Supah sonic

[funeralcrasher]

My neighbor will love me.. In honor of the parade ride with Dykes on Bikes this weekend I swapped the factory quiet muffler for the racing supertrapp -- it's LOUD. ha. But that's part of the fun at Pride.. last year my KX250 was drownded out by the harleys & triumphs running straight pipes.

Work became "interesting" again yesterday. And today I gave a brief demo of a project I'm wrapping up. Still have a little more coding to go but it's getting very close. hooray.


Learned how gels work yesterday in bio lab.. I see images of them at work all the time, never knew what they were. Then as Dr. Ricketts (one of my favorite teachers of all time) was setting up an experiment I started seeing outlines that looked familiar.. then it hit me, she was making a very simplified version of what the lab people use at work. pretty cool stuff..

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[kittymink.livejournal.com]

you have a motorbike? <3

[pkbarbiedoll.livejournal.com]

mhmm.. two.


I rode this one in pride last year...


You ride too?

[kittymink.livejournal.com]

no, but was thinking of learning. Originally I wanted a Vespa to get around but you need a motorcycle license to ride one of those in CA, so was thinking of getting a bike instead, apart from the fact that you can ride a vespa in a skirt, a bike is much cooler. SF is supposed to be a really motorbike-friendly city

[pkbarbiedoll.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that's the nice thing about scooters. My roommie has a little yamaha scooter in the basement.. it scares me. ha.

[johnbutler.livejournal.com]

The scooter A. mentions belongs to my ex-girlfriend, who bought it on one of her many impulsive buying sprees. She has nowhere to put it, so I foolishly agreed to offer it a "temporary" home. A. fixed it, and it ran for all of twelve miles before crapping out again. Not A's fault of courrse--it's a 1987 and was bought in a severe state of neglect. God knows what's wrong with it. One day my ex might return my calls and pick up her scooter and foist it on a new boyfriend. Or else it might just randomly appear parked on TOP of her car, grmbl grmbl etc.

A scooter is even more dangerous than a motorcycle. You're just as invisible, but you don't have enough power to accelerate away from danger. There are so many accidents where hitting the brakes won't help, but accelerating away will save you. Not so on a scooter. And the way they pitch scooters as something cute and chic that you can wear a skirt on is criminal. You want protective clothing on any motorcycle, especially if it's dangerously underpowered.

I will say that both are FUN. But a motorcycle is MORE fun. If A. posts a video of her jumping off a dirt mound, you'll see what I'm talking about. If you're going to spend money on either, just go whole-hog and just get a proper motorcycle. The stuff you have to learn to get the motorcycle license will save your life on a motorcycle OR scooter. There are also scooters with motorcycle power that let you sit in a scooter seating position instead of straddling, but you need a motorcycle license. Again, it's a good thing.

Ride safely!

[pkbarbiedoll.livejournal.com]

Oh I can get the scooter running again in less than an hour. When any engine sits for that long, the fuel in the carb & tank get stale. If it sits long enough the fuel will begin to harden and the passages inside the carb will varnish. That isn't/hasn't happened with the ex's scooter.. it takes years for varnish form.

What scares me in riding the scooter (other than the visibility issues) are the tiny wheels. Smaller diameter wheels make a bike feel nervous. Honda (and I'm sure others) have a 250cc scooter with larger wheels -- it sits higher and has more bulk for cars to see.

[denabeth.livejournal.com]

Oooooo, so orangey.

[pkbarbiedoll.livejournal.com]

My own pumpkin carriage :)

[denabeth.livejournal.com]

Oooooo, much more orangey :)