Since my double knee surgery, I was forced to cell my beloved little Honda Scooter. The bug was put in me when I road on the back of my friend Jim's cycle in California. In typical Jim fashion, after our first adventure on his bike, upon arrival at home, he paid me what he thought was very high praise. He called me his best "motorcycle bitch." I understood that it meant that I was a good person to have as a passenger because I moved like you were supposed to move on the bike. We still joke about me being his "best bitch" - My last trip out - he did ask me to try, because parking in San Francisco is a nightmare and I had, along with my glasses, forgotten my handicapped parking placard. I obliged, and though difficult and somewhat painful, I managed and the rides were short. This rekindled in me my feelings of loss for my scooter. I have several very funny stories about my scooter - but will save them for later - what follows is a true story of what happened on probably the second day I owned the bike.
Ok ... so another story about the scooter. I went out two days ago or so and could not get the bike started. I bought a charger and it still would not start ... I went to buy a new battery today but my credit card was declined ... and then Seth (the guy who has answered most of my questions) said that it was odd to leave your key in the ignition for so long and to leave the lights on. I had not done that and was told that then the lights would not have been on. I mentioned that the turn signal, lights, and horn still worked. He asked me if I held in the front break when I started the scooter. Suffice to say it was good the card was declined (though a mystery about that) because my battery is fine. I came home and held onto the front break and it started right up. I mentioned to the workers that friends have suggested bubble wrap around myself when riding (Rick) but was informed it was not a good look ... God bless Seth because he just keeps encouraging me and telling me I will get the hang of it ... he doesn't even laugh in my face though Lord knows he could and probably should ... so today I was the Biggest Loser at Lancaster Honda!
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