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Post by wutzthedeal on Jan 21, 2013 3:04:23 GMT -5
Anybody got an odd or favorite thing that happened or happens that reminds you that you are on a scooter? Tonight, I ran over a flattened aluminum can that I didn't see because I was looking way down the road and not right in front. The noise of it and I suspect it jumped up and hit the underside of the scooter--it sounded like something either fell off of my scooter or out of my backpack. I immediately turned back around in the middle of the road (empty at that time of night) and did a slow scan to see what I had lost. After finding nothing looking back, I looped around again and finally saw the can. I just remembered thinking, "Yep, you're on a scooter." Anything that falls must be recovered! With cars it's like, "Meh, it's still going. Probably a rock."
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Post by greenzhiqiang on Jan 21, 2013 5:21:18 GMT -5
I felt stupid when this happened to me last. I was riding in the rain with my full face helmet, just going down the road pondering why I was riding in the rain when I have a car, and then I switched lanes. All of a sudden it was raining so hard I had to keep wiping my visor just to be able to see! Then I realized I was riding behind a lifted truck with no mud flaps. Switched lanes and the "rain" went back to the way it was. In a car you wouldn't think much of it, maybe bump the wipers up a notch, but on a scooter you can really tell the difference. Haha
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Post by rockynv on Jan 21, 2013 6:48:22 GMT -5
Sounds and smells especially when riding in the country by a hayfield or orchard while being able to hear the birds and animals. Riding by that great seafood place or steakhouse. Even at times the smell of clean laundry just put out to dry. At times you do wonder if the smell of that bath soap is that strong out here on the road then someones eyes must be watering! ;> Sometimes it is riding by that treatment plant that makes you wish you were not.  |
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Post by leo on Jan 21, 2013 7:38:18 GMT -5
i've had a few grasshoppers splat on my visor.
a chunk of something, have no idea what is was, smacked the side of my helmet.
i rode through a swarm of very tiny objects that scoured my visor.
i can't imagine what they were.
i got behind a bottled gas truck that carried various bottled gases.
the odor from this truck made me sick for months afterward.
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Post by carasdad on Jan 21, 2013 10:36:30 GMT -5
When I see EVERY pothole in the road..no matter how small... Vice in the car I only seem to notice the big ones. Also just like you..every clank..clunk...rattle or thud..I turn around and go back to see what Chinese part fell off this week. ;D In the car I just keep going and tell my gf..."If that was a Pedestrian...we'll find out when the Cops show up at the house".. Ok..but in all seriousness..if I thought it was..I would stop. Figured I better toss that in before someone says"OMG! you'd keep going??"..  |
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Post by h3nry on Jan 21, 2013 10:51:47 GMT -5
the cracks in the road that no car ever notices, the ones that poke up just about a half inch but are enough to make you vibrate with every movement
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Post by scootnwinn on Jan 21, 2013 11:13:25 GMT -5
The enourmous grin
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Post by yoshidawg on Jan 21, 2013 21:56:16 GMT -5
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Post by spandi on Jan 21, 2013 21:58:29 GMT -5
Like wearing a brain bucket and armored jacket weren't enough?
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Post by wutzthedeal on Jan 21, 2013 23:09:35 GMT -5
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Post by wangchicken on Jan 21, 2013 23:29:58 GMT -5
getting Passed by cars when i think im speeding
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Post by scootnwinn on Jan 22, 2013 2:23:24 GMT -5
getting Passed by cars when i think im speeding Now that is just funny. True but very funny |
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Post by amac1680 on Jan 22, 2013 7:10:26 GMT -5
Noticing every other scoot on the road.
Be Big,
AMAC
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Post by Lykos on Jan 22, 2013 8:33:15 GMT -5
The absence of road rage aside from near death experiences.
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Post by WarrenS on Jan 22, 2013 8:44:45 GMT -5
Going through a dip in the road and noticing the temperature change.
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Post by inuyasha on Jan 22, 2013 8:47:07 GMT -5
Hi Rob I concur  ;D  Take care and ride safely dear friend Yours Hank Attachments:
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Post by carasdad on Jan 22, 2013 8:52:56 GMT -5
getting Passed by cars when i think im speeding Now that is funny but so true..especially on the kids or gf's scoots with their lil 10" wheels...speedo shows 45mph(way off) and I am watching for police cars cause...the speed limit for scoots in Michigan is 30mph..and then a car load of people crammed into a tiny Prius blow by me like I was sitting still...in that 35mph zone |
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Post by inuyasha on Jan 22, 2013 9:04:46 GMT -5
getting Passed by cars when i think im speeding Now that is funny but so true..especially on the kids or gf's scoots with their lil 10" wheels...speedo shows 45mph(way off) and I am watching for police cars cause...the speed limit for scoots in Michigan is 30mph..and then a car load of people crammed into a tiny Prius blow by me like I was sitting still...in that 35mph zone Hi Glenn Havent had that happen as of yet infact april hit a new high the other day ;D ;D Take care and ride safely dear friend Yours Hank Attachments:
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Post by carasdad on Jan 22, 2013 9:14:15 GMT -5
Going through a dip in the road and noticing the temperature change. Yes..yet another good one. I dislike that one....catches me off guard all warm n cozy...then 'bam' a lil decline in the road and you hit a chilly spot for a few seconds.. @ inuyasha...Hank..heya. Wow 63mph... That Aprilla is still stock? I forgot...but wow congrats on that run!  |
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Post by snugglebunny on Jan 22, 2013 9:18:26 GMT -5
this time of year........
......... when you stop
and realize you cant feel your extremities
cause their soooooo cold
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Post by scootnwinn on Jan 22, 2013 10:19:16 GMT -5
I can't feel my extremities till I peel off a few layers, they are warm and cozy but still can't feel em through the gear.
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Post by loncindawg on Jan 22, 2013 13:34:05 GMT -5
The angry/envious looks as I ride to the front of a very long line to cross into the US, at the insistence of Mexican Infantry troops.
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Post by inuyasha on Jan 22, 2013 18:23:17 GMT -5
Going through a dip in the road and noticing the temperature change. Yes..yet another good one. I dislike that one....catches me off guard all warm n cozy...then 'bam' a lil decline in the road and you hit a chilly spot for a few seconds.. @ inuyasha...Hank..heya. Wow 63mph... That Aprilla is still stock? I forgot...but wow congrats on that run! Hi Glenn Still stock though she is derestricted and finally broken in imho They are one hell of a scoot while even in stock form and just wait until i install a bbk with all the bells and whistles ;D ;D motorscooterguide.net/Aprilia/SR50/SR50.htmlTake care and ride safely dear friend Yours Hank |
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Post by rockynv on Jan 22, 2013 20:49:47 GMT -5
Hank - That is what you get when your scooter comes from a SuperBike and Enduro Race Bike company. I think it is great fun to see a 1 liter Aprilia beat all the multiliter bikes at the World Championships. I know up to a point there is no replacement for displacement however Aprilia seems to be getting more than twice the performance many others are getting from the same CC. I keep having people following me claim the bike is mislabled as everyone knows you can't go over 90 mph on a 250 and it must really be a 650 or 750.
That is another one that reminds me that I am on a scooter - People staring in disbelief when I pass them on the interstate. Am I wicked to blow by the kids on their restricted Ducati's riding with a junior license on the interstate?
Enjoy your SR50 and ride safe.
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