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Scootin' Old-skool
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"I have a scooter and I'm not afraid to use it!"
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Save the (changed) dates
Yeah, you’re probably still trying to deal with Holiday Season 2008, never mind scooter events in 2009. But two things deserve mention now.
Scootering’s version of Sturgis, the High Rollers Weekend in Las Vegas, celebrates its 10th anniversary in ‘09. Traditionally held President’s Day weekend, the event has been moved to March 19-23 to take advantage [...]
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Because you also asked? and asked
Okay, you’ve seen how to shift gears on an old-skool Vespa. Some of you wonder how a modern twist ‘n’ go scooter shifts gears. Well, it doesn’t. It has a continuously-variable transmission. Here’s how a CVT works:
The pulleys, called variators, change size steplessly, allowing them to find the “gear” ratio best suited to speed, engine [...]
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With a capital ?T?
We met up at the Spar in Old Town Tacoma (Orin O’Neill photos)
The sun was shining brightly and traffic was light as I headed south on Ruston Way. There was a train heading north; I’d have to cross the tracks to get to the The Spar in Old Town Tacoma, which was the meetup point [...]
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Attention, shoppers
Orin O’Neill photo
For many, the “riding season” is over. I stopped in at Renton Motorcycles the other day, and just about all of their inventory, including the Zuma 125 above, was marked down. In this case, $500. There are deals to be had all over, if you know where to look.
Now is a very good [...]
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On the video-video-video
If you weren’t able to go on Ralph’s Fall Foliage & Farmland ride, you can see what it was like:
Stubbie has created a YouTube video channel with more clips from this ride (and more video to come); you can find a link to it in the blogroll under “Multimedia” which was formerly known as “Podcasts.”
Stubbie [...]
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