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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: blue on May 20, 2016, 01:43:05 AM
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Boy My scooter club is realy starting to suck big time.........When out for a nice long ride with the club today.And things went fine at frist. I was the only 50 cc and everyone was a 110 125 150 or bigger.they just worry about speed.
Not the ride. I got left in the dust after about 45 miles in to the ride . it was ok this time because I know my way home. But what if I did not...... This is the second time it happened to me. the club was a careing club But now its all about the speed.... thinking of backing out and starting a new one for 50 cc scoots bigger are welcome put you ride are speed............
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Sorry to hear that, it's not right for a group to leave someone behind like that.
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Thats why when MSLF rides I'm one of the faster scooters but I play tail gunner to make sure no one gets left behind. Need to have a plan and communicate things before starting out and make sure people stay together.
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The local scooter club here has very little activity. I ride with them maybe once a year because that's about all they ride. I have been riding regularly with people from the Bamarides forum. This is a motorcycle forum, not a scooter forum but all kinds of bikes are welcome. They ride the way I prefer group rides are done. Fast guys up front and slow guys in the back but NO ONE is left behind. We simple regroup at all turns. This way the fast riders don't get bored and the slow riders don't feel they need to ride over their heads to keep up.
We do ride on roads that probably aren't suited for 50cc scooters but we have had groups of bikes ranging frmm 125cc to around 1800cc.
This was one of my group rides with Bamarides. I led the group on my Sport City 250. Other bikes ranged from the 171cc Sym to an 1800cc Goldwing. The guy on the Sym was NOT the slowest in the group.
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That sucks! More than just being left behind, what if you broke down or took a fall?
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The leader that night did call me to say he was sorry. So ill see how the next ride gos.
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That sucks. Hope it changes for you. Just wondering- do you have like by-laws for your club?
Our club has 50cc to 400cc restrictions. But no one should ever be left behind. Enjoy the ride and friendships.
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That sucks. Hope it changes for you. Just wondering- do you have like by-laws for your club?
Our club has 50cc to 400cc restrictions. But no one should ever be left behind. Enjoy the ride and friendships.
The club has been together since 07 and we always welcome bigger scoots .started out with 50 cc to 125 at frist. But now its up to a few 50 cc but more like 50 cc with big bore or 70cc and up so the stock 50 that can do only 40 gets left behind. the last few ride has been 100 cc and up. and for by-laws we do but most are for safe rideing . we are just a bunch of riders getting together for a Thursday night ride. we mostly try to stop at corners and lights to let others catch up.But things are changing its more of a speed thing not the joy of the ride. We should be there for the others what if someone does whip out or brakes down .Nobody would know if they mad it home safe.
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Our club has 50cc to 400cc restrictions. But no one should ever be left behind. Enjoy the ride and friendships.
It shouldn't be about what or size you ride as long as you are courteous and considerate of those you ride with. For me it's about enjoying the scenery/ride with like minded folks regardless of what they ride.
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to say this without hurting your feelings but, I would not ride a 50cc motorscooter
anywhere except for maybe a campground or large parking lot.
I sure would not take one on a group ride.
I`m with the club on this one.
Get yourself a more powerful scooter and continue riding with the gang.
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I started Making Slow Look Fast Carolina Scooter Club with my Like 50, a Super 9, and a VIP 50cc in January. We have 20 patched members now and alot more that ride with us with everything from a Honda Monkey Bike to to my BBKed Like 70 now to an Xcite 500 and some various 150cc scoots and Grom riders. If you're gonna be a CLub and do group rides you stay together it don't matter what size or speed you are I cruise at 50 but I stay in the back to keep all the stock 50cc scoots up with the rest of us. If you're gonna be a group you ride as a group you wanna go fast and worry bout speed do it on your own time. We got a Honda ruck with a Kymco Agility 125cc in it that does 78mph but you best believe when we do a group ride I make him follow the same speed as everyone else. It don't matter what speed or size you are if you're part of a Club or group you're there for the camaraderie and friendship not to show how fast you are.
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to say this without hurting your feelings but, I would not ride a 50cc motorscooter
anywhere except for maybe a campground or large parking lot.
I sure would not take one on a group ride.
I`m with the club on this one.
Get yourself a more powerful scooter and continue riding with the gang.
the club started off back in 07 and was nothing but 50 cc scoots. then when to bigger scoots and they took over.and now the club is getting smaller because of it......should not of gone that way just because of speed..The little guys have the right to have fun too.
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I started Making Slow Look Fast Carolina Scooter Club with my Like 50, a Super 9, and a VIP 50cc in January. We have 20 patched members now and alot more that ride with us with everything from a Honda Monkey Bike to to my BBKed Like 70 now to an Xcite 500 and some various 150cc scoots and Grom riders. If you're gonna be a CLub and do group rides you stay together it don't matter what size or speed you are I cruise at 50 but I stay in the back to keep all the stock 50cc scoots up with the rest of us. If you're gonna be a group you ride as a group you wanna go fast and worry bout speed do it on your own time. We got a Honda ruck with a Kymco Agility 125cc in it that does 78mph but you best believe when we do a group ride I make him follow the same speed as everyone else. It don't matter what speed or size you are if you're part of a Club or group you're there for the camaraderie and friendship not to show how fast you are.
Injoy your club sounds like you are doing a good job.. Im thinking of starting another one for the slower scootes that can stick together. and if you have a scoot bigger you have to come down to are speed.
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You can always starts a new Chapter of MSLF lol we've had a few people out of state thinking bout joining and starting own new state and city chapters.
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to say this without hurting your feelings but, I would not ride a 50cc motorscooter
anywhere except for maybe a campground or large parking lot.
I sure would not take one on a group ride.
I`m with the club on this one.
Get yourself a more powerful scooter and continue riding with the gang.
This really depends where you ride. No way would I ride a 50cc scooter around where I live but in some places where speeds are lower 50cc may be fast enough. As for group rides, again it depends on the group and where the ride is. I lead a lot of group rides and I normally post what kinds of speeds and conditions to expect on the ride. I would never recommend a scooter under 125cc on any of my rides and many of my rides are unsuitable for most scooters under 200cc.
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I would have a group sit down and explain your concerns. If that don't work, I would roll on to a different club or form one with different by laws or ??? Its better to have fun and comradeship, then to see who can go the fastest or the coolest.
Start a club with 125cc and under.
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I would have a group sit down and explain your concerns. If that don't work, I would roll on to a different club or form one with different by laws or ??? Its better to have fun and comradeship, then to see who can go the fastest or the coolest.
Start a club with 125cc and under.
Giving that a shot..................
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atleast the guy called you that night and apologized so he recognized the problem hopefully he handles it.
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Wow blue
Sorry to hear this.
Man...it might not have been much fun chasing bigger scooters for 45miles!!
Yeah....probably be more fun with smaller scoots in the pack.
Hope you're able to work something out.
(sometimes I get ahead of myself. ...but usually I can catch up....then give myself a good talking to. Like yesterday when I waited nearly too long to take that highway exit doing 65 when testing the Burgman's new sliders! Good thing it was not one of those decreasing radius ramps!!:O
Stig
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We have à local scooter club, or I think we still do. It started out with both large bikes and the smallest scooters were 250cc. We usually rode as fast as the slowest bikes and if we did get stretched out a bit or separated the ride leader would pull off to let the others catch up. Most group rides generally end up at a restaurant and perhaps a great place to chat about this as a group and come to a consensus about how you're going to ride as a group. I know others who ride their own ride and don't hang with the pack and eventually meetup at the breakfast or lunch stop. This is particularly important if the group is riding too fast for others comfort levels in the twisties. I've also fallen to the rear of the pack when I was uncomfortable following behind someone who's riding unsafely.
Personally, I've been on group rides with many different groups and all scooters or mixed, bikes and scooters, but the one thing we've never done is abandon members in the group who were too slow. That's kind of a cardinal rule of group riding. Sounds like y'all need to have some open communication about this.
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It’s surprising to hear you were left behind. Most organized group rides have a tail gunner to make sure no one is left behind, or to communicate to the leader if some has a crash or break down.
I’d say go with your own club. If it happened once (getting left behind) I have a feeling it will happen again. I’m a member of a club in Philly, but they have zero rides, and generally organize to met at rallies. I’ve considered starting my own club in South Jersey where I live, but I’ve no experience in creating one, and would be lost as to where and how to start.
- Wolf
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I’ve considered starting my own club in South Jersey where I live, but I’ve no experience in creating one, and would be lost as to where and how to start.
- Wolf
Perhaps start a Facebook page for your scooter club. It's free and a great place to draw folks in. Also most newspapers have a weekly community events page that one can list for free their event. Lot's of restaurants to meet at on a Saturday morning to meetup to create a gathering and perhaps a ride.
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I’ve considered starting my own club in South Jersey where I live, but I’ve no experience in creating one, and would be lost as to where and how to start.
Who need s a club. Most of the Jeep stuff I do is just online posting and meeting up with people to run trails. If you can find a place to post where locals see it you could just have get together loosely organized runs.
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Who needs a club?
Depends on what you want.
Basic ride
Charity runs
If you just want to ride with a few people every now and then, no club needed.
Do you want structure and organized events,runs,camp outs,etc
If all members pay dues with a Treasure keeping track and depositing money in a bank. Get a club.
Then you can find a small building and rent it, now you have a club house.
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I started MSLF with another forum member here Triesandluth we hadn't even met but talked here and on another forum I had craigslist ads out looking for people to ride with already and had met a couple just changed them up to forming a club mest some that had been riding in small groups already and it just kinda took off. It's not hard to start a Club if you got riders in your area the hard part is keeping it together and Drama free.
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Not sure our local club is still a club as it ebbs and flows. Personally though I prefer to ride alone. I've seen more accidents and close calls on riders hitting each other. Once over in the Davis Mtns. near the McDonald Observatory I was following behind the ride leader who braked hard and came to a complete stop in the middle of the road because of buzzards on road kill. We all had radio communication but they never warned of their stop and was kinda dicey as I ran on past them going 70mph in very close quarters on the road. Interestingly I rode past the carcass as the buzzards were outa there pretty fast. These days I'm not riding with groups anymore and feel much safer making that my call.
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All Im realy looking for is a group of people to ride with 1 a week on the same day and time every week. if make plans for other rides then so be it....just some way of making friends with scoots.............
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Might ride out to your local hangouts and keep your eye open for scoots at either breakfast or lunch time. See a scoot, run inside to see if you can find the owner and introduce yourself. Like a buddy of mine; Ole Joe once told me; if you want a friend be a friend. My best experiences with riding with others was usually riding with one or two people.