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The Like odometer is optimistic by 6.22% according to my GPS app. Today's ride had an odometer riding of 62.20 miles and a GPS reading of 58.33. I have tracked my mpg since the beginning and it averages 80.51 mpg. Given the optimism factor the true mpg is more like 75 mpg.

While out riding today I found a stretch of road that was level so I could compare indicated top speed to GPS top speed. The speedometer on the Like was roughly 62/63 mph to the 60.1 mph on the GPS app on my iPhone.

A discussion on the Like section of the forum got me to thinking. Dangerous I know  Anywho, my scooter (Like 200i) is now 4 years old and 14,000 miles. Kelley Blue book gives it a value range up to $900 as a trade-in and $1,400 as resale. Since my warranty expired two-years ago repair costs are all on me. While I do hope I can get at least another 4 years and 14,000 miles out of the scooter with just the basic maintenance cost I know critical compenents will begin to fail at somepoint. They are also the most expensive to replace. At what point would you stopping dropping money into your scooter and scrape it?

On the front tire of my Like the valve stem is 90 degrees for ease of access whereas the rear is standard. Yesterday while checking the pressure the front stem moved side to side. I don't recall that happening before, but I generally hold the stem while getting a reading. I checked for a leak around the stem, but there was none. Is the stem suppose to pivot from side to side?

Can you tell me what this is?

Yesterday while out riding I turned on the app Speedometer (GPS) to record my fastest run on a straight level stretch of road. After a couple of runs the fastest run was 59.7 on the GPS or approx 62 indicated.

Today while riding the back roads a large object was spotted descending rapidly from my left before turning to come straight at me. It was then I could see it was a hawk with a snake in its talons. As it came at me at a high rate of speed, I'm thinking a collision is unavoidable. Moments before certain (from met perspective) impact and at the height about mid point of my leg shield the hawk dramatically swerved to its right while releasing the snake. Thump thump as I ran the snake over. I couldn't believe what just happened. Was I being used by the hawk to help kill its prey? About half a mile down the road I found a spot in the road to make a u-turn. As I rode back to the scene I could see the hawk circling above. Directly below where the hawk was circling a rattle snake was coiled up in the middle of the road. A guy in a pickup truck must have seen it too as he also made a u-turn right behind me to take a closer look.