Harmless fun in town - on a scooter...

**madbikeboy** · 9th April 2008, 13:19

Boys and girls - stop reading at this point if you've got no sense of humour about being monkeys.

Seriously - you've got a chance to ignore this post.

Okay then,
So, yesterday, a mate from work and I did the swap thing. JP rode my Gixerthou, and I rode... his wife's scooter.

200cc of fun, just lean back, rip the throttle, and hey presto - more mileage out of the front tire (and this is important given the sustainability issues our planet faces...). After doing the downtown GP loop, we swapped back.

Now JP is a responsible sort of guy, good at his job, professional. So it was a hoot watching him sit back, give it a bit of juice, and hey presto, more more mileage for the front tire.

The cops sitting in the car at the intersection we were approaching were much less impressed. Imagine the headlines: "rampaging scooter risks lives in downtown Auckland". They kind of waggled a finger, and because of the traffic behind them, had to keep moving.

So, recipe for a bit of fun:
Take one scooter, add a sense of humour and wide open streets with no real traffic - mix vigorously and lean back. JP, Scooter Wheelie God.

I'm sitting back waiting for the negative replies, but like I told you, if you didn't have a sense of humour, you should've passed on reading this one.

**PirateJafa** · 9th April 2008, 13:23

Oh the humanity!

Won't someone think of the children?

**The Pastor** · 9th April 2008, 13:27

shit man wheelies are bad.

**xwhatsit** · 9th April 2008, 13:49

Bahahah. What kind of scooter was it?

God I love small bikes. Too much fun.

**Ewan Oozarmy** · 9th April 2008, 13:49

Ha! You are just a hooligan, Mike. Remind me never to ride with you again!

**Caladbolg** · 9th April 2008, 15:01

Scooters are awesome for wheelies.. I had a 50cc scoot. Just hold the back bracke on give it full throttle let go of the brake and pull back at the same time and your away. I used to wheelie half my street which would be about a kilometre

**madbikeboy** · 9th April 2008, 15:45

Originally Posted by Ewan Oozarmy

Ha! You are just a hooligan, Mike. Remind me never to ride with you again!

Bloody hell, glass houses and riding mad orange KTM's and all that!!!

When are we going for a ride mate?

**fast135** · 9th April 2008, 15:48

Originally Posted by xerxesdaphat

Bahahah. What kind of scooter was it?

The scoot in question is a Piaggio Skipper 150 with a Malossi 172cc kit. its way to easy to pick the front wheel up with the throttle.

After the wheelie the cop just looked at us both with a long hard stare. The cop pulled down the side street that i was indicating left to go down.
Yeah, what ever, cop like i am going to follow you.

i hooked a U turn onto the footpath and back into the work carpark.
Mike and I had a good laugh about it back in the office.

and yes the gixxer was a hoot to ride. well its a whole lot different than the Guzzi. Good times.

and Mike, stop doing burnouts at the lights.

**madbikeboy** · 9th April 2008, 16:53

and yes the gixxer was a hoot to ride. well its a whole lot different than the Guzzi. Good times.

and Mike, stop doing burnouts at the lights.[/QUOTE]

It was a momentary loss of traction, must have been a bit of diesel under the bike or something sensible like that...

The hilarious thing was that there was a Remuera housewife in the VW between us - she was torn between disapproval and at the same time you could tell it was the most exciting thing she's seen for ages...

Bling for you, JP.

**Forest** · 9th April 2008, 16:54

Many years ago, I did a basic skills license test in the carpark of an Auckland bike-shop.

The guy administering the test gave me a Piaggio scooter and asked me to ride around the bikeshop's carpark. I noticed he had a broken arm in a cast and I asked him what had happened. To which he replied "Fucking scooters! I gave that piece of shit you're riding too much throttle and it threw me off the back".

**fast135** · 10th April 2008, 08:10

Originally Posted by Forest

too much throttle and it threw me off the back".

yeah i cover the back brake with one finger while i have the front in the air. that stops the thing from going over.

**PrincessBandit** · 10th April 2008, 08:19

Hope the 650 burgman is too much of a fat-assed gal to get her front wheel up (not that I could remotely imagine it's rider attempting such a feat!) No, insane1, I'm not talking about you

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