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Post by ccprof on Aug 25, 2010 5:03:05 GMT -6
Update - I got the plastic off and the ignition switch out. Fork is unlocked and the scoot's off the trailer and in the garage. I need to order a new switch. I also found that some of the plastic where the front leg shield and the "floor" connect on the left side are shattered. Don't know how that happened, wasn't like that the last I looked (last year). Don't know if I can fix or need to order new. Oh well - looks like I'm out of action for a few weeks .
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Post by ccprof on Aug 24, 2010 5:37:19 GMT -6
mthomas - she's just that - a very good friend and a wonderful person. We have never ridden together. We worked together for almost 7 years. I was responsible for the counties west of the Susquehanna, she had the eastern counties. She's a nurse and did first aid on the guy who got hurt.
Update - I got all the front plastic off yesterday. Had to work between rainstorms. Hopefully I can get the fork unlocked today and get the scoot of the trailer. I'll probably need a new ignition switch.
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Post by ccprof on Aug 23, 2010 14:21:45 GMT -6
Good luck John. I have my whole front plastic off trying to get to my fork lock. It would help if it stopped raining!
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Post by ccprof on Aug 23, 2010 5:25:06 GMT -6
Scooterran - The event was on the west side - in the suburbs of Camp Hill, just off Rtes 11&15. It's held the next to last weekend in August. When I was talking about the scoot on the river island, I was being lazy. It's not the river, it's actually Conodoquinet Creek. There were somewhere between 120 and 150 scoots registered, I'm not sure of the final count because some registered at the door. Every thing from old & new mopeds, classic shifting scoots like Cushmans and newer scoots from 50's up through 650's. Quite a collection. Folks came from as far away as Conn. My wife asked why the trophy was so oddly shaped - those are supposed to be the cooling towers at TMI. Does anybody know how to unlock a stuck fork lock?  ? |
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Post by ccprof on Aug 22, 2010 14:22:41 GMT -6
Thanks KC! I didn't mention or have pix of the naked guy on the slip and slide last night or the China scoot sitting on an island in the river this morning. Evidently some folks had a lot of the free beer last night.
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Post by ccprof on Aug 22, 2010 13:42:29 GMT -6
OK folks - I went to the TMISC Meltdown. Nothing went as planned. I went down to U-Haul to pick-up a motorcycle trailer on Friday. It would have been too heavy for my vehicle so I had to go with a smaller utility trailer. I rolled out of here at 6:30 Saturday morning so I could be there for the group ride. Stopped a couple times to check the load - all ok. Got down there at about 9:30, grabbed a couple guys and unloaded. Unhooked the trailer.The ride was supposed to leave at 11. A little after 10, my former co-worker and good friend, Debbie calls my cell and says her Vespa keeps dying on her. She just got it back from the shop after starting problems and has only put about 100 miles on it. She asked if anybody could come get her. I hook the trailer back up, follow her directions and drive right by her. As I was leaving, the group ride took off. Anyhow I get her back to the rally and we sit around until about 3 when the riders get back. They then had people walking around looking at scoots and voting for their favorites. There is good old Exie, the Korean Komet sitting in a herd of Vespas, Burgies and Silver Wings. Debbie says "Lots of people are walking around and looking at your bike". We walked over to the "events". A gymkana which was fun to watch except for the guy on the moped who wiped out on a ramp and dislocated his shoulder along with various cuts and bruises. Next was a slow race - boring. Finally they had the "family ride" where you start with 3 on a scoot and go about 100 feet. As each round progresses, you add a rider. They finally shut it down when there were 2 teams with 10 on the scoots - A Helix (Cheated - used little kids) and a Silver Wing. The S'wing team won on a coin toss. After dinner, they announced awards and the partying started. A guy named Tom from Scootertronics worked on Deb's Vespa, had it running then it died and we couldn't restart it. I drove her home in the SUV. Her B&M dealer was at the rally and taking it back to the shop this morning. Got to my motel at about 10:30 and checked in. Went to the room they gave me and the key card wouldn't work. Tried a couple times then the door flies open and a guy starts yelling about me having the wrong room. Finally got that straight. Went back to the rally this morning and loaded up. Drove home through heavy rain and the scoot is now soaked. Somehow when we were loading, the ignition switch got stuck and now the fork is locked and we can't get it off the trailer. Have to deal with that tomorrow. Overall, it was a very frustrating trip but I should say the people were really great. Oh - I won the Best of Show trophy with the most votes. Here's some pix Lining up for voting   10 people on a Helix - he was actually plowing with his center stand.  Putting 10 on a S'wing  Deb and her Vespa and me and Exie  And the winner is -   |
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Post by ccprof on Aug 20, 2010 12:34:23 GMT -6
Josh - that's his "project scooter" he's getting a jump on his rat bike! Sorry Rich - couldn't resist! LOL everybody!
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Post by ccprof on Aug 20, 2010 10:16:30 GMT -6
Rich - you probably strip a little more off it!
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Post by ccprof on Aug 19, 2010 5:27:16 GMT -6
Up here, they're considered fur bearers and its illegal just to shoot them. The Game Commission will give you live traps that are designed so they can't lift their tails and spray. The GC will take them far away and release them.
Downside - up here they're a major source of rabies.
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Post by ccprof on Aug 18, 2010 9:08:09 GMT -6
The Three Mile Island Scooter Club is having the annual rally in Camp Hill PA. They're heavily Vespa but some of their members ride other makes. I'm going to try and get down there. Is anyone else going?
I'll post a link to their site in the clubs and meets section.
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Post by ccprof on Aug 18, 2010 8:58:15 GMT -6
Can't help. I have an extension on mine as do a lot of other folks.
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Post by ccprof on Aug 18, 2010 6:31:21 GMT -6
Wow - sorry I opened that subject up!
PA roadkills - the game wardens used to pick them up but then the state started contracting the work out. A few years ago, PennDot evidently paved over a dead deer. After a public stink, (pun intended) their spokesperson said it was "not official PennDot policy to pave over dead animals".
That happened down ZugZug's way.
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Post by ccprof on Aug 17, 2010 13:07:17 GMT -6
Maybe they're suicidal? Beats me - we have at least 3 running around the back yards. They don't normally move all that fast but they can run. I don't think their eyesight is very good.
You're right - they only spray when frightened or in the case of roadkills, when their scent glands are crushed. The neighbor shot at one with a BB gun the other night and must of hit it. The whole neighborhood stunk all night. We saw one last night and he said he wasn't going to shoot at it. I think his wife laid down the law.
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Post by ccprof on Aug 17, 2010 9:18:52 GMT -6
I had a couple errands to run and its a beautiful day so I rode. On the way up to the college, I hit the red light and stopped within smelling distance of a 2 day old dead skunk. Coming back from the tax collector's, I got stuck a stoplight right beside a garbage truck - GAG!   |
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Post by ccprof on Aug 17, 2010 9:15:18 GMT -6
Today, I rode over to the tax collectors to pay my property taxes. As I was getting off the scoot, the parked by me asked "Is that like a Vespa?". I explained that the concept was the same and proceeded to explain why the Xpeed was so different than your basic Vespa.
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