Uncle Punk

Horses, horses, are you kidding me, you have found the most expensive hobby I can think of. Say goodbye to the ST soon. Your only hope for riding is to get a scooter so you can bring it with you to show grounds.

Is this bike going to be replaced or are you just going to be riding the ST?

We had eight scooters and Gregg (littlecarbsbigsmiles) on the GS500 riding sweep, lead, cameraman pass the whole group to get action pictures, pre ride scout and Millersburg organizer. He actually did most of the heavy lifting I was very busy last week and wasn't thinking about the ride very much. We had five of us leave from the original starting spot. Slowroller (Rick) who I had never met with a buddy of his (Roy) who is well known in the local scooter community (I have heard stories about him while hanging out at the scooter store looking for accessories.) They were on the fastest two wheel scooters of the group with Vespa 300s. Scratcher was on his tricked out big bore little Ruckus dressed in full racing leathers and the most entertaining of us all, watching him overachieve with that thing is very fun and scary at the same time. The steering geometry on that thing wasn't meant to handle the speeds it was achieving let alone doing it in curves on rough roads. Justin was on a 150cc scooter that is one of the many scooters in Scratchers stable. Justin is a fast group sport bike rider and I bet it was frustrating for him to be stuck out back most of the day, especially when there is nothing he could do about it when the thing is pinned the whole time. My 250 was probably the third fastest two wheeled scooter on the ride and handles surprisingly well. I found the hard parts scraping limit on right hand turns but not the left. This is a new experience trying to keep a scooter group together on our way to Millersburg. Justin on the 150 had a max speed of 60 on level ground so passing was out of the question, well almost. The key is you just look for a downhill grade to give you an extra 10 to 20MPH. We were lucky that traffic was light, I only made one pass that everyone couldn't make and we arrived in Millersburg by my ETA. Gregg had a group of four waiting for us in Millersburg, mostly family riding out of the household stable. Big Speazy (Zach) is on a little 125 and it just so happens that he was the biggest one of us. He is also a very good sport bike rider and I bet it was very frustrating riding that thing. I'm sorry but I can't remember Gregg's wife’s and Zach’s mothers name but she was there riding along with us with her pink jacket keeping up with us taking away our self image of the bad boy scooter gang. I may get this name wrong but Mike was there on a Piaggio MP3 500. That thing is so cool to watch corner when the front wheels split up and down it's amazing how much extension is built into the front end of that thing. We now start out on our entertainment portion of our ride, 83 from Millersburg to Coshocton is our first chance to hit some curves. Fuck, there's a god damned semi in front of us with absolutely no chance to pass it so this will be a slow ride to Coshocton. I would slow way down to let the semi get out of sight then pin it go only to be right up behind the semi in three curves, repeat the whole accordion several more times to Coshocton. The truck stayed on 16 so we had a clear road to New Concord. We arrive at the gas stop earlier than my ETA only to find no one there to join our group. We were gassed up and ready to leave by ten till noon but we waited until noon before we departed just in case anyone might make it to join us but no one did. Now I find out that we start out on the slowest scooter ride our matriarch had ever been on, how’s that for an ego buster. I really love the section of 83 from 146 to 78 riding a sport bike; the road is new within the last two years so it is smooth and fast. On a scooter it's full throttle the whole way; fun no doubt but requires little skill. When I planned the route I wanted to get to the river and back riding back roads with the route being as simple as possible going down so that if anyone joined the ride but decided that riding that far on a scooter was retarded they could just turn around and ride back on one road. When 83 meets 60 down close to Beverly I decided to take 339 to 7 so we would accomplish our goal of making it to the river but be close to 555 so we could start our trip back home. For anyone reading this that is out on a sport bike looking for good roads 339 can be avoided. It is boring but served our purpose to get to the river quickly. We get to 7 and our gas stop in very reasonable time without any complaints about what a mistake this ride has been so all is good. When I met Roy the seasoned scooter rider at our original meeting spot he wisely told me that he might not make it to the river with us and would be peeling off at sometime depending on how he felt. I assumed he was going to check out this bunch of scooter riding rookies and if we were lacking he intended to go off and entertain himself. Roy was still with the group so I took that as a good sign. Now he had no choice but to stay with us because we had done all the hard work getting down to this point, it would be a shame to let the best scooter road on our route go without slaying it. Up 555 we go, now this is where scooters shine, it felt like the perfect road for these machines. The guys on the smaller scooters could keep up with the faster ones and really made the whole trip worthwhile. On a sport bike this road is scary as hell with blind rises that will launch your front in the air, dirty curves that make you slow down to give yourself an out, just constantly on your toes looking out for the road to try to throw you off of it. Some people enjoy it some don't, I happen to like it but I know not everyone I ride with share the same fondness for it and with good reason. It's a whole different ride on a scooter and I can't recommend it enough, forty miles of smiles if you start at the bottom and go north. We did have an incident on 555 and until we know the guys status, he posts the details or gives someone else permission to post details we won't discuss it too much. He did eventually make it to a hospital after he rode for 30 miles. The group went on from Zanesville without three of us so I would like to hear how that went.

I am home and need some recovery time. Nice to meet the folks I haven't before and hope all are well. Will post more later.

See everyone at the meeting spot. This may be the last time I get to check this thread until after the ride.

Have you seen me?

I've been told that more than once.

I have updated the first post and will check in this thread in the morning. If anyone from the Columbus area plan to meet us in New Concord and I don't already have your number please PM me with it so I can update you if we are going to be way off of our arival time.

No laces on my flip-flops. See everyone in the morning; I plan to be there at 8:30. Millersburg about 10:30 New Concord about noon. I know we are picking up Gregg's group in Millersburg but don't know who all we are meeting in New Concord.

I am not bald and my scooter is black. Whoever sent that too you is a liar. Plus with the head piece and seat color I wouldn't be caught with the clashing rhinestones in my boots, if it were me they would have been pink to complete the ensemble. I can't believe this rookie would have allowed himself to be pictured without having his outfit complete.

I can't wait to ride that beast.

As you should, your post count shows that you obviously don't have enough life experience to make any informed decisions on your own. Please continue to consult with us until you are worthy to go out and decide what's right for you on your own.

I will update the first page but expect to be at the Millersburg stop at 10:30 and at the New Concord stop at 12:00. These are only guesses because I have never lead a group of scooters so I'm not able to go on experience. Tony, I have one of those scooters at the shop just waiting for some go fast mods.

Posers

First time seeing or hearing about anything like that, hey, wait a minute, new truck? Someone is making too much money because I just know you have several new guns as well.

Now this is a proper R&R post except you forgot to ask the mods (Who seem to be ignoring this thread.) to delete your account, like the whiney little bitch you are.

For anyone who joins in this lame ride the cool kids will be at this same gas station at 12:00. When you get bored with this ride and decide that it is a waste of time to just cruise the back roads, hang out at the gas station until we get there, then be prepared to be in awe of the smack down we are going to lay on 555.

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Are you trying to be hurtful? Don't go getting too big for your britches mister we still have you pegged for a cop magnet ticket jinx who might be excluded in these here reindeer games if we can prove that theory.

I grew up in N.R. and so did my parents, the older cops were cool old drunks and womanizers, the cops I grew up with were pretty cool and understood what was real and what didn't matter. This little crop of jack booted pricks they have now just makes me want to punch them all in the face. I no longer stop for them when on my bike and do nothing in the car to draw their attention. I have came very close several times to letting them hit me on the bike just to prove a point but figured out that not riding in town at all was going to keep me out of trouble much better.

Probably not, this is a very special Ruckus and is too fast to be seen.

Oh sweet memories. All of you exhaust suckers unite and keep getting your inferior ride organized while us cool kids have our shit together.

You looking for someone to tickle your balls?

WTF!!! I lost 94 experience points by posting in this thread only to be ignored! This place is maddening!!!!!!!!!!!

All of you guys compensating for something with the big bikes say 555 sucks because you are afraid that if you get caught out on it when the scooter gang rolls through and they pass you all your excuses will be lame. Whole pack of sissies’ will be avoiding their demise by running away.