Scofflaw

Kroger, La Vergne.

Fat Guy On A Scooter

Not a fat gal and  a moped. Ivy snapped this after work.

Before long, this should be a notably more svelte angle. I'm hoping before cold weather sets in, but I gave myself a year. 6/21/2015. Target: 167lbs.

NObody Expects!

... the Spanish Inquisition to get a hornet caught between their face and the helmet.

Keep yer visors down, folx.

No One Cared About The Bling Bear

... and winter has not been kind to it. I will now share its location with you, so that you may pay homage, show your friends and/or dress it up with additional decorations of your own devising.

If you noticed that URL, you may also like http://scoot.to/nashville, http://scoot.to/wanda and http://scoot.to/kymco .

Gas Is Rising

... and Gus Fring is excited by that, for some reason.

Actually, he's a very nice young man named Yosef, who works at this location. He was riding up on his bicycle, and I didn't even see him when I snapped the photo.

D'maged

Bastids knock'd Wanda over, Friday night. WTF?!

Gonna need some plastic.

Bear Minimum

The bear, mentioned in my "geo-cache" challenge, is inside the radius of this green circle overlay. Now you know where NOT to look.  :)

Behind The Cupcake Bus

'Nuff said.

Dressin' the Droids

... for the upcoming rally. Hope to see ya there!

Big Ol' Hillbilly Teeth

... or so it appears in the reflection in the curved chrome... fork cap?  of Wanda.

Of What It Reminds Me

Primarily for Major Kong.

Now It Can Be Told

PCX: what does this acronym mean?

Question answered. Relax -- it's full of safety!

I Have A New Catchphrase

See if you can decipher it.

Only Because That Other Site Are Being Exclusionary Douchebags

... so shall I also be!  :)

I love 2strokebuzz, I really do; it's a very informative site. I love old scooters... old, Italian, metal-bodied scooters, even. Old, Italian, metal-bodied scooters that can only be reliably ridden in hours-per-year that you can count on one hand, even.

But this exclusionary "cold weather challenge"?  Where ONLY  shifty, 2-stroke scooters can qualify?  I call bullshit. 

We all know the real Cryo-Commandos are people like me, who ride every  day to work, on reliable, modern CVT-equipped scooters. Most of these "vintage" guys have to ride around the neighborhood multiple times in cold weather to get to their nearest latté and fulfill the minimum 10-mile requirement of 2sb's challenge. This, as they say, Shall Not Stand.

So!  My counter-challenge: Longest ride over 20 miles, on any 4-stroke, CVT-equipped, plastic-bodied scooter (yes, Chinese junk included) of 150cc or less in the lowest temperature will have their choice of either the ironic prize offering of a model of a 1955 Vespa 150 GS (pictured above), or a pair of Northern Safety's N-Specs® Venom Riders clear lens foam-lined protective eyewear, which are completely awesome for cold weather riding (or nighttime riding at any temperature). Second Place gets the prize not chosen by the First Place winner.

Enter in comments, on this post, including location, scooter make, model and displacement, starting temperature, and distance. A Google Maps route would be nice, but not required. Please be prepared to back up your claim from TWC historical data. Otherwise, I trust you to do the right thang. Contest ends February 28th, 2013. Winners will be announced here.

Y'know. For The Kids!

An annual tradition, no matter what scooter I'm riding.

The Honda Grin

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