This is an updated version of last spring’s story, spring riding hazards: what to watch for. As I mentioned last time, chances are these things don’t all happen only in the spring, but since a lot of you, like me, haven’t been on the scooter for awhile, I hope that my list will help you […]

As the temperature snuck up to near 60 today, Dwayne helped me dig the scooter out of storage. Yes, that’s snow in the background. I charged up the battery, pumped up the tires, ungunked the brake cables, put on the license plate, and put on my favorite scooter seat cover. It took three tries to […]

I found a pair of Joe Rocket Ballistic men’s gloves in the garage that I bought for my son. He only wore them once because he doesn’t like them. These are men’s gloves or for a woman with large hands - they are Men’s size 11 ( Size XL), and they are red […]

Before I got obsessed by scooters, I was obsessed with bicycles. And when I was obsessed with bicycles and moved to Vermont from San Francisco a few years ago, I started winter riding. I was trying to straighten up archived photos on my computer and found this fuzzy photo of my winter bike taken in […]

What do you get when you take a 60-inch round vinyl tablecloth, some scrap fleece material, a piece of nylon strap, some velcro, and several large stainless metal washers? If you guessed a homemade lap apron, you’re right!
I live in the desert, and despite popular belief it can get pretty darn cold in New Mexico. […]

If you’re having a tough time taking in all the snow, I challenge you to make a Frostina the Scootergirl.
Here’s mine, with my Met. I must admit that I did this a couple of years ago when I didn’t have wee ones to chase around. Today I probably wouldn’t have the energy to […]

On an average day with five minutes to myself the answer to the question to scoot, or not to scoot? would be a resounding, “Heck, yeah, I’m gonna scoot!” However, the tricky part right now is that I’m nine weeks pregnant.
With my little guy, Nicky, I rode until about twelve weeks, but transportation […]

I’m having a fine day. My little Met started up s–l—o–w–l–y after about 10+ days of truly frozen garage life (must have been ebbing battery power minute by minute). I urged it, I prayed, I baby-talked and it finally sputtered and ran. I blipped the throttle just a bit until it didn’t die and it […]

This is my view out the back door today. We’re expecting a few inches of snow, and a few have already fallen. It might be a little too late in the season to talk about winterizing, but that’s because I’ve been in denial about this whole snow thing (I know, I know, I was born […]

Fall is really officially here up in the northeast. Most folks have put their two-wheels away for the season, but I’ve been seeing some diehard motorcyclists nearly every day. Today is suppose to be in the mid 60s, so I hope to be able to get enough work done to be able to take advantage […]