Wednesday, November 18, 2009

......the dream becomes reality.







Well the big day arrived, it was a day of coincidences. The scooter was ready for delivery on Michelle's birthday. It was also the same day I was booked in for a bike service. So it was a busy day at the bike shop. I recall the excitement I felt on getting my first bike many years ago. Fortunately for me it was an unexpected event whereas Michelle had to try and sleep the night before the delivery. Not to mention my sleepless night wondering how the day would turn out. Well it could not have been better, the scooter was already to ride away, just the paperwork and money transactions to complete. Here is some photo's of the first spin on the Piaggio Zip scooter, she looks like the little machine was made for her. As a parent who witnessed the above dream, I have been in two minds about this move. Do you as a protective parent try and talk your daughter out of buying a scooter, because of all your fears and worries about the move away from 4 wheels. Or do you accept their decision and go with the flow, passing on encouragement and knowledge to get them started.. ..........You accept their decision as not only are they adults but you remember your same dream. I think Michelle was like me when I wanted to get on two wheels. I had visualised the experience so many times over in my mind that, when I finally hopped on the dream machine it all came natural very quickly. Ride safe Skooter Girl.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Quick spin down the coast.....







The nice white 97 Heritage Springer belongs to a friend
called Ray. Ray has just returned to bike riding after
quite a few years without a bike. The interesting angle of
this story, is that he has recently bought this bike back
from an old friend. He sold it to him a few years back with
the proviso that he has the first option on buying it back
if he wants to sell it again. Amazingly this bike has only done
10,000km and is in very good condition. Today we decided
to go for a quick trip down to Port Broughton for a coffee
before the heat of the day arrived. It was great to
connect with a new found friend who has decided that
he would like to join us for a ride. I think Ray will be a
friend for life.