Scooters - how difficult?
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Make sure you ride up Mt Baldo, I hired a scooter while I was there years ago, and Mt Baldo was an experience!!!
Twist and go, left hand is brake, not clutch. And don't try and ride it like a motorbike, performance wise.
They're great fun though, so much fun I have one in my garage here now.
Twist and go, left hand is brake, not clutch. And don't try and ride it like a motorbike, performance wise.
They're great fun though, so much fun I have one in my garage here now.
Halmyre said:
An idle thought. On holiday in Lake Garda and a local business is renting Vespa scooters. Never having ridden any sort of powered two wheel device, how difficult or easy is it to ride a scooter?
Personally I wouldn't. The key is you say you have never ridden a powered two wheeler. Plus.In holiday on the wrong side?
How's your travel insurance terms?
That reminds me of when I had a T Max. Took my eldest for a lift.
Even back then he was taller and much heavier than me, plus not a biker. He was like a huge sack of spuds on the back.
Handling was abysmal and the front end so light, I could barely steer.
We made it to his destination and as he handed me his helmet he asked if I was ok?
I'm good...I smiled....why?
Because all I could hear you yelling was......
........Farkin Hell! we are going to die!!
Even back then he was taller and much heavier than me, plus not a biker. He was like a huge sack of spuds on the back.
Handling was abysmal and the front end so light, I could barely steer.
We made it to his destination and as he handed me his helmet he asked if I was ok?
I'm good...I smiled....why?
Because all I could hear you yelling was......
........Farkin Hell! we are going to die!!
Assuming it's an auto, the brakes are like a pushbike - left is rear brake and right is the front brake. On your first try, keep your fingers over the rear brake lever so you remember that's the "easiest" brake to use and you're ready to apply that brake. Be gentle on the throttle, don't rush the learning. Feel how the bike starts to move as you apply more throttle. Get used to how the throttle works and the scooter builds up speed and how the rear brake slows it down. Then start learning to use the front brake in conjunction with the rear brake (i.e. squeeze both levers at the same time). Most people will have worked it out in about twenty minutes.
s everywhere with seemingly no care for their own life. I’m neither for, nor against EV’
Judging from the videos on the socials ‘very hard’ people seems to have completely forgotten, what they a nano seconded ago.
Twist to go forwards, what the hell stops that, watch arms, legs and torso flailing about in a vein attempt to stop the two wheeled contraption killing them.
Mostly they seem to head of into the surrounding undergrowth, ride through shop windows or meet their untimely demise with an oncoming heavy goods vehicle.
Watch man buns and insta babes, sat crossed legged in coffee shops, picking bits of gravel out of their limbs, a nice accompaniment to your double coconut latte.
Generally a bit of open space, get used to twist and proceed, and as they say ‘your good to go’ of course watch out for the locals, how the buggers got a …………………
Judging from the videos on the socials ‘very hard’ people seems to have completely forgotten, what they a nano seconded ago.
Twist to go forwards, what the hell stops that, watch arms, legs and torso flailing about in a vein attempt to stop the two wheeled contraption killing them.
Mostly they seem to head of into the surrounding undergrowth, ride through shop windows or meet their untimely demise with an oncoming heavy goods vehicle.
Watch man buns and insta babes, sat crossed legged in coffee shops, picking bits of gravel out of their limbs, a nice accompaniment to your double coconut latte.
Generally a bit of open space, get used to twist and proceed, and as they say ‘your good to go’ of course watch out for the locals, how the buggers got a …………………
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