Originally Posted by
Times Roman
only if you are wearing cotton underwear! if you wear the nylon type, then you are G2G.
But I guess I'm a dying breed. In my day, guys wouldn't think of trailoring their scoot, unless they were sick or had a broke arm or something.
But then, over the last 25 years or so, when riding became mainstream, and anyone with a house could put a second mortgage and get a harley, then we entered the era of the wannabe. Before, you earned your status as a biker, and knew others on the road same as you. Now, it aint like that anymore. I see guys wearing short pants and shower shoes riding on their scoots with full face helmets on, thinking they are cool. In fact, I see guys that easily put $40k into their scoots, with less than 20,000 lifetime miles on two wheels. And the sad part is when these guys pull their bikes off their trailers 5 miles from their destination, then they throw on their leathers and come rumbling into town as if they had actually made the journey on their scoots.
I learned all kinds of tricks from other bikers. what to do if it gets cold and only a shirt on. how to cannibalize parts off other vehicles to keep your scoot running in an emergency. why I always carried a 20 foot length of nylon rope with me. what to do if you lost your ingnition key. the list goes on and on...
the main reason I would never trailer my scoot is about how I look at life. For me, the journey is just as important as the destination, sometimes even more so. But nowadays, for some, I guess it is more important to be in a warm truck with short pants on listening to Mariah Carey and sipping a soda than it is to actually experience the road and all the challanges that come with it.
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