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Sorry I have been MIA lately. Over the past 2 years since retirement, my wife and I have seen a lot of changes to our lifestyle, such as dealing with both of our aging parents in many ways, and the recent death of my father, which means more changes.

We are also, because of the price of fuel, consolidating many of our trips to only once a week, which means we are carrying a lot of stuff with us (too much for the scooters) as we run errands, drop off stuff for the parents, take them to Dr appointments, and so forth . Also, my wife has been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, and is no longer able to take the pain associated with riding scooters (bumps, wrist, head, heat, cold, etc.) and I don't really want to spend my retirement riding alone without her. Riding together is how we started and it's just what we do, so riding really looses a lot of its meaning to me when riding alone.

So bottom line is that we made the very difficult and sad decision to sell our scooters. With all the lifestyle changes lately we just had to do it. I will still be here checking on all of your exploits, but for now I will have to ride vicariously through your scooter adventures. Keep those tires rolling for us!

...live-trapping a bunch of foxes! We have a family of the critters living about a block away, and they are killing all of the chickens in the neighborhood. So far, we have trapped 4 out of 12 and released them together out in the woods, way out in the hills away from other chickens. That also means that we have had to dig down and put wire under all the coop fences to keep the foxes from digging under and getting to our hens. We are lucky and haven't lost any chickens yet, but many neighbors have had their flocks completely cleared out. Hopefully in a few days we will have most of them trapped and released, and I can get back to riding.

I have a 150cc GY6 engine (carburated) in my Lance/SYM PCH, and I usually use 91 octane non-ethanol gas in my 1.3 gallon tank. Through the winter I add Sta-bil to the gas and let it run a few minutes to get it into the entire system. This has worked very well, and my scooter always starts right up each spring.

I plan on adding the Seafoam directly into the tank when I fill up to help clean the carb and maintain the fuel lines. Just wondering how often I should add it to the gas...every fill up? Once a month? Every other month? Every so many miles? I don't want to over-do it, just do it right. Your experience and wisdom is much appreciated. Thanks!

This was not a great year all the way around - so many deaths and tragedies this year - so I'm very glad to give 2016 a swift kick in the butt and send it out the door. Here's wishing everyone on the forum a much better, wonderful, and healthy 2017! Ride safe, everyone!

Here's another solid reason to wear your full gear when you go riding. My son-in-law was just going to take a quick bike ride with his dog on Saturday, so he just hopped on without a helmet, etc. After all, it was just a quick ride around the block to exercise the dog. Well, the dog spooked and turned right when the SIL was turning left, and he hit the pavement - hard! Here is a list of the damages to my son-in-law as a result of hitting the pavement at ONLY 15 MPH: broken collar bone in 2 places, broken sternum, major concussion, and big road rash on his scalp, shoulder, knuckles, knee, and ankles. He has had to make two trips to the ER and 2 appointments at specialists. He will be out of work at least 2 weeks followed by about a month of physical therapy. (The dog is fine, by the way.)

So, if all this damage can occur to the human body at 15 mph (which our scooters hit with a tiny twist of the wrist), let it be a good motivator for us all to always gear up before riding, even if it's just a short little trip. I want all of you to be safe and have a great time on your scooter, but PLEASE take all the necessary precautions. ATGATT, my friends!!

Well folks, after 32 years of teaching middle schoolers (and high school for the last 8 years), I am hanging up my Band Director baton and becoming CEO of Household Honey-dos and Naps!! I know that for some of you, 32 years doesn't seem like a lot, but trust me, teaching middle school is like dog years: each one seems like seven. 

Now I get to ride whenever I choose to, and the scooter will become my primary commuting and errand machine (at least until the heavy snow hits.) The big F-150 will also be retired, and we have both earned it - lots of mileage on us both!

Hang in there, everyone. Your time will eventually come!

Finally, all the snow has melted off the roads and the sun peeked out enough to dry them out! Of course I jumped on the scooter and took a long-overdue ride. What a great feeling to be out on the road again on my PCH 150! Of course, my only motivation was to try out the new winter riding gear I got for Christmas.    Hope you all can find some dry roads of your own and get some riding under your belt soon!

I have about $150 that is earmarked for my scooter, kind of a Christmas fund. I want to know what kind of mods you have on your scoot that would be under or around that amount. I already have a top case, windshield, and battery tender pigtails on it. So if you had $150, what would you add (or have already added) to your scooter? (By the way, I have a Lance PCH 150 scooter - not a Kymco, but it's the replacement for my P 150 that was totaled recently.) thanks in advance for any ideas you can share!