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Squids on Scooters
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July 22, 2008 at 6:48 pm #1760AndrewParticipant
So I am out driving at lunch and spot this older guy on a big scooter (Bergman?) riding 1 handed so he can hold his cell phone is his other hand. If you hadn’t already guessed he had no protective equipment on and was at least doing the speed limit in a 35mph zone. It was the usual summer kit of t-shirt, shorts and shoes.
At least the College kids I see on scooters are on smaller scooters and are using both hands. Idiot.
July 23, 2008 at 12:29 am #9131megaspazParticipantheh… lovely… possible future darwin award winner… they’re everywhere…
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around, I want it caught and shot now…July 23, 2008 at 1:55 am #9134AmorylParticipantnow this is Wisconsin, land of no helmets, but… NEVER in all of the scooters I’ve seen on the road, with both male and female riders of all ages from young to old, have I seen a single one of them wear a helmet, or any safety equipment whatsoever. not once. not even a bike helmet, not even one of those helmets that the weird kid always had to wear for when he had an “episode”
nothing! heck I’ve seen little old senior citizen ladies scooting around on these things without anything on their head.like I said though, this is Wisconsin, and on average my count is somewhere around 1 in 8 at best wearing a helmet regardless of what type of bike they’re riding.
July 23, 2008 at 2:52 am #9140megaspazParticipantThey sure are important… but only if you wear ’em right…
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around, I want it caught and shot now…July 23, 2008 at 3:11 am #9144ShannonGParticipantWHERE DID YOU GET THAT PICTURE????? I love it.
July 23, 2008 at 3:25 am #9147megaspazParticipantI seen it before and then just did a google image search for scooter girl wearing helmet wrong… it’s a funny pic, but someone should tell her how to wear that thing right…
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around, I want it caught and shot now…July 23, 2008 at 3:32 am #9148AndrewParticipantI’m in IL and 1 in 8 sounds about right for helmets for any 2 wheeled rider. I have seen some scooter riders wearing helmets but they are usually the half helmet style.
Andrew
July 23, 2008 at 2:34 pm #9161ShannonGParticipantYou probably have a black belt in googlilng……
July 23, 2008 at 3:02 pm #9167WeaponZeroParticipantI live in Pittsburgh and I would say about 2/3 of the people I see riding around here are without a helmet. I’ve also noticed that it’s only other helmet-wearing riders that wave to me as they pass, the helmetless ones don’t. Any connection between courtesy and sensibility there?
July 23, 2008 at 3:19 pm #9169megaspazParticipantAround here, it’s mostly the harley riders that never wave. Not saying that all harley riders never wave to me, just most of them don’t. Sports bike riders, whether the fully geared ones or the not so geared up ones, always either wave or nod. A lot of the goldwing riders don’t wave or nod either. I’ve never gotten the other kind of harley wave yet… The middle finger wave.
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around, I want it caught and shot now…July 23, 2008 at 3:31 pm #9170shagglesParticipantSo are there no helmet laws in WI, PA and IL? We’ve had a helmet law in WA for about 20 or 25 years but I do remember a brief period when there was no helmet law but there was a seat belt law. I always found that really odd.
July 23, 2008 at 3:44 pm #9171BuddParticipantThe Brotherhood of the Road by Shalom Auslander
I love motorcycles, and I love riding. Like many of you, what first drew me to bikes was not just the experience of riding, but the feeling that I’d become part of a special community? a brotherhood, really. Nothing calms me more than a long ride down the interstate, waving to the members of my beloved clan.
Except when I pass Harley guys. I hate Harley guys. Hate, hate, hate. When they pass me on the highway, you know what I do? I don’t wave. With their little tassle handlebars and the studded luggage and the half-helmets? God, they drive me crazy.
You know who else I hate? BMW guys. Oh, I do hate those guys. I don’t wave at them, either. They think they’re so great, sitting all upright, with their 180-degree German engines. God, I hate them.
They’re almost as bad as those old bastards on their touring motorcycles. You know what I call those bikes? “Two-wheeled couches!” Get it? Because they’re so big. They drive around like they’ve got all day. Appreciate the scenery somewhere else, Grampa, and while you’re at it, I’m not waving to you.
Ducati guys? I don’t wave at them either. Why don’t they spend a little more money on their bikes? “You can have it in any color you want, as long as it’s red.” Aren’t you cool! Like they even know what a desmo-whatever engine is, anyway. Try finding the battery, you Italian-wannabe racers! I never, ever wave at those guys.
Suzuki guys aren’t much better, which is why I never wave at them, either. They always have those stupid helmets sitting on top of their stupid heads, and God forbid they should wear any safety gear. They make me so mad. Sometimes they’ll speed by and look over at me and you know what I do? I don’t wave. I just keep on going. Please, don’t get me started on Kawasaki guys. Ninjas? What are you, twelve years old? Team Green my ass. I never wave at Kawasaki guys.
I ride a Honda, and I’ll only wave at Honda guys, but even then, I’ll never wave at a guy in full leathers. Never, never, never. Yeah, like you’re going to get your knee down on the New York Thruway. Nice crotch, by the way.
Guys in full leathers will never get a wave from me, and by the way, neither will the guys in two-piece leathers. And I’ll tell you who else I’m not waving at those guys with the helmets with the loud paintjobs. Four pounds of paint on a two pound helmet? Like I’m going to wave back to that! I’ll also never wave at someone with a mirrored visor. Or helmet stickers. Or racing gloves. Or hiking boots.
To me, motorcycling is a like a family, a close-knit brotherhood of people who ride Hondas, wear jeans and a leather jacket (not Vanson) with regular gloves and a solid-color helmet with a clear visor, no stickers, no racing gloves and regular boots (not Timberlands). And isn’t that what really makes riding so special?”
“I am the best I am at what I do, and what I do ain’t nice.”-Wolverine
July 23, 2008 at 5:00 pm #9176WeaponZeroParticipantPA and FL both have identical helmet laws: you are not required to wear a helmet provided you are not on a learner’s permit and have had your Class M license/endorsement for at least 2 years.
July 23, 2008 at 9:25 pm #9187SaleenDrivaParticipantBudd…thats just hilarious!
July 24, 2008 at 12:57 am #9196JirikiParticipantthis was one of the first times in a while that I actually couldn’t stop myself from laughing out loud in my cube (office)… thanks spaz…
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