Since my fellow traveler still can't ride due to health reasons I took his long neglected bike for a spin today. It started on the first push of the button.
I picked a nice and easy ride through the rolling foothills of Calgary's hinterland, just about right for a touring scooter like the Silverwing. The weather was ok, cloudy and not too hot.
I stopped in Bragg Creek for the usual tourist picture. Traffic was light, and I was surprised that there were almost no bikes on the road. Actually there were so few that every two-wheeler got their greeting returned. And even bad-ass rugged leather-clad Harley Davidson riders were not too cool to wave back at a lady on a scooter.
Close to Millarville I drove into a black wall of clouds. Occasional lightning made me a tad bit nervous, but a firm pull on the throttle emerged me out of the danger zone. The acceleration was fantastic. Nine months of decommissioning couldn't harm the bike at all.
Another photo stop at Okotoks, before I headed back to Calgary.
You gotta love the prairies in summer!
Nice to ride a different bike once in awhile, eh? The Silverwing looks quite comfortable and I'd guess similar in size to my MP3?
ReplyDeleteWe had our local Westender SC rally this weekend and I managed to ride all three of my scoots on consecutive days. Great to have choices!!!
@Chuck: Yeah, The Swing is a great touring scooter with its 600cc. I wouldn't mind having it around for a little while for the sake of having choices ;-)
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ReplyDeleteOh, one day we will get to Dinosaur NP & Milk River, & Buffalo Jump, maybe next year. Every year it's "next year" again.
I thought the Silverwing was GONE. Nice to have options
bob
Wet Coast Scootin
@Bob: We had hoped for a quick sale but unfortunately the candidate pulled back, which turned out to be a good thing since I had something to scoot around with.
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