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Thursday was a nasty day weather-wise here in Alabama.  Rain, thunder, lightining, tornadoes....

I was lucky as there were no tornadoes around me.  Saturday was also forecast to have more nasty weather.  In between was Friday, a beautiful Spring day with plenty of sun and a high of around 75 degrees.  Of course I got out on my scooter to run some errands around town.  There were plenty of signs of spring with things blooming everywhere.  I didn't get any pics but here's a couple from a few days earlier.



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Friday evening as the sun was getting low I decided to go out again on my mighty steed and chase the sun.



I was a man on a mission.  I had 13 horsepower on tap and wasn't afraid to use it as I raced the setting sun!  I have my wingman backing me up.



I was preparing to fire a sidewinder at this slow moving vehicle blocking my way but it turned off.



Gotta catch that sun!

Every thread I look at ends with an error message.  The only way to reply is to quote a previous post.

It got up to 75 degrees today so I got out on a couple of short rides on my Like today.  The first was to the grocery store.  The second was for fun.



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At 10,007 miles the belt broke on my like 150i.  I ordered a new belt, rollers and sliding block from the Kymco Dealer.  Kymco had no belts in stock in the USA.  I found a new belt at Scooter Dynasty in California.  I got it in but scratched up the flat faces on the Variator pulley so I ordered new ones.  Luckily these were in stock.

So I replaced much of the variator and the belt.  This variator does not have any sliding blocks.  The old rollers had really bad flat spots on them.

Before the belt change my top speed was down to 58-59 MPH on the speedo which only reads 1-2 MPH high.  After the change I could get 65-66 MPH.

I think I'll change this belt and rollers around 9K.  The manual calls for belt replacement at 12K. 

last week I spent 5 days riding in the Tennessee mountains.  I wasn't on my scooter but I thought I'd share some of the colors I saw.

All of these pictures were taken within 20 miles of Tellico Plains TN.



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Despite the Pandemic we had our Scooter get together and ride last week in Maggie Valley.  We ended up with 30 people showing up from many different states.  Best as I can recall we had people from Texas, Alabama, Tennessee, Michigan, Ohio, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. 

Despite some rainy weather we had some great rides.  Here's some pics:



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I recently rode to Maggie Valley, NC for a couple of days of riding on the mountains with some friends.  It was a scouting pre-ride for the big scooter get together in August.  I was on my Majesty as was one other riders.  some of the riders where on motorcycles.

Here are some of the pics fro the ride.



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When the corona virus broke out and shut down the country, and much of the world, I did what most people did and mostly stayed home.  I did get out and ride some but just short local rides.  As time when by it became obvious that most of the country was not experiencing the massive pandemic the news media claimed would happen.  I happen to live in a medium size city where the infection rate has been very low. 

The Next state to the east is Georgia.  They where one of the first states to really open back up although like Alabama, they never shut down as much as many states did.  One of the things they opened back up was dining in at restaurants.  My riding buddy lives in the N. GA Mtns.  He needed to change the belt on his new to him Vespa so I decided to head over and help him change it.  While I was at it I might as well do some riding!

So on Wednesday I loaded my Like into my truck and headed over.  That evening we went out and actually ate in a restaurant.  What a concept!  I know I was risking my life but it was a small place and we were the only customers aside from some people picking up take out orders.

Thursday had some beeeuutiful weather and we took advantage of it. First I got a hold of a guy on the Maxiscoots forum and we arranged to meet in the town of Blue Ridge. Why Blue Ridge? Well first it's the nearest town and second there is a motorcycle dealer there with a bike I wanted to check out. Since one of the bikes I am considering buying is a KLX250 I rode there on Steve's older KLX250. It's not fuel injected like the newer ones but is otherwise pretty much identical.



And Steve was on his new Vespa.



We rode into Blue Ridge and checked out this bike at the Yamaha dealer.



It's an 18 WR250 with less than 300 miles on it. They let me ride it around the parking lot but not on a real test ride. No doubt it's a more capable bike than either the KLX250 or 230 and they had a good price on it but I'm still leaning towards a KLX.

Steve (not another Steve ) showed up on an unusual contraption and we rode to get some lunch.



What is it?



A Yamaha Waverunner with wheels