Solace in a Scooter
Thursday, 7. August 2008, 15:07:04
So I am still pondering how to go about and write my incredibly horrible review of the overly large and uncaring Progressive Insurance, in the meanwhile I have found solace in my scooter.
I am not sure what it is about riding a two wheeled vehicle that is so enjoyable. Perhaps its the wind blowing past you or the freedom you get from laying out a hard turn. I know that for me it doesn't stop there. As I type this my rather new scooter (with a lot of love on it, 2600 miles of love so far) is in the shop getting "tuned". The engine is being upgraded to 70cc with a Malossi cylinder kit, the matching carbon fibre reeds will be installed to make it run well. I am having a handmade Leo Vince Exhaust installed as well with roller weights and clutch springs to match. I think a replacement performance clutch might be the next step for the internals of my super 9. I think what I love about this is the fact that I can essentially hot rod out my scooter for a mere fraction of the price of tuning a car or even a motorcycle for that matter. Currently my scooter looks like this:
The next step that I have planned for my scooter is to strip off most of the factory decals and replace them with custom ones and performance decals to coincide with the parts being put on my scoot. Not to give off the whole secret before I actually have it ready to show off but I think I am going to stick with the stock colors because I really like them and then I plan on ordering up some large vinyl skull decals in either white or chrome and place them at the front of the scoot, cutting the excess off as it over hangs. We'll see how this works out. It's hard to describe exactly what I am thinking but I have a good picture in my head.
I am not sure what it is about riding a two wheeled vehicle that is so enjoyable. Perhaps its the wind blowing past you or the freedom you get from laying out a hard turn. I know that for me it doesn't stop there. As I type this my rather new scooter (with a lot of love on it, 2600 miles of love so far) is in the shop getting "tuned". The engine is being upgraded to 70cc with a Malossi cylinder kit, the matching carbon fibre reeds will be installed to make it run well. I am having a handmade Leo Vince Exhaust installed as well with roller weights and clutch springs to match. I think a replacement performance clutch might be the next step for the internals of my super 9. I think what I love about this is the fact that I can essentially hot rod out my scooter for a mere fraction of the price of tuning a car or even a motorcycle for that matter. Currently my scooter looks like this:
The next step that I have planned for my scooter is to strip off most of the factory decals and replace them with custom ones and performance decals to coincide with the parts being put on my scoot. Not to give off the whole secret before I actually have it ready to show off but I think I am going to stick with the stock colors because I really like them and then I plan on ordering up some large vinyl skull decals in either white or chrome and place them at the front of the scoot, cutting the excess off as it over hangs. We'll see how this works out. It's hard to describe exactly what I am thinking but I have a good picture in my head.
WIDGETIZE
Santa Furie # 7. August 2008, 15:23
Jon # 13. August 2008, 15:58