Moped Mishap

On my second day of riding my moped I had a little mishap.  I got off on the edge of the roadway where the little edge of gravels are and my moped just slid on down and fell over.  Thank goodness the ground broke my fall or I might have been injured more than I was.

Here's how it happened......
I was following too closely behind Rick, when he came across some water in the road he slowed down.  And me, not being able to stop very well didn't apply my brakes enough, and I saw that I was going to bump into his new moped, so I swerved but I swerved the wrong way into the gravels on the shoulder and down I went.

Here's the result, a bruised left hand.


Later on that night, when traffic cleared up around 11:30 p.m. I rode my little Buddy around the country roads for a while, then I went into Berea and road around town for a while until I got a bright idea:  Go to Walmart parking lot!  There in the almost empty parking lot I practiced slamming on the brakes suddenly as if it were an emergency stop.  I practiced over and over again until I now feel comfortable stopping suddenly and abruptly.  I was always afraid that if I put on the brakes suddenly and hard on my little moped that I would topple over, but in the Walmart parking lot I never even bobbled.  I practiced until 1:15 a.m. and then decided to go home.  

The next morning I excitdedly told Rick that I practiced my stopping skills the night before, but he wasn't too impressed and told me that I still can't ride with him or Tommy anymore.  That they both agreed that I should sell my moped because I'm now just too old to ride anymore.

OK, so I now have no one to ride with.  Is there anyone out there who lives in the Berea area who would like to ride along with me?  I do like riding long distances and not just short spurts, but I am adaptable and easy going, so if short spurts is what you like I can do that.  Like I said, I'm easy going and very adaptable.

Riding Mopeds

Rick, Tommy & I went riding two days ago.  It was my first official ride on my little Buddy Scooter.  It's a lot easier man-handling a moped than a motorcycle.  The turns are much easier, but of course the ride is at a much slower pace.  I loved it and plan on doing more riding out in the local countryside.  Of course when we want to go on a farther and longer ride, then the motorcycles will be best for this.
Also last night Rick & I wanted to see how good the moped headlights shine at night, so we both went on our first night time moped ride, and we plan on doing more nighttime rides in the future.
This picture below was taken two days ago.  They are both standing next to their own mopeds.  I'm taking the picture, but you can see my moped standing over there all alone.  The one with the cooler strapped on the back, that's my little Buddy.

Tommy's is a 50cc, my little Buddy is a 125cc, and Rick's is a 150cc.

New Big Boy Toy

Yesterday Rick picked up his brand new 2017, 150 Powermax moped and he had to ride it all the way here from Lexington, Ky.  It was hot and he was very tired by the time we got home.

It's a pretty blue, his favorite color.



We stopped at Clay's Ferry for a rest and a drink of gatorade, and then went on our way.  I followed behind him in my pretty red Pruis.



Below Rick changed the oil & filter in my little 125cc Buddy scooter and also cleaned out my carburetor, so now it runs great.  It still needs two more little things to fix on it, but it still goes just fine right now.  Now we both have mopeds to ride together.  It was hard riding a moped and a motorcycle together, so now the score is evened up and we can both ride scooters together.  We're not giving up the motorcycles, by no means, we just have other choices now.





This is my little Buddy and it runs with the best of them now.