Archive for February, 2007
orange you glad you washed your hands?
0 Comments Published by Crystal February 27th, 2007 in scooters.A couple of months ago, Zogics company owner Paul LeBlanc sent me samples of his company’s latest product, the CitraWipe citrus hand wipe. With the cold weather, I haven’t been out working on my scooter at all, and haven’t had a chance to try CitraWipe, but a bit of sewing machine repair today got me […]
A Convenient Win: One more reason to proudly ride a scooter.
5 Comments Published by Crystal February 26th, 2007 in news & gossip.Whew. I’m back home, and back to work. It seems so strange to lose someone that I care about and having the world keep going after they pass away.
I wasn’t up for watching the Oscars last night, but watching the morning national news, I see that An Inconvenient Truth won for best documentary.
Watch it. Whether […]
Just a quick note to let you know that I’ve been away with limited online access, and will be back later this week. - Crystal
Vote for me! 2007 MBI Riders Choice Awards
4 Comments Published by Crystal February 13th, 2007 in news & gossip.Voting for the 2007 Motorcycle Bloggers International awards is now open and will remain open until March 12th. Come on over and vote for the best and worst of the motorcycling world for the year 2006. I’m proud to say that girlbike.com is a finalist for ‘Best motorcycle or scooter blog.’ Not that I’m […]
20,000 mile photo gallery: Rupert Wilson-Young
4 Comments Published by Crystal February 6th, 2007 in riders, travel & touring.I don’t think I’ve ever met any scooterist who didn’t say they wish they could go on a long scooter trip one of these days. But often, there are reasons that get in the way: It takes too much time, I could never do that, my scooter is too small, I don’t want to do […]
a vision in white: Burgman with a sidecar
7 Comments Published by Crystal February 4th, 2007 in upgrades & performance.Here’s something you don’t see every day: A Suzuki Burgman with a sidecar. If you had suggested it would make a nice combo, I’d probably say no way. But reading through the thread over on Modern Vespa about Curt Fargo’s side car installation made me a believer, and incredibly envious. Read all about the transformation […]
for the long haul: custom Zugster Bags
0 Comments Published by Crystal February 1st, 2007 in accessories.I “met” Zugster Bags designer/founder/owner Adam Alpern through a design-entrepreneur forum, and wrote to him to ask if I could share a couple of pictures of his custom-made bike bags here on girlbike. Designed for bike messengers, they would work just as well for hauling goodies on a scooter. Since the work is custom, you […]




















