... BUT... in reality, was from the driver of the semi in front of you, who was relieving himself using a "trucker's friend"...
EEEEWWWWW!!! Talk about being pee'd off... Or, rather, PEE'D ON... LOL! At least it DOES take bugs off your glasses...
Leo (thankful for a LARGE Givi windshield on the old Mouse) in Texas TMI!!! |
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Post by javarod on Jul 19, 2015 18:20:58 GMT -5
"3 stories tall" speed bumps, whoever put those speed bumps thinks everyone is driving a Unimog, I have to stand on my feet when passing over the speed bumps to avoid hitting the exhaust Back around 08 i tore the belly pan on my Kymco on a speed bump. Lets not talk about the fun replacing that. |
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Post by oldchopperguy on Jul 19, 2015 21:39:38 GMT -5
"3 stories tall" speed bumps, whoever put those speed bumps thinks everyone is driving a Unimog, I have to stand on my feet when passing over the speed bumps to avoid hitting the exhaust Back around 08 i tore the belly pan on my Kymco on a speed bump. Lets not talk about the fun replacing that. Gee, my Kymco shop manual shows how all the plastics come off like magic in just minutes, with nothing but a Philips screwdriver... Oh, RIGHT... LOL! Maybe for someone else, but not the old chopper guy... Duh... Slow, nasty, time-consuming job for this old geezer! Not to mention trying not to break all the little plastic snap-tabs in the process!
In the God-forsaken trailer-park I call home, there are about 20 TALL speed-bumps to keep the Rednecks from running 50 mph through the kids playing in the street... It sorta works, if they're halfway sober... LOL! But Heaven help the little nippers on Saturday night!
But it is "hit 'em at an angle, at a waking speed and gently S-C-R-A-P-E over the dang things if you want to preserve the scoot's bottom. Makes one glad nobody sees the very BOTTOM of the belly-plastics!
Ride safe, and watch those speed-bumps... I have a theory that speed-bumps and their effect on plastics are a major inspiration to make scoots into "nekkid skelly" or Ruckus style rides.
Leo in Texas
PS: I get a hoot out of how people name armadillos "Speed Bump"... Most Texas kids make it to 7 or 8 years old before they find out Armadillos are NOT born flat, with a tire-tread pattern on them... LOL!
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Post by rockynv on Jul 19, 2015 23:44:28 GMT -5
In Florida we know the real reason why the Chicken Crossed the Street... To prove to the Armadillos that it Can Be Done!
Thankfully the Aprilia is high enough that I have not found a speed bump yet that it can not handle. Shortly after I first got it a construction trailer dumped a load of short 6X6 cutoffs right in front of me in a 40 mph zone. I was really thankful for the 15" tires and ground clearance that day. Yes the bike did go airborne and thankfully I was able to land it and continue on my way.
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Post by bandito2 on Jul 20, 2015 7:55:23 GMT -5
Sometimes I've gone to the side and around the bumps. About armadillos - From part of a message of mine from another site about a trip in Kentucky some time back.: "We saw a road kill armadillo on the way to the Home Place. What a weird prehistoric dinosaur looking thing it is. We then rode on down further to see the remains of an iron smelter that only saw service for a short time. An amazing looking structure that reminded me of Mayan pyramids. That night we gathered for a potluck sort of affair where the host provided something called "road kill" barbeque. I couldn't taste any armadillo in it, but then I have never tasted armadillo before, so I couldn't be sure. But if it did, then it tasted remarkably like pork."  |
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Post by javarod on Jul 20, 2015 9:57:58 GMT -5
Back around 08 i tore the belly pan on my Kymco on a speed bump. Lets not talk about the fun replacing that. Gee, my Kymco shop manual shows how all the plastics come off like magic in just minutes, with nothing but a Philips screwdriver... Oh, RIGHT... LOL! Maybe for someone else, but not the old chopper guy... Duh... Slow, nasty, time-consuming job for this old geezer! Not to mention trying not to break all the little plastic snap-tabs in the process!
True, problem is that on mine the belly pan was apparently the first panel they attach to the frame. Oh, and apparently the side stand is US only, requiring me to cut a hole for it.  |
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Post by wheelbender6 on Jul 20, 2015 19:07:57 GMT -5
I hate the cracks in the concrete streets that almost follow the path of traffic, but not quite, so you must skip over them again and again. Lotta concrete streets and highways in this part of Texas.
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Post by ricardoguitars on Jul 20, 2015 19:27:23 GMT -5
People on motorcycles (non scooters) that feel the urge to over take you no matter if you are doing the speed limit, is like if their reputation where damaged if a scooter is ahead of them |
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