Tuesday, July 25, 2006

"Blow"in in the wind


It's a wonderful feeling when a day that was horribly hot (near 100) and muggy can turn into a crisp cool ride that night.

A quick trip to drop off a movie, Blow, can turn into a nice ride. I do have to admit my wife looks pretty good sitting on my scooter. She's going to have to learn how to ride her one day...cuz come on what's sexier than a hot chick on a hot ride.

Monday, July 24, 2006

The joy


Sometimes I feel silly owning a scooter that I rarely get to ride anymore, I feel like a scooter poser which is pretty sad if you think of those two words...scooter and poser.

BUT, then I get a chance to ride again, even just a short ride down to a local coffee shop to do homework assignment after homework assignment...and I remember how free you feel on a scooter and how when you are riding you get to clear your mind of everything...there is only one thing on your mind and thats riding. Riding and of course not dying.

At my old job I loved my scooter rides home to and from work. Those rides were the only time during the day that I was unreachable...I couldn't pick up my cell phone, I couldn't answer questions that I've answered before. I just got to ride and smile.

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Embrancing the new


So, I was discussing my little blog with my wife and she came up with a good idea. Since I can't devote a really large amount of time working on my Vespa I might as well also blog about the rides on my working modern scooter. So, along with the trials and tribulations of restoring my 1978 P200E, I'm also going to start logging my rides on my 2001 Aprila Mojito Custom 50. Strangely enough I haven't taken a pic of my ride so here is a stock photo of her, "The Mojito."

Monday, July 03, 2006

Wires!



Ok, so it's been over 6 months since last posted and 6 months since I've touched my P200E.

I finally got my paint right and I'm starting to run the old wires through the frame. This is a serious pain in the ass. The funny thing I did some googling on running wires and I end up finding my own blog and man was it not helpful.

So if you know anything about wiring and know of any good guides or wiring diagrams outside of the standard diagrams that require electrical engineering degrees let me know.

Hopefully I'll spend some more time on the scoot, but with work and school, it's going to be tough.