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jlhog wrote: I just turned 52 today

Happy Birthday!

OTOH, ride like you are invisible, and everybody else is drunk!

http://artofmanliness.com/2011/06/02/le ... otorcycle/

I noticed at intersections, motor vehicle drivers wanted to yield me the right away even though they entered the intersection clearly before me. Is it common to vehicle drivers to yield regularly at intersections. I don't recall doing this very often as a driver. Congrats on the new bike! You'll lo...

jlhog wrote:I thought about a stripe along the top, but when I held it there it was almost to much for me.

Ah, a man of taste.

I’ve been a little surprised at the number of “mature” riders who are swelling the ranks of scooter owners for the first time. Sorta made me curious how much experience/inexperience we have here. At what age did you buy your first bike? How many years have you actively ridden? How old are you now? L...

WhiteNoise wrote: Do you have a photo of one of your neighbors?

http://www.labyrinthproject.com/ourwork.html
Judy Hopen was our neighbor

Cable provides us with internet and a landline. Don’t own a TV. Customer service sucks, but once it was up and running we’ve never needed to call them back.

Some people are tethering their laptops to cell phones to get internet now-a-days.

Difference between a labyrinth and a maze is that a maze is a puzzle with wrong turns and dead ends. A labyrinth is a single continuous often winding path to the center and back out. My only knowledge came from a neighbor who designed and installed them all over the western hemisphere. They can be a...

Looks more like a labyrinth than a spiral. Labyrinths are designed as a path that you walk which leads continuously to the center of the design and then back out. Labyrinths are often used as a meditation tool. Not too often you see labyrinths in public places.

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FritzPinguin wrote:A friend of mine (the one with the highway bars) designed this one.

Wow! This is what I want!!!

redhandmoto wrote:SYM & Kymco have a few bikes I might consider, but there are no dealers around.

I've heard the SYM HD200 (171 cc) is quite the speedy little bike. But it's not fuel injected and there's practically zero dealer support which are the two main reasons that gave me pause. Then along came PCX150...

I typically cruise at 60, but have never been on the road more than about 40 miles at a stretch or 100 miles for the day. At 65 mph the 150 doesn’t even breathe hard. The factory installed limiters keep the bike running well within its capabilities. OTOH I’ve never pegged the throttle except once wh...

Pcxdemon wrote: if one wants to cruise at 60 all day long on the Pcx than one has to drop the rpm down at that speed .The way to do it is get ...

... a 150.

FWIW, a PCX in the US has a speedo calibrated accurately. Those sold elsewhere will be about 10% optimistic.

65 would be top speed for me on this feather. At first, cruising the freeway seemed stupid for such a lightweight bike, but it got so much easier with the windshield that now I always take the freeway if I can. I’ve had my 150 up to 68 mph, but never hit the limiter. Cruising speed for me is 60. Ab...

WhiteNoise wrote:Urbanian, Did you find them? 1 1/2 inch - 2" in size?

Nope.
I also thought I might mount them on my windshield, but there is nowhere straight vertical to attach them. Got a set that is adjustable, but they don't adjust enough to give a good rear view.

FritzPinguin wrote: I decided to take the Rucksack and applied one of my cheap ways to attach it securely to my Red Rat.

Brilliant! I'm stealing this!

When I’m out and about I always lock the helmet under the seat. If I’ve been shopping, and the under-seat bucket is full, I hang the helmet on the hook under the seat. My chin strap is short, so I always have to use the strap that came with the bike to secure the helmet. Of course the hook is useles...

Check your local law regarding this. Some states make it legal to proceed as though you are at a flashing red.