But how's the moto? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pax
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But how's the moto? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pax
Gorgeous! But sadly only has 259 miles on the clock. :o If I don't ride it more next summer it's going up for sale, it's too great a bike to languish in the garage.Quote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
So...how's the Duc????
Great! I put about 3000 miles on it on our trip to Seattle this summer. I am almost ready for my 6000 miles service! It is so much fun and so light and easy to ride. I will never be speedy but I am getting more smooth and comfortable on it.
After that long trip, I'm now eyeing the Moto Guzzi Norge for touring.... Of course I am going to be self employed starting beginning of the year and will have NO money but I can dream! :cool:
My SO rides a Guzzi, she LOVES it! Since we got scooters last year the bikes sit a lot though. In a small town it's so much easier to hop on the scooters for running errands than to deal with the heavier (and limited storage space) bikes.Quote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
Have we drifted to gasoline powered bicycles on this thread ? (sigh)
Today was my 100th bicycle commute of the year. That's human powered.
:confused: This thread has drifted to places far less bicycle oriented in the past.
I agree on the scooters - you don't have to get all leathered up. I went into the scooter store this weekend, in fact. I think when DD gets her license she'll probably end up w/a scooter to get to school.
ATGATT gal! (Although I gather that "all the gear" is more in California than it is in the rest of the USA. Here, wearing virgin knee sliders on the street is frowned on. ;))Quote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
I don't have knee sliders, but definitely moto leather w/armor and all the rest every time I get on the Duc. ATGATT for sure. But for a scooter (Vespa, etc.) that you just use for groceries around town (and town really being a town), it's hard to imagine wearing all that.... when I had my Vespa I'd wear capris... :D
Congratulations!! This is exciting!Quote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
Nothing wrong with textile, as long as it has good armor. It's single use, unlike leather which is repairable, is the main thing.
We each have Buddy scooters, I've got an International (150cc) and she's got a regular (125cc), they are more fun than a barrel of monkeys! And I'm rarely ATGATT.Quote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois
Thanks! :) And scary. We shall see. (It's actually been a hellish process - I had to give notice TWICE before ex-partner believed me. I'm just barely out of hiding.)Quote:
Originally Posted by CA_in_NC
On the moto clothes - yeah I also have textile, which is what I used for our long trip - it was SO hot then and the idea of leather was just wrong. But everything's got armor.
I love the Buddy scooters. The guy who owns my gym has one in the lobby. Pax which Guzzi does your SO have?
She rides a lowered Breva 750, it fits her (all 5'1" of her) like a glove.
Love the look of that - remarkably similar to my Duc (which also fits shorter people well). I have no idea how the Norge rides. I just fell in love with the look and after 2500 miles on the somewhat cramped 696, it felt like a great alternative. Some day I will get a touring bike, and the multistrada is too tall for me, as is DH's Ulysses.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pax
I should stop daydreaming bikes and get back to work. :rolleyes:
I actually slept last night. I can't even remember the last time I slep that well. It has probably been about 6-8 months.