tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post2388817863016702048..comments2024-03-06T15:05:14.448-05:00Comments on Life on two wheels: Foul weather work-aroundDavid Massehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-88051347113395724132014-08-21T08:36:44.130-04:002014-08-21T08:36:44.130-04:00Thanks Doug.
I remember finding myself behind a ...Thanks Doug. <br /><br />I remember finding myself behind a Range Rover in the dead of winter on my way home and noticing an MV sticker on the back. Instant connection. I still wonder who that was. David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-3504851905971726072014-08-20T20:05:57.490-04:002014-08-20T20:05:57.490-04:00Your re-branding should make for some smiles as yo...Your re-branding should make for some smiles as your fellow travelers pull up behind. I approve.Coop a.k.a. Coopdwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00914017974356686409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-21226902557950364022014-08-19T09:32:20.990-04:002014-08-19T09:32:20.990-04:00Michael, you made me think.
I first thought a loo...Michael, you made me think.<br /><br />I first thought a loose clutch nut would be the same pretty much everywhere, but that distance to a competent mechanic would be what would cause the pain to vary.<br /><br />Then I thought maybe a 'loose clutch nut' might be a metaphor for a person... let's say a person stuck in drive? No, it sounds more like loopy or deranged in some mild obscure way. If so, I next wondered wondered what that person would be like there.<br /><br />Where? Had to be Toronto, or maybe Fairbanks? Unless you meant a frame of mind, instead of a physical place. <br /><br />Finally, I thought that a loose clutch nut, either the real thing, or the metaphoric thing, or person, is such a rare thing that it or they would be strange wherever 'there' is (or was).<br /><br />So my final answer to your enigmatic question is 'strangely unwelcome'.<br /><br />I think that covers the bases.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-8340679833365059842014-08-19T03:36:31.653-04:002014-08-19T03:36:31.653-04:00I wonder what a loose clutch nut would be like the...I wonder what a loose clutch nut would be like there?Conchscooterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016331487463993200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-40458540293212457982014-08-18T17:14:46.019-04:002014-08-18T17:14:46.019-04:00Michael if you have a recipe for having crappy wea...Michael if you have a recipe for having crappy weather coincide with times when you wouldn't ride anyway, that could make you rich :)David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-90081123308288703222014-08-18T15:09:54.409-04:002014-08-18T15:09:54.409-04:00Dave, that's a good start, but then you also n...Dave, that's a good start, but then you also need to remove two wheels. The weather folks say that Toronto has above-average rain fall this season, but somehow it's when I don't ride. I like it this way. Michael B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-81929671485590662102014-08-18T09:28:10.551-04:002014-08-18T09:28:10.551-04:00Summer returned! A glorious sunny commute today.
...Summer returned! A glorious sunny commute today.<br /><br />A little brisk for my summer gloves, but nothing the heated grips didn't fix.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-48028533175058299422014-08-18T09:27:03.022-04:002014-08-18T09:27:03.022-04:00It would be even nicer if it was an actual Vespa b...It would be even nicer if it was an actual Vespa badge rather than a vinyl sticker.<br /><br />My dealer has a spare Vespa badge that they offered me at one point because the very tip of the one on the front of my bike is missing a wee bit at the end.<br /><br />If I can still get that one, I'll swap the old ever so slightly defective one on the Civic.<br /><br />Then all I have to do is lose the doors, then the roof... it's a long process.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-79372363477882671342014-08-18T09:14:53.279-04:002014-08-18T09:14:53.279-04:00Nice!!Nice!!Trobairitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453398807198746434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-9563184808191762272014-08-18T06:15:44.263-04:002014-08-18T06:15:44.263-04:00Carl, the guy who sold me the GTS, handed over som...Carl, the guy who sold me the GTS, handed over some stuff he had misplaced when he owned it: the storage bag for the bike cover, the owner's manual, and a screw for the chrome cover on the exhaust.<br /><br />Tucked in with the owner's manual were three good quality Vespa logos. <br /><br />As soon as I saw them, I knew it was only a question of time until the Civic got re-branded. Yesterday I was puttering around, and I seized the opportunity.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-87136330296793707142014-08-18T06:10:54.396-04:002014-08-18T06:10:54.396-04:00Rather just upset with the weather. Summer is so s...Rather just upset with the weather. Summer is so short, and to have fall butt-in on mid-August, well, it's so wrong.David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-75648650193381837402014-08-18T06:07:20.551-04:002014-08-18T06:07:20.551-04:00Dar, if not that, then definitely a Civspa. A warm...Dar, if not that, then definitely a Civspa. A warm and dry enclosure is still warm and dry by any other name. David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-2447219569902929562014-08-18T06:04:04.590-04:002014-08-18T06:04:04.590-04:00To my southern ears, that's damning with faint...To my southern ears, that's damning with faint praise. We really have no right to complain. <br /><br />I'm looking forward to tales of how you're able to put your motorcycle <i>in reverse</i> to back out of snow banks. David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-28936268108228259652014-08-18T05:57:36.454-04:002014-08-18T05:57:36.454-04:00At least you've got that tractor to play with....At least you've got that tractor to play with. That could keep me happily distracted from the dismal weather. David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-24943120058720857922014-08-18T05:55:00.590-04:002014-08-18T05:55:00.590-04:00Bob I saw you banished your bikes to the moto-grot...Bob I saw you banished your bikes to the moto-grotto in hibernation mode. <br /><br />You're cursed with expensive insurance, yet blessed with a gorgeous Corvette. Your ying balances your yang, or, put another way, if your insurer has let you down, the law of averages has you covered. <br /><br />Either way, that's how to spell happiness. David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-35909597417406856272014-08-17T22:39:39.244-04:002014-08-17T22:39:39.244-04:00It's a 'Vesvic' ;-)It's a 'Vesvic' ;-)Dar https://www.blogger.com/profile/14690180541358767168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-26053670864123553922014-08-17T19:50:41.677-04:002014-08-17T19:50:41.677-04:00Not quite the same thing. Something I've hear ...Not quite the same thing. Something I've hear around here is that rain means that it's still warm enough to ride.RichardMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773834892715980735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-62260896045743376892014-08-17T19:37:09.679-04:002014-08-17T19:37:09.679-04:00My bike hasn't left the garage in a week the w...My bike hasn't left the garage in a week the weather's been so crappy. A roof and windows that keep out the elements may not be ideal but it works for me.Canajunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529505799866207528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-31033985320930845242014-08-17T14:36:50.704-04:002014-08-17T14:36:50.704-04:00David:
I hope your weather will be better next Au...David:<br /><br />I hope your weather will be better next August. Doesn't seem fair to get Winter weather during the Summer<br /><br />nothing wrong with driving in air conditioned comfort. You must have been looking over my shoulders. Don't need to wear ATGATT either<br /><br />bob: riding the wet coastAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05258612401956399482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-14301479989994895042014-08-17T12:52:59.295-04:002014-08-17T12:52:59.295-04:00Deb, riding in the rain lost some of its allure wh...Deb, riding in the rain lost some of its allure when I came off my bike late one dark and stormy night.<br /><br />I survived remarkably unscathed (the bike too), but the psychic scars get in the way of the rainy riding pleasure.<br /><br />It's less painful to suffer in the air-conditioned purgatory of the Civic.<br /><br />Now that it's Vespa-branded... nah, it may not make it any better, come to think of it.<br /><br />At least it won't hurt :) David Massehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09346419242154545286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-74088959802534360932014-08-17T11:41:43.781-04:002014-08-17T11:41:43.781-04:00Interesting!
I think I'd just ride in the rai...Interesting!<br /><br />I think I'd just ride in the rain though! :=)Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01379173150677488575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-68569103731312455732014-08-17T11:01:26.217-04:002014-08-17T11:01:26.217-04:00Woah, from the first picture I thought you were ab...Woah, from the first picture I thought you were about to commit Vespacide - thought you were going to back the Civic over it ,,, Is the Vespa now wearing the Civic bling?VStar Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634216576989421497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7776318709416054670.post-88570041334021306572014-08-17T10:51:27.608-04:002014-08-17T10:51:27.608-04:00Pimp-your-civic... the perfect foul-weather-activi...Pimp-your-civic... the perfect foul-weather-activity, presented to you by David, the Scoot-Commute. ;-)<br /><br />You must be desperate...SonjaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389245948579828531noreply@blogger.com