Posted by flynrider via MotorcycleKB.com on April 26, 2007, 4:39 pm
Steve T wrote:
>It's the sissy scooter you're riding. Get a manly one like mine!
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Hey Steve, is this your motorcycle?
http://s94153639.onlinehome.us/motorcycles/powerpuff_motorcycle_00.jpg
John
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Posted by Steve T on April 26, 2007, 4:56 pm
:Hey Steve, is this your motorcycle?
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:http://s94153639.onlinehome.us/motorcycles/powerpuff_motorcycle_00.jpg
That one's way too big and scary. This one is more my speed.
http://www.48pan.com/images/corazzo.jpg
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Posted by Bob Mann on April 26, 2007, 6:02 pm
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 18:30:06 GMT, "Albrecht via MotorcycleKB.com"
>And, in England, there was friction between "mods", who were scooter-riding
>geeks wearing 3 piece suits and "rockers", who rode motorcycles while clad in
>leather.
>Like, who's "kewl" there?
>I vaguely remember a strange movie called "Quadrophrenia" where one of the
>geeky characters had a motorscooter with at least four rearview mirrors on it,
>and I seem to recall that
>the "war" between mods and rockers was depicted in the film.
I was there at the time.
There was more than just friction.
It was ugly, real ugly.
It was all a bit Clockwork Orange really.
Characatures fighting each other.
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Posted by Blazing Laser on April 27, 2007, 3:15 am
I was going to mention the Mods vs Rockers thing but Albrecht beat me
to it. Scooters were very 'in' in the 60s for geeky guys. They
dressed them up with as many as 20 rearview mirrors and lots of
chrome.
I was on a day trip last year, way out in the country, following a
road that winds along a meandering river, when I saw about 30 scooters
coming the other way. Apparently they were some kind of organized
tour. I waved at all of them, and some waved back. They couldn't see
the huge grin inside my full-face helmet. I was thinking at the time
that my first bike was a scooter, a Lambretta, which I used to take on
long day trips. But you don't see that much anymore.
Posted by David Steuber on April 27, 2007, 10:59 pm
> The best conversation we had was with an old guy on a Bergman.
> We all thought it was a pretty cool scooter and considering his age
> (70s) we thought he was pretty cool too.
I remember looking at a used Bergman 400 at my dealer. The thing had
a longer wheel base than my "real" motorcycle. I think it also had
more cargo capacity than the Geo Metro I used to have.
I wonder at what point the scooter designation is a mere technicality
because some of the silverwings have the same size engine as my bike.
I've seen some very cool scooter vids and I don't think I'll ever be
making fun of them.
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