Real Badass Bikers

David, the blogging Vespa commuter from Montreal is in town for business, or so he said, because he also brought his complete motorcycle gear along. Equipped with a loan scooter from Gary, a buddy of Wetcoast Bob's he was ready to hit the road and meet us at Whitespot for breakfast.

For the first time Big Guy Small Scooter Dave tagged along for the ride, and made a perfect addition to the badass scooter team.

Shortly after we were heading out to paint the town red on our badass machines. Watch out and get your kids off the street. Scooter riders are on the loose.

We stopped at Buntzen Lake, and naturally the group got a lot attention. People were intimidated just by their looks.

We had the pleasure to show David a bit more of our backyard and stopped in Belcarra before we hit the dreadful stretch that would bring us to North Vancouver.

Blue skies and waters, green forest and snow capped mountains. What's not to love, when the sun shines at the we(s)t coast. By the time we got to Horseshoe Bay the scooter posse was hungry again, and we found a good pub with west coast style food to satisfy our needs.

Time flew by, and we needed to lead David back to his posh downtown hotel. Yet again we got stuck in a stupid traffic jam. Thanks to bad infrastructure planning the city lacks highways. If only filtering and lane splitting were considered legal...

Oh well, it gave me the opportunity for some photo ops, always looking at the bright side of scooter life.

Here we are back at David's hotel, where a concierge tried to shoo us away, but we chose to ignore him, and continued to take pictures and say our farewells.

A perfect day comes to an end. Gorgeous weather, breathtaking scenery, good food, and a trip with scooter buddies. Life is so good, sometimes!

And all the way from the black market in Montreal for Dar and myself. A miniature Vespa! Thanks a lot, David. We had a blast!