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Title of Scooter in the Sticks: "Scooter-in-the-Sticks - Exploring life on a Vespa Scooter and Royal Enfield Himalayan motorcycle."
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Text Messages “I’m honda trailing to grange if u want to tag along for the ride” Verbatim from Paul. Capitalization and punctuation aren’t required to understand the offer. While I have no desire to go to the Grange Fair it would be nice to get out of the house and go for a ride. That’s […]
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The Creeping Battery Concerns Press the starter, a moment of hesitation, and then the engine turns over and my Vespa GTS starts. That hesitation is a familiar signal that the battery is nearing the end of its service life. When I put the scooter on the Battery Tender and the light remained RED I knew […]
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Making Friends A young man I know complains how hard it is to meet people. To make friends. For me, friendships have all developed from common interests. Years ago it was hiking and backpacking. Then photography, and now riding. I’d like to tell that young man he is unlikely to find friends at bars, playing […]
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In the Mirror A few years ago, just before turning 70, I looked in the mirror and acknowledged I’m getting old. Not an admission of failure or surrender, but rather an acceptance of reality and the need to make some adjustments. Especially as it pertains to riding. While still able to ride bigger motorcycles I […]
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Overlooked Places Just a mile or so to the right in this photograph is a road I’ve ridden or driven a hundred times or more. Somehow I never realized another world existed just over the hill. Sitting in my living room the previous evening with my good friend Google Maps I discovered some roads I […]
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