Travel Scooters

We put the scooters to work today for a five hour trip with no direction or destination in mind.

Naturally, at one point we ended up at a beach. What a gorgeous sight with the ocean in front, and snow capped mountains at the horizon. The water was calm today, not too exciting for sail boats or surfers but for us Vespa riders it felt nice not to get pummeled by the crosswinds for a change.

We both like our quiet times while riding, but found that that sometimes the occasional communication beats hand signs. Hence, we recently procured the intercom system SENA SMH10, and today was the first time we tried it out.

The robust and easy to use SENA does the trick quite well. A detailed review can be found here, and we can only agree. I hate gadgets, and carrying extra 'stuff' but I sure love the Sena for its simplicity, and that it can be easily and safely controlled by gloved hands.

The only downside: While clip-mounting the system on Roland's Shoei was a no-brainer, my Nolan helmet, designed for a very specific other comm system, required the mounting bracket for the Sena to be glued on. Now, I wonder how long this sticky pad will take until it comes off, and I can just hope that it doesn't happen in mid-ride.

Can't wait to get on the road again tomorrow.

Xtreme Stripling

Marvelous video of French stunt rider Julien Welsch at work, on a Triumph Street Triple.

Double Feature

Pamela over at fabulous Helmet or Heels currently features riding females on her blog. You will find certain familiar faces over there, for example the motobloggeresses Brandy, Karen, Kathy or Rachael (Fuzzy) and many other cool ladies, well, amongst them yours truly. Check it out!

 

Source

Meanwhile, I was also featured in the print magazine of Riderswest, a Canadian motorcycle magazine. Am I famous or what? Should I give up my day job?