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Back in the saddle!


Big big thanks to skadamo for working to get the forum back up and running!
He informed me that there might be some limited down-time as he works to make more improvements to this forum.

We sure missed this crazy meeting place, skadamo - and are so thankful for all your efforts on our behalf!

WTH - I'm going for coffee!
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Stig

Sitting with family next to the UnderDog cafe', I was groovin' on this fresh summer morning in my fav town - chatting away and admiring the growing street fair and  a very good hot coffee with genuine half/half creamer - when my daughter suddenly found her father amusing.
Me, "OK, what now?!"
"Dad, you're eating the brown paper wrapper on your burrito!"


An easy mistake.
Did you folks notice the wrapper?!~

Stig

PS: that hot sauce is an UnderDog recipe. It has blinded more than a few people, the story goes.

Semi-annual Yellow Springs Street Fair yesterday.

Going in Daughter#4's xB.


Only once did I find a safe place to park my scooter during these events (a kind policeman moved some barricades and let me park it curbside with-in the event!) - so now I take the car & assorted females. I'm rather familiar with YS so I know to go early, and know where to find parking within 2 blocks of downtown YS. (I get a kick out of some of the 'wilderness-inspired' front yards! "What HOA?!")


At the UnderDog (AKA, Wine Emporium) we found alfresco seating for our coffee, pastries and the Dog's famous breakfast burritos.


Some towns in the area host 2-day events - but because this street fair closes a main north-south State Rte. through the village -  it requires a pretty much a one day, dawn to dusk event.


Home built wooden camper?


try to make a living selling these ....! running out of ideas - he would then lay it on the road and dance in it! I did see one girl with one later - she looked like she was high on something


Friendly local fauna, or is it flora?


I told my daughter, "don't forget to come by and listen to Dino barking for the Yak Lady!"


same street the day before the Street Fair...


Joe rebuilt this thing when the village said it was broken - now he tows it around town and tries to enforce the 25MPH limit in the village! He parks it in front of his house when no on 'patrol' duty.


minimalist.....





It was another fantastic weather day - so I have no reason to doubt the figure of 25,000 attendees.

Stig

I thought I'd sworn off deliberately riding in the rain at night....
Yeah, well.



Got pretty sporty when a front went through. No pics - raining too hard and I don't have a rain case for my phone
Kept my phone in a sandwich bag inside pocket of my mesh jacket. (much too warm for the rain-proof overjacket)
Blow was over as quick as it came - but within a mile I found evidence of tree damage.



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Good to get out for a ride!
Stig

I've both replaced or washed mine. Smells great in here now🙂
Recently read a fellow praising his old helmet for saving his head, twice!, in crashes.
There are opinions that helmets should be replaced after a certain number of riding years - open to some debate - but not much debate about the safety of replacing a helmet which has been struck in a crash - and after two??!!
Stig

aren't these usually checked with the dipstick pushed in but not screwed in? I think that is a Honda thing from long ago..and these scoot engines continue it to this day.

Yes, manual should clearly state.
Piaggio - screw it in. Kymco - don't screw it in. At least my models.
BYW: i am amazed at the accuracy of the question/answer google app on my phone.
Stig

few more pics...my mess, the new, coated rotors (helps with the rust we get) and wheel pic

New to me!
So the rotors will never wear down?
A different feel to the brake pedal?

I'm impressed, Hawk.
The closer I get to joining the Octogenarian Club - the less I feel like crawling around on the garage floor!
Stig

I was drivning to work today and noticed louder sound from the exhaust than normal.
Air and Noice is coming from the middle hole in the front heat protection, where there are three stainless screws
What is suppose to be there?
Tried to post a Pic, but I possible from phone

To be clear - there are three screws - but one is missing?

Stig