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Post by Paladin on Aug 25, 2015 4:50:22 GMT -5
... "Wow! How can someone that old hold up a scooter that large at a stop?"  From a thread in another forum: theridingcenter.com/do-motorcycles-really-make-you-stronger-and-smarter/ -- an idiot that claims the exercise of riding a motorcycle makes you stronger. The guy said " ... exercise through riding? A calorie burner similar to fast walking ...." I wrote: -- No. I have heart disease, I have an Ejection Factor of 20-25%. I cannot walk fast for more than fifty feet or so after I have to stop and rest. I can do a normal walking speed for a hundred feet or two, after I need to stop and rest. Best I can do is about half speed, blowing about as much as I used to do at a low jog. "The muscle use and energy required to maneuver a motorcycle ... riders must use their bodies to help safely balance and steer." -- What muscle use and energy? I sit on the seat, rest my hand(s) on the handlebar. What "balance?" It takes a lot less effort putting a foot down than standing. Once moving the balancing/steer the effort is resting on the handlebar. The effort starts when I stop riding and have to walk. And when I get back to the scoot I sit and rest a bit before I can start riding again.  I went and measured just how much weight it takes to stand and hold up my scooter. It is 20 or 30 pounds on my feet, most of the weight is on the wheels. WALKING is the hard part. Walking is a constant zero pounds 200 pounds zero pounds 200 pounds zero 200 zero 200. Every second it is 200 pounds on and off. That is what walking IS, hard work. That's my speed -- normal people walk twice as fast, two steps per second. If I walk at normal walking speed I have to stop after a minute or two to stop and catch my breath. Walking is work. When I get to the scooter I can rest. Riding is as hard as sitting on the sofa. Even at a stop it is merely moving a foot from the floorboard to the ground. "...How can someone that old hold up a scooter..."? HA!! A scooter is easier than using a walker. I'm 68, almost 69. My dad died from a heart attack at age 43. In my family all the men die of heart attacks, generally before 60. I'm doing GOOD! Too old to ride? HA! |
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Post by Paladin on Aug 8, 2015 11:32:13 GMT -5
You don't use your feet on a T&G scooter -- if you can sit on a chair you can sit on a scooter. That foot looks good, not gory at all. Gory was when I ran a finger thru a table saw. Blog Just kidding. Take care of you feet, they need to run many thousands miles more. |
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Post by Paladin on Aug 7, 2015 20:40:32 GMT -5
... So they sit there, sometimes wave you on when it's their turn to go. ... pedestrians that tell you to go ahead of them .... Yeah, right. Like I trust either to go and hit me after I started moving? HA!! I'll fold my hands over my helmet and wait for they to go. |
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Post by Paladin on Aug 7, 2015 20:31:11 GMT -5
...At least Im allowed to split lanes that I do know. Right next door in N.V.... We don't get to split lanes yet, but I'm not sure if I would, seems scary whenever I visit your state. The idiots are scary. They are also why people say motorcycles are dangerous. I don't trust cagers to not change lanes, so I do not split lanes until they are down to 10 mph or less. And I look to see that I have at least four feet of space sideways. On city streets I mostly don't bother, but I sometimes filter to the limit line at a red traffic signal. |
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Post by Paladin on Aug 5, 2015 21:20:22 GMT -5
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Post by Paladin on Aug 5, 2015 0:11:13 GMT -5
Cheap, works -- a fat Wrap-Tie wrapped on the throttle, end cut to sit to the brake lever.  |
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Post by Paladin on Jul 27, 2015 23:30:10 GMT -5
Boss Hoss was a clown. Louie had to deal with the crew of Taxi, and the Reverend Jim Ignatowski.  |
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Post by Paladin on Jul 27, 2015 0:28:42 GMT -5
A 6'2" blonde. Anything that I cannot carry on my scoot, the wife can get it. (She has a New Beetle, a Sportage, and a '72 Camaro.)
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Post by Paladin on Jul 21, 2015 17:35:00 GMT -5
I was on motorcycles for 48 years, and am on a twist-n-go for the past 30 months. ... can hold a steady speed by listening to the motor but the scooter variator makes this impossible because the motor speed is steady but the ground speed isn't. As a result your speed isn't constant and the constant on and off the throttle for the motorcycle rider becomes annoying after a short while. On a motorcycle the throttle is not "constant on and off" -- the throttle is a very minor adjustment of the throttle to keep the constant beat of the motor with the constant speed. With the Scoot you cannot hold the speed of the motor constant once you get up to cruising speed. With the Scoot you have to actually keep aware of your speeds. Going from motorcycle to scoot was interesting, but not annoying. |
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Post by Paladin on Jul 21, 2015 8:18:55 GMT -5
... On the way back out of the lot, the gate ... does not sense my 125cc scooter.... Look at the pavement and see where the sensor wire is buried. Stop the Scoot mostly over the wire. If that doesn't work, talk to the site maintenance man and get him to adjust the sensor. |
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Post by Paladin on Jul 6, 2015 22:43:27 GMT -5
Salute the country, flag is optional.
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Post by Paladin on Jul 4, 2015 21:19:39 GMT -5
Mine, 20 feet up, over the rooftops:  |
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Post by Paladin on Jun 29, 2015 10:22:16 GMT -5
The Scion is rated for a 1,000 pound trailer. The Smart is rated for 2,000 pounds.
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Post by Paladin on Jun 26, 2015 11:20:44 GMT -5
... I didn't like going faster than 40 on it... Just because some scooters CAN go over 50 doesn't mean you should... Just because you are uncomfortable under 40 mph does not mean that I should also be the same. I started on a Honda Sport 50 in '64, I did 65mph on a Yamaha Twinjet 100, have various motorcycles over  mph. At age 65 I was downsizing and rented a Vespa LX150. Found it can do over 60 mph, on the freeways. So I bought one. I have done 14,000 miles including over 3,000 miles on the freeway, and over 1,000 miles on the Interstates on trips out of the city. A scooter with 10" - 11" wheels IS stable on the Interstate. A 245 pound scooter does NOT get blown off the road, even with semis or 40 mph side winds. BUT. I am an old experienced rider. |
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Post by Paladin on Jun 16, 2015 10:49:44 GMT -5
What you can get depends on where you are. If you are not a scooter mechanic, or are willing to become one, you will need a dealer for service. Low class: bintelliscooters.com/product.aspx?ProductId=175&title=Bintelli+Valor+150cc -- www.scooterdepot.us/50cc-gas-scooter-fully-assembled-p-ms050stb-336.html -- same Znen scooter, just the name is changed to protect the guilty. Mid class: Honda, Yamaha, SYM, Kymco, Genuine, etc. -- I was looking at Lance, made by SYM -- www.lancepowersports.com/models/havana150.html -- only about $500 more than the Chinese, but a dealer and a 2-year warranty. Top class: the one and only VESPA. (I gots one!) Yeah, you can 2 or 3 of the lesser scooters for the price of a Vespa, but it has a steel monocoque body instead of a tube frame/plastic body. I rented a SYM in Hawaii, and in my experience the quality of the Vespa is far higher, stronger, stiffer. " ... for errands, maybe 20-40 miles a week ..." -- HA!You will be finding that the scoot is just too handy for shopping. At Ralph's I park on the sidewalk, next to the building, about 15 feet from the entrance. Most other stores I park in the wasted triangle at the end of cars, less than 40 feet from the store entrance. At Total Wine the mall cop thinks he is a real cop, and he can call a real one so I there I park in a full car space. I go them last, 'cause I carry the big stuff:  |
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mph. At age 65 I was downsizing and rented a Vespa LX150. Found it can do over 60 mph, on the freeways. So I bought one. I have done 14,000 miles including over 3,000 miles on the freeway, and over 1,000 miles on the Interstates on trips out of the city.