Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Welcome
Welcome to my blog. I am here to chronicle the daily grind of riding a scooter on my daily commute. For those of you who are unfamiliar with scooters they basically come in two varieties. There is the hand shift style like the old Vespa's and Lambrettas. And there is the CVT transmission like the Honda's and Yamaha's and also most modern scoots.
I own one of each. I own a 2002 Bajaj Legend that has been my daily rider for almost a year and a half now. In fact two weeks after buying it, there was a big flood here in Houston and I had to push it most of the way home. I rode it most days, there are very few days I will not ride, for the last year or so.
I also own a 1989 Yamaha Riva 200, that I have owned for about 4 months now. This bike needs a lot of love and care to keep it running, currently it is not running. I bought it used from our local scooter shop so I could have a cheap ride while the Bajaj was out of commission. There is a lot of work yet to be done on it. Here is the short list:
New Tires(bought but only 1 installed)
New Muffler(bought but not installed)
New Air Filter (still in planning phase)
Clean the Carburetor
Clean and repair the electrical system
So I will keep you up to date on what I do to get this Riva running.
As a scooter commuter I believe that scooters should be maintained and repaired by the owner of that scooter. We should not have to depend on a shop that overcharges for labor, in most cases more than auto shops, just to keep our machines up and running.
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I own one of each. I own a 2002 Bajaj Legend that has been my daily rider for almost a year and a half now. In fact two weeks after buying it, there was a big flood here in Houston and I had to push it most of the way home. I rode it most days, there are very few days I will not ride, for the last year or so.
I also own a 1989 Yamaha Riva 200, that I have owned for about 4 months now. This bike needs a lot of love and care to keep it running, currently it is not running. I bought it used from our local scooter shop so I could have a cheap ride while the Bajaj was out of commission. There is a lot of work yet to be done on it. Here is the short list:
New Tires(bought but only 1 installed)
New Muffler(bought but not installed)
New Air Filter (still in planning phase)
Clean the Carburetor
Clean and repair the electrical system
So I will keep you up to date on what I do to get this Riva running.
As a scooter commuter I believe that scooters should be maintained and repaired by the owner of that scooter. We should not have to depend on a shop that overcharges for labor, in most cases more than auto shops, just to keep our machines up and running.
¶ 10:47 AM
