ScooterKim wrote:you know what the COOLEST thing is here?? look at where we're all from... Spain, Scotland, Australia, Thailand, Romania, the United States: GA, SD, IN, TN, DE, PA, ... and then we have You You who is from the Center of the Universe... anyway, what I'm getting at is the wide range of area we cover here. and, what do we all have in common, is our PCX's!
for the record, I think a Scooter is more acceptable by the 4 wheeled drivers in Pa. they don't feel intimidated by a scooter, let alone a woman driving a scooter, as they would a Harley. drivers wave for me to go first at stop signs, most motorcycle drivers wave (not sure if that's because I'm a woman and they get a kick out of seeing a woman driving a scooter or motorcycle), and people ask me all the time about my PCX. then again I live in Carlisle, which is not a Phila or Pittsburgh.
Hey GeezyRider, when I lived in OC, NJ, we used to call them Shoobies... old old name as they (the tourists) were so cheap they would bring their lunch in a shoe box when they visited the beach for the day.
You have caught on as to why I started this topic. It is not to complain about the idiots that I may run accross here in sticksville SD, but more to find out how it is every where else. I know Italy embraces scooters. I know Thailand and Japan, China do also. Much of this is do to economic and population reasons, also the way the streets and highways are made, traffic conjestion, etc. It is nice to hear from all over the world how others percieve our choices to own and ride these bikes.
I have owned some sort of scooter for almost ten years now. I dont care about the heckling I recieve at work or in public. I ride becuase I enjoy it. I like seeing something as little as a 280 lb scooter be able to go 60+ mph. It surprises other motorists all the time and destroys their "I dont want to be stuck behind the slow scooter guy" mentality. I enjoy spending $4.09 a week for gas instead of $25.00 +. Parking is so much easier with my PCX and most of the time I get front row spots. Whether its commuting to and from work or out on the highway just seeing the landscape I love every minute of it, even last week when I got caught in the rain storm.
Here the riding season is short, I have perhaps two more months of riding and then its storrage time. I will miss my PCX durring our long winters, but have something to look forward to again in April or May.