The back third of the bus is where the bad kids sit, be careful out there!

Hi Mimpi,  Iv'e seen a couple of Gilera Runners here. Are they still on the market? They seemed to go pretty well for a 200, and according to the owners handled pretty well too. Is the 125 a 2 stroke or 4 stroke? taking it out to 190 would be a big boost either way.

Hey, I always ride in the back of the bus. 

Mama always told me not to look in to the eyes of the sun,
But mama, that's where the fun is.

Quote from: justmeinoz on October 04, 2011, 04:47:00 AM
Hi Mimpi,  Iv'e seen a couple of Gilera Runners here. Are they still on the market? They seemed to go pretty well for a 200, and according to the owners handled pretty well too. Is the 125 a 2 stroke or 4 stroke? taking it out to 190 would be a big boost either way.

We do have Gilera Runners over here but am not keen on the small wheels myself probably due to having driven and owned a few old style Vespas back in Italy. The Liberty 125 is a 4 stroke and iirc Malossi do a kit for that engine. The engine is of course identical mechanically across many air cooled Piaggio and Aprilia 125's hence the availability of kits.

http://www.myscooterparts.co.uk/auto-scooter-tuning-and-performance/malossi-cylinder-kits/scooter/motorcycle/malossi-cylinder-kit-70mm---190cc-for-leader-motors/vm311393/

Quote from: tekla on October 04, 2011, 05:07:15 AM
Hey, I always ride in the back of the bus. 

Mama always told me not to look in to the eyes of the sun,
But mama, that's where the fun is.

Hahaha, sorry of course that should have read "That's where the bad kids and the cool kids sit" 

These babies <3

Er, shouldn't the boots be black? My son used to be into roller skating and there was a strict gender division as regards boot colours: white for girls, black for boys.

http://quadskating.com/images/artistic.jpg

Honda Helix (250cc scooter) + Dodge 3/4 Ton Truck.

The Helix is definitely the more enjoyable ride.  But I love both.  I've driven since my 16th birthday (first day I could take the test for the driver's license here).  Two decades later, I still love driving/riding.  It was a way of getting away from a life that wasn't always fun, a life that didn't seem to want me around all the time.  I think without having been able to "escape" by pointing a vehicle away from home, finding a random road, and just driving it, I think I would have had a lot harder time getting through into my 20s.  So motorized transportation will always be a joy for me, whether it's two wheels, four wheels, or something else.

I'd love to be able to afford to get a pilot's license one day - I did some flight school 15 years ago, and it was the most wonderful way of being somewhere where any problem you are having "down on the ground" can be seen in the proper perspective - as a tiny dot way down on the ground, in a vast world of possibilities and beauty.

Quote from: mimpi on October 04, 2011, 08:39:41 AM
Er, shouldn't the boots be black? My son used to be into roller skating and there was a strict gender division as regards boot colours: white for girls, black for boys.

http://quadskating.com/images/artistic.jpg

I figure I'm already taking my masculinity down a few pegs by rollerskating   

I had purple rollerboots as a kid.

The clamp on ones with metal wheels and needed a skate key when I was young.

Quote from: xander on October 05, 2011, 12:11:08 AM

I figure I'm already taking my masculinity down a few pegs by rollerskating   

No way! They play roller skate hockey in Italy and that's almost as bad as the ice version and one doesn't slide in a fall either.

My son gave it up for football (soccer) as he got teased about it and was intentionally bad at skating. Shame really, I tried to convince him it was a great way to meet girls.

My little Hog!

Lovely!  I miss riding sometimes.  Maybe one day I'll have another midlife crisis and solve it with a motorbike.

I bought a well used Harley shovel head when I graduated high school. It went through 4 different transitions before I finally sold it.
There are days, like today the weather is good, that I wished I still had it. It outlasted many a girlfriend, the bike took precedence.
15 yrs she was mine and always spoke in a way only I understood.

Ativan

Quote from: Pica Pica on September 28, 2011, 03:17:43 PM
I do not, can not, and have no intention to drive.

Busses and trains and feet do me okay.

I've often wondered what it'd be like to live in a city with good public transportation.  Which LA is NOT.

So, I drive a black 1995 Cadillac DeVille.  It's sooooo comfortable.  Of course, I bought it before I discovered my girl side so I'm still considering what my next car will be.......

Scott ATB  (mountain bike).  Fine for getting around the Dorset countryside and getting into town.  The roads are twisty and narrow, so I always see to it that I'm visible, with bright coloured cycle gear. Other hazard is thieves, but I guess this is the same the world over.

My 2005 VZ <3

Quote from: Ember on October 14, 2011, 09:41:09 PM
I've often wondered what it'd be like to live in a city with good public transportation.  Which LA is NOT.

I live in Chicago, and I love public transportation. It gives me a feeling of anonymity, that I can just come and go as part of the crowd. It's also easy to navigate by car, if you're into that kind of thing. Everything's mostly laid out in a neat little grid. Traffic is another story though.

I've often wondered what it'd be like to live in a city with good public transportation.  Which LA is NOT.

It's wonderful, it's marvelous...

A good public transit system, interconnected and set up to accommodate bikes is like living in the future.  I can get from very north Sonoma County to south of San Jose (XX miles north/south), and over to the East Bay, Conta Costa County, say as far out as 50 miles from the coast east/west on a combination of buses, BART (high-speed/high capacity elevated/underground rail system, it's way cool), and Southern Pacific railroad cars - all set up to accommodate bikes, and could add in cable cars and light rail vehicles (a kind of streetcar) which are not set up for bikes.

I don't have to deal with cars, the expense, the focus, the frustration, the expense (I know, I used expense twice, that's because they are really expensive in the end), that really changes your life to move away from that, the world becomes more of a place you live in and less something you pass through.  I'm always meeting people, talking to them, watching them, listening to them - it's very social.