Don’t Commute … Scoot!

We may be donating a scooter to this. Watch and see!

The Skin and Steel Motorcycle and Tattoo Extravaganza is billed as “The Biggest and Best Show in the Rochester Area”. Lots of Harleys.

There’s a nice video of last year’s show on their website at http://www.skinandsteel.com/index.html. Check it out!

The Urban Village Scooters grand opening is scheduled for this date. Hooray!

Every scooter and motorcycle rider should take the MSF Basic RiderCourse. The course schedule becomes available on this date. Classes fill up quickly, so sign up early!

Sign up at learn2ride.net.

This is a picture of the Sicily 150 that I own and ride – a lot. I’ve put over 1200 miles on it in less than two months. Other than the fact that it’s a little small for me (my knees sometimes get in the way of the handlebars) it’s worked quite well for me.

When I first got it there was a bit of a dispute over whether I should ride this one, or the St. Croix 250 that I bought at the same time. The St. Croix is a bigger machine, and I was having a bit of a problem handling it. With its longer wheelbase it has a smooter ride, but turning it is more work. Besides, the Sicily is, in my opinion, a more typical “scooter” in the minds of most people.

Anyway, the St. Croix had some electrical problems, so while those were being worked out I started riding the Sicily – and haven’t stopped!

Now that it’s getting cold I wish it had a wind screen, but other than that I have no complaints. With proper clothing (warm gloves, a sweater under my jacket, lined jeans, and a balaklava to keep the wind off my neck) I’ve been able to ride when the temperature was in the 30′s (think five degrees Celsius) without freezing.

Of course, if it were a heaver bike it would be more stable in the wind, but hey! I shouldn’t ride in 50 mph wind gusts, anyway!