Seriously, what the heck?!

Found on the
Scootgirl.com site.

I've gotten into a bad habit on the People....

Since it has a wind screen, and since my face shield is scratched from when it dropped off the seat, I have sort of stopped wearing the face shield down. The shield deflects wind and bugs (mostly) over my head.

However, on the trip to Lake Seminole (which was a lot closer than I thought) out of the approximately 8 million love bugs that either splattered on the windshield or were deflected over my head, a few did splat right on my helmet.

Thsnkfully, I realized that riding out of town meant that the chance of bugs hitting me in the face was a lot higher, so I had the shield down. Some of the bugs were quite juicy, for lack of a better word, which was sort of nasty.

I dont think I'd ever enjoy the bugs in the teeth part of being a rebel biker.

I-10 on my scooter? No problem!

I woke up Sunday morning and got ready to go meet up with whoever from the No Club that was going to ride. Heading out of Killearn, I realized that if I went the long way, I may be a bit late. So, seeing as it was 7:30 am on a foggy Sunday morning, I thought about taking I-10.

It would only be a short run, taking the next exit, but still, the People is a pretty light scooter and I-10 is pretty mangled from the expansion work. However, the expansion work does keep traffic a bit slower.

So, as I approached I-10, I only saw two cars cross over the overpass so I pulled onto the on ramp. Yes, I had a big grin on my face and a tight pucker on the seat of the Kymco.

There were two cars ahead of me as they soon merged onto the Interstate, then it was my turn.

There was no traffic at all, I only got passed by one car. It was actually a nice ride. Sunday morning was cool and very foggy. I even opened up my heater vents and they put out a little warmth for my knees.

A few minutes later, I took the exit and then headed north on Monroe and quickly made it to the meeting spot at Hardees. Pulling in, I saw two big cruisers and pulled up next to them.

We said our hellos and talked bikes and scooters for a few minutes to see if anyone was going to join us. Noone did so we headed out.

I wish I could tell you how we got to Wingate's, but all I know is we took some really nice back roads and had some really nice scenery on the way. Soon we pulled up to Wingate's and went inside for a nice old style breakfast (but get the grits instead of the hash browns) and plenty of stories.

I'm horrible with names but the two guys were a few years older than me so I shut up and listened and thoroughly enjoyed the stories. After a long while, we paid up and headed back to Tallahassee.

It was a lot of fun and I'm glad I joined the club (especially since the normal scooter guys haven't been up for a ride lately....) and I must say my Kymco did just fine with the two Honda 1200 and 1300 cc motorcycles. But, they absolutely sounded better.

Can I get twin pipes on my Kymco?

This is the ride Im going on tomorrow...

Reminder from: No_Club Yahoo! Group

Title: Breakfast Run & Winuhfuhgahwee Ride

Date: Sunday September 23, 2007
Time: 8:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: Hardee's
Notes: Assembly Point: Hardee's, on N. Monroe. (Just past Capital Circle, in the PUBLIX parking lot)

Destination: Wingate's, for breakfast.

Kickstands Up: 8:00 a.m.

After breakfast there'll be a spin through the piney backwoods back to Tallahassee. Should be fun. It'll be a lot more fun if you're there! Knock the cobwebs offa that scoot and saddle up! ALL RIDERS WELCOME.

So, if you want to join us, meet up at Hardee's! See you there!

About that ride we are sort of planning for this weekend...

My 3 year old has his first soccer game (and I'm the Coach) Saturday, so I will find somewhere to go riding on Sunday morning. There is a ride scheduled for the No Club motorcycle group, of which we are invited, so we could do that or we could ride to Greenville. Or Havana. Or just about anywhere in the area.

So, if you are interested, post on the forum and lets get something set up.

Tallahassee Scooters Ride this weekend,anyone invited.

How does meeting at the McDonalds on North Monroe at 8 am sound? We can then head to Monticello or Havana. Come on guys, let's have some fun!

Last weekend's road trip and a movie

Saturday, I had a few hours to kill so I went riding. My stepdaughter and wife had seen a yellow Helix off Mahan so I rode over to take a look. Unfortunately, the business where the scooter was displayed was not open so I couldn't take a look.

So, I was on Highway 90 with at least a couple of hours to kill. What to do, what to do.

So, I was heading east on 90 and at the Publix near I-10, some idiot in an SUV on a cell phone decides to pull out in front of me. The Kymco has a nice loud horn. Doubt she cared, she was pretty intent on her cell phone jammed in her ear.

Anyway, it had been years since I had taken 90 to Monticello and it was a nice ride. A few more curves would have been nice but it was a quick run to Monticello. Once there, since my Parents live a few miles out of Monticello, I decided I couldn't ride over to Monticello and not swing by and see them, so I headed out of town to their home.

I spent an hour or two hanging out with my Dad, the FSU game was on, but it soon got time to go since it was getting late.

I headed out on Highway 19 and turned right onto 27 and rode back into town just as it got dark.

The Kymco did fine and I like that scooter more and more every time I ride it.

After my first real road trip, the next time I rode was the next day, to the No Club movie night. Tim was sort of maybe going to meet me there but when I rode up, all I saw were motorcycles...except for one blue Silverwing (I think) but it was out in the parking lot, not in the special parking area for the group, which happened to be right in front of the entrance to Beef O'Brady's.

I parked to the side of the bikes and took a quick look at them before I went in. There were a lot of cruisers, a sport bike or two, a chopper and a few standard bikes. There were some really nice bikes there. I was looking forward to talking to their owners and get a bit of information on them since I really don't know a lot about motorcycles.

I headed in and went to the back room and took a seat. It kind of sucked, though, because there were three tables completely full of the group. So, for a while I sat by myself but it was ok since I could watch football. Soon a couple came in and sat at my table and they were very nice. They also have two of the nicest looking bikes I've ever seen.

Taking a look around at the group, it was evident that they really go by the mantra of 'anyone is welcome, no drama, just ride' (yes, I paraphrased). There were some college kids, some older couples, one or two true biker looking types and a table of young tatted rocker types. This group is my kind of group, I think. Unless they cruise over 60mph...that is. I am on a scooter, you know.

Anyway, the movie, 'Wild Hogs' soon started and it was pretty good, fairly goofy and enjoyable.

I was hoping to be able to take a longer look at the bikes after the movie but everyone left pretty quickly and I headed home. Two of the group headed out with me for most of my ride home.

All in all, quite a nice weekend

Scooter/Motorcycle movie night tonight!

WILD HOGS Ride-in at Beef O’Bradys!

Sponsored by the NO CLUB Independent Riders Group
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/No_Club

Join other riders at Beef O’Brady’s on Thomasville Road for a night of great food and fun on Sunday, September 9th! Around 6pm we’ll fire up the very funny motorcycle buddy movie, “Wild Hogs”. If you haven’t seen it you’re in for a treat. If you have seen it, well, once just ain’t enough!

Beef’s is reserving their back room for riders and some parking space for our motorcycles right out front too. We can seat about 60 people in the back room, so get there early. There are several TVs in the room so you’ll get a good view no matter where you sit.

Ride in with your friends, enjoy Beef O’Brady’s excellent chow, and have a great night out with your friends and fellow riders. All riders are welcome.

NO CLUB = No drama, no politics, and no attitude!

Took a ride around town Saturday...

I left home around 10:30 am and it was really humid and sticky. No matter, it was still time for a ride. Riding down Tharpe Street, it was a little misty but nothing too bad.

I had to stop for gas so I went to the station on Monroe.

Gas prices are killing me!

The Kymco at the gas pump.


So, after filling up, I headed down Monroe and turned on Gaines Street and decided to head home. But, first, I decided to head over to the FSU Stadium and take a picture or two. I read somewhere that the FSU Stadium is the largest brick building in the world. It is certainly huge, regardless.

Nice background for the Kymco.