Scootergate 2008

Outside The Pug at Saturday night's Scootergate festivities. It's kinda dark and I walked too fast, but here's a look down the line.

Speaking of rallies...

Here's some footage from the Baltimore rally in May to get you in the mood...

Scootergate III is coming!

Big scooter fun is rolling into the nation's capital with the start of Scootergate III on Friday. I had to work last year and missed out on the official rides. Not so this year. Haven't figured out yet which bike I'll be riding...hope to see you there!

The scooter that started it all

Five years ago today Ryan and I stumbled across this scoot on the second day of our marriage and the first day of our honeymoon in Ireland. Our flight touched down very early in the morning in Dublin and, of course, our room was hours from ready. We stowed our bags and set off, blurry eyed, for a first look at the city. That took us to Trinity College which was littered with bicycles and scooters. This Honda Joker captured Ryan's fancy as did the Chicken Kiev in the cafeteria.

"Um, I like Chicken Kiev," he comments this evening from the chair in the living room while diligently sewing his Charm City 2007 rally patch. I think we both decided that we like scooters...

What's that?

There's nothing better than heading out to a classic motorcycle show on a drizzly Sunday and coming across a bike that makes you stop and ask, "what's that?"

That's what happened this weekend as Ryan and I were strolling the aisles of the 7th Annual British & European Classic Motorcycle Day. While there were plenty of motorcycles that made me drool, there was just one scooter that made us both stop and stare. And had me hitting the Internet when I got home to find out more--the Triumph Tina.

Take a ride on the SportCity

Check out the view from the back of the SportCity 250ie.

SportCity: On the showroom floor

Here's a still to go with the above video. Enjoy!