Archive for January, 2006
scooterseatcovers.com is one year old!
1 Comment Published by Crystal January 30th, 2006 in news & gossip, scooter seat covers.Wow, I can’t believe that my scooter seat cover company is one year old! To celebrate, shipping is only $1 (usually it’s $7 minimum) until February 10 for all U.S. destinations. Since late January 2005, I’ve had customers from all over the U.S., Canada, South America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. I started out making just […]
the birthday girl and her People 150
3 Comments Published by Crystal January 26th, 2006 in accessories, cold weather riding, scooters.Lisa sent me a couple photos of her friend Shelly, who celebrated part of her 55th birthday January 24 on her scooter. Happy Belated birthday, Shelly! Both Lisa and Shelly are members of the North Texas Scooter Club based in Dallas, Texas. Shelly was on her way to Scooters of Dallas - presumably […]
the new 2006 CL-15 HJC Session
2 Comments Published by Crystal January 23rd, 2006 in helmets, pink stuff.Finally, HJC has a pink helmet! And it has flames!
Don’t worry, the CL-15 Session comes in other colors, too - red, dark blue, sky blue, green, gray, and yellow.
I’m hoping to order a red one through Waters Performance to go with my red/black/white Joe Rocket Reactor S jacket. Yep, I got a red/black/white Reactor jacket […]
goodbye to a classic: the Bajaj Chetak
2 Comments Published by Crystal January 19th, 2006 in news & gossip, scooters.Lynn’s Bajaj Chetak with one of my seat covers.
The rumor around the scooter-forum water coolers is true: The Chetak will no longer be around after 2006. As a matter of fact, even though Bajaj Auto is still making scooters, Bajaj USA has already changed its name to Argo USA. The company is still distributing, selling […]
winter scootering innovations: do-it-yourself lap apron +
2 Comments Published by Crystal January 13th, 2006 in accessories, cold weather riding, how-to, travel & touring.David sent me a photo of his winter scooter setup, which includes handlebar mitts, home-made lap apron, and scooter trailer. The handlebar mitts are Arctic Cat brand altered to fit his Honda Metropolitan: David made a hole for the Met mirrors with a pencil soldering iron in the ripstop nylon. Take off your mirrors, slip […]
Lisa sent me this photo of her in her Joe Rocket Reactor jacket from New Enough. It’s a good thing she got the mesh version, because she’s totally hot! Thanks, Lisa for the pic! (Hubby Charles gets the photo credit.)
By the way, if you’ve ordered from New Enough and have an account with them, and […]
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I just got home from the post office, which seemed more crowded with people trying to buy 2 cent stamps than the day before Christmas and last April 15 combined. At the last minute, I decided to come home for the first time on the split, four-lane […]
pssst…. super deal on a cool jacket
2 Comments Published by Crystal January 5th, 2006 in apparel, cold weather riding, deal alert!.Rather than wistfully looking out the window at my scooters again this morning, I figured I might as well cheer myself up with a little window shopping since I can’t actually get outside to ride. I’ve been wanting to get a cool-weather coat with armor (my Cleo is really for summer), so I thought I’d […]




















