Hi, just discovered this sub, let me know if I ever share off-topic carousels by mistake! I love them all and have way too many pictures. Last week I visited the 1911 Hershell-Spillman carousel in Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley CA :-)
Side quest - scooter ride up foggy hills to the local vintage 1911 Herschell-Spillman Carousel.
Went in search of a carousel animal that reminded me of my scooter :-)
I created a Proton Drive folder from my Duo plan, and added collaborators with Edit permission. Some of them have proton emails, some not.
One collaborator is claiming they cannot rename files that they create. They go to the context menu (arrow) beside the file name and the options are not there. This person is using a proton email and working from a PC.
Has anyone else experienced this?
I think all the collaborators are using the web interface on computers (not desktop app, not phones/ tablets).
So cool to discover a new place while riding. This is six miles from my apartment, and in six years I've never been here.
Also this ride completed my first 100 street miles!
Got something done on the plane today between bouts of turbulence!
So I will be moving cross country, and planning that the scooter comes along in the 5x5x8 U-Haul we'll have.
I towed the U-Haul 4x4x8 a few years ago and I seem to recall, the internal structure to tie to isn't that great. I wish it had e-clips like a U-Pack pod, instead it has smooth rectangular bars that are horizontal and not even that great to hold the hook of a ratchet strap in a favorable direction.
The scooter weighs 200 lbs, so it could do some damage sliding/ rolling into other items (and damage to its own fenders).
So what would you plan, I'm assuming:
- Get some wheel chocks
- Travel on both tires, not on center stand, so the shocks take up the bumps
- Should I tie both brake handles?
- Lock the front wheel at its angle or leave it straight?
As for strapping it, I wonder can I tighten it up against one side of the trailer. There won't be a way to strap it with downward force. There won't be much room left over to have straps running much in front of or behind, we have a lot of other stuff to pack in there. If I put it in the center, even with boxes surrounding it, there won't be a good way to strap it to anything. I feel like it would repeatedly mash into everything around it.
Or should it face sideways and not forward, in the trailer?
Thanks!
Everything is so new. I took the riding course three weeks ago, and lucked into a bike I wanted to buy just two weeks ago.
As of this week:
I had a binder clip with me, to fasten my ballot envelope in the front pocket. When I paid the meter for parking, I was like, what do I do with this parking receipt.... Oooohh!
The binder clip is now standard equipment for my scooter :-)
I need lots of practice. I'm not the fastest at learning this. Something awkward happens absolutely every time I go out, whether it's a bigger paving bump than I expected or someone encroaching my lane to pass me or misjudging my rear view and getting yelled at for changing lanes too slow and close to them. Safe so far but I need a lot more practice.
Drove it home from the dealer today.
Sorry for unglamorous photo setting!
2955 miles on it :-)
Oops! "Compagno" 110i
damage pictured for a 2007 Buddy in a Craigslist ad
Hi! New rider (just took a motorcycle safety course and about to get the license) searching for a starter scooter to buy. I liked the Honda Metropolitan I rode in the class.
In this CL ad for a 2007 Genuine Buddy, they call the damage "superficial" and say the scooter runs perfectly and has never been in an accident.
I haven't contacted them yet for the story of how it happened. Does it seem plausible that something could crunch into the front and break this much plastic but not harm the frame or bend or twist it? Like could someone slowly back a car against it and stop when they hear the crunch?
This bike costs about half what all the other comparable ones in my area are listed for. This listing is $850, and the other Buddys and Metros are in the $1500-$2200 range, variously from 2002 to 2022. There are some Vinos out here too, they are in the $1200-$1500 range, model years 2006-2009.
Re: this Buddy, in the rest of the pictures everything looks good and the ad says "clean title" and shows a VIN report page from online.
All thoughts appreciated.
Today was day 2 of our moto class: 8 motorcycles and 4 scooters. Each day we had morning classroom and afternoon range. CMSP (California Motorcycle Safety Program) course.
I passed! The range test will sub for a driver's test at CA DMV, I can now take the written test and get an M1 license. I learned on a Metropolitan, it was fun!
Is it money pit time? Maybe I get the license, update my insurance, and buy gloves and a helmet so I can test drive used scoots in the area.
Of course I'm not even close to having the experience of taking a corner at road speed. How do people do it? More classes? Parking lot practice? Slow neighborhood streets then keep pushing the comfort zone to faster places? All of the above?
