How I decided I needed another roommate.

[paigeoliver]

I ran into a guy with a Silver Wing at the gas station today. I liked it even more in person.

[Bones]

So very uncool paige. I thought there might have been some hope for you but I have now dismissed the idea.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

Seems like the more you tell this guy NOT to do something...the more he'll do it just for spite.


= GHEY!!!

mrC

[SirPoonga]

Knowing paige I have a feeling it is the scooter, not the early 80s 500cc motorcycle

[Sephroth57]

when you have arcade geeks telling you something isnt cool, then you know it REALLY isnt cool.   its ok paige just make sure to post about when you try to bring home a girl on your scooter what her reaction is =p

[Bones]

Your only encouraging him Seph.

[DrewKaree]

Screw that!  I know he's got a digital camera, I want pictures!

It seems scooters are all the rage all over Craigslist lately, both buying and selling.  I love all the dopes posting about how they're "looking for CHEEEP!!!!1ONE!!1 scooter - $300!".  Cripes, at those prices, Paige would be stocking up on 'em just for parts!

*edit*
it's bad when I see a BIcycle selling for more than a scooter!

[Bones]

From this moment forward I am taking an official BYOAC stand against scooters and all scooter paraphernalia.

DOWN WITH SCOOTERS. -HISS-
BOOOO!!

[DrewKaree]

I can't join you in the struggle to free yourself from the shackles of this oppression.  My wife likes it when I call her "scooter".

Although "down with scooter(s)" DOES hold an odd fascination for me that I can't quite put my finger on.

[shmokes]

Guys you gotta realize who your're talking to here.  If you don't want him to get a scooter the thing to do is encourage him to put a few hundred dollars into a non refundable deposite for one.  Until Paige has committed himself to something with some significant dollar amount there's no changing his mind. 

Now, after he's got a bunch of money invested into the venture that he stands to lose, THAT'S when he becomes vulnerable to peer pressure and self doubt.  The epiphany about needing a real bike, or a car, or a skateboard for god's sake, if he ever wants to get laid will come only after he's purchased a non-working scooter and sunk a few hundred dollars into it (though it still isn't quite running yet). 

 


Paige....for the love of god.....if you're married to the idea of a scooter AT LEAST get yourself a Vespa, Vino or Metropolitan.  While still for wimps there are girls in existence who think they're hot. 

[paigeoliver]

smokes I already own a small little scooter like that (oh, and I also got my trailer lot deposit back). A Honda C70. I put 3,000 miles on it since I bought it. I bought it running and did some electrical and cosmetic repairs to it. 3000 miles later it had a crash, I have every part to have it back in top shape except for a bracket I am having a hard time finding.

[Bones]

Winners don't use scooters.

[ChadTower]

Eh, it doesn't matter.  I think Paige is fully back where he started now.  He is in an apt, looking for a roommate, and filling his apt back up with arcade projects.  So, looking at it this way...

...he bought himself a place to live, worked hard and sunk money into it, put a deposit down on a place to park it, and didn't move in.  He bought a barely functional scooter, sunk money and time into it, and crashed it.  He bought a Suburban, put money and time into it, and doesn't want it.  He sold all his working cabs and now is buying dead ones again.

I'm waiting for him to enroll in college, put down his housing deposit, move in, take two weeks of classes, then move out and stop going to class.  It's the next logical move after he finds a chick, dates her for a week, and dumps her right as she's about to put out.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

It's the next logical move after he finds a chick, dates her for a week, and dumps her right as she's about to put out.

Buying a new scooter sorta' preempts this part of the whole dilemma, as no chick would come within 20ft. him afterward. So at least he's planning ahead this time.   



mrC

[ChadTower]

Not if he hides it until after.  Scooters are like an STD, you can hide it until it is too late.

[Stingray]

im bummed, i went and tried some new beer and i dont like it, so now i got 5 bottle of sam adams boston ale sitting in my fridge...

That's no excuse. You bought it, you drink it. Them's the rules. I don't makes 'em up, I just enforces 'em.

-S

[ChadTower]

No.  If he doesn't like it, he should keep it in the fridge for guests.  It's a foofy yuppie branded microbrew so they will think you're giving them the good stuff.  In reality you're dropping your deuce on them and they're smiling while they take it.

It's a win-win.

[AceTKK]

Scooters are like fat chicks; they're fun to ride until your friends catch you.   

[Sephroth57]

Scooters are like fat chicks; they're fun to ride until your friends catch you.

[ChadTower]

They both have too much gas, too.

[CCM]

I am perfectly capable of driving a motorcycle with a clutch, and my car is a stick shift. I just don't LIKE motorcycles with clutches.

If it doesn't have a clutch, it's NOT a motorcycle!  Seriously, those scooters are the worst things I've ever seen....  For the money you would spend on that ---gosh-darn--- gay scooter, you could buy the Ducati, or a Yahama V-Star, or a Harley Sportster 883.  I'd walk for the rest of my life before I would spend a penny on a scooter.

[ChadTower]

For the money he would spend on that gay scooter, he could go to a small state college for two years.

[CCM]

For the money he would spend on that gay scooter, he could go to a small state college for two years.

Good point!   But I think we've all seen the post where Paige says going to school is an impossibility for him.  (Which I don't agree with!)

[Sephroth57]

im working fulltime and starting college this semester, its work but its not impossible

[ChadTower]

Working full time, taking classes, and recording top 40 hits.

[Stingray]

My wife worked full time through four years of college. It's certainly doable, but you have to have a much better work ethic than me. Happily, my parents paid for college and allowed me to live up to my full mooching potential at the time.

-S

[ChadTower]

I worked full time through 4+ years of college.  It's not hard, just very very tiring.

[Havok]

Silver Wings are lame. Try this on for size...

[Stingray]

See now that's just wierd enough to make me want one.

-S

[Bones]

If it doesn't have a clutch, it's NOT a motorcycle!

[MaximRecoil]

You can score chicks on a scooter -- if you live in France. I think that you could even wear a helmet on your scooter, a "fanny pack", cell phone holster, and flip flops on your way to the coffee house to sip cappuccino and you could still score with chicks in France.

[mr.Curmudgeon]

You can score chicks on a scooter -- if you live in France. I think that you could even wear a helmet on your scooter, a "fanny pack", cell phone holster, and flip flops on your way to the coffee house to sip cappuccino and you could still score with chicks in France.

You say that like it's a bad thing...

= FRENCH!

Another Frenchy!!! (NSFW Cheesecake)


Ok, it's settled Paige. Buy a freakin' scooter and move to France. You lucky bastard!


mrC

[Bones]

That's a nice looking girl, she has a very kind face. The kind I would like to speedbag....

[TOK]

Have you considered a dual sport bike? You lose the fairy factor of a scooter, get a bike that is a blast in the twisties, will still outrun nearly any car from a light, and the biggie... You can use it to get out in the woods on the weekends.

After buying my first dual sport bike in 1994 (a Suzuki DR350s), I've never been without at least one street legal dirt bike. Here is my suggestion:


Way cheaper than the geek-mobile you're looking at, but you're going to have to deal with using a clutch and carry your stuff in a backpack. A small price to pay for not being branded a Metrosexual. Super Motard is getting huge too... They are basically dual sport bikes with fat street tires, a smaller front wheel and bigger brakes.

[paigeoliver]

I used to own a Yahama like that, it was around a 1974. Probably my least favorite kind of bike.

You guys do realize I am not going to jump into anything here. I need to save up one massive amount of money, at which point I will then spend a long time shopping, and yes I WILL check out other types of bikes as well. The Silver Wing is just my early favorite, it isn't carved in stone.

[Bones]

I agree with you paige, I can't stand dirt bikes either.

[TOK]

The best street riders I know grew up riding, and still ride dirt bikes. It will enhance your reaction times and panic situation skills by an order of magnitude.
Is it mere coincidence that both of you non dirt bikers managed to bust yourselves up on the street?  Maybe

[Skadar]

or a Harley Sportster 883.

Ugh... one of the nastiest looking pieces of... um... machinery ever created.  Nasty, nasty, nasty.  I feel sorry for anyone who buys an 883 just to get the Harley sound.  They end up stuck with a dog of a hog.  Oooo...  I just made that up.

[Bones]

I actually don't mind them but I still agree, I dunno why anyone would buy one over the 1200 Sportster.

But like all Harley's (V-rod exception), they are dogs without the modifications.

[Stingray]

My early teenage years were largely spent blasting through the woods on a little dirt bike similar to the one posted. That bike was a lot of fun, I'd kinda like to have another one.

-S