Comments on: Fall Ruby Ride

By: Summer Intuition and Vespa Riding - Scooter in the Sticks

Summer Intuition and Vespa Riding - Scooter in the Sticks — Mon, 20 Jul 2020 04:10:54 +0000

[…] I’ve found myself on this strip of gravel as a result of a message the night before from my friend Paul Ruby: […]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:41:00 +0000

Paul suggested that I google "Paul ruby scooters" and I found your blog. The thought of a scooter and a motorcycle riding together is very funny. You pictures make it even funnier. Haha.

-Rei

By: squire

squire — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 01:28:00 +0000

My son was home from Penn State, when I showed him the picture of McLanahan’s Market, he said he shops there all the time.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:01:00 +0000

Tim: Central Pennsylvania is a wonderful place to ride a scooter. Lots of bicycles, motorcycles, horses, runners, hikers, and cars agree. And the colors that accompany this time of year are an added treat.

Lea: Glad you have the mechanical stuff sorted out. A yellow Vespa! That sure will stand out on the road.

Jeremy: Shooting with an SLR with the helmet on is a pain. Can't really see the entire frame and you end up shooting and looking at the display to see what you got. I do that sometimes but composition is easier with the helmet off. Stopping as often as I do it can be tedious to take it on and off so much.

Paul: Another trip to Pittsburgh would be nice. Wellsboro would be nicer I think this time of year. I'll have to see how things shake out in my schedule.

milos: Thanks for your feedback and kind words.

Riding alone makes it easier for me to see pictures and provides a spiritual kind of therapy. I feel more connected to myself and my life. And it's fun. Great combination.

I don't have the kind of battle you have to get to the landscapes I love to see. I can almost walk out the door into them. A Vespa ET2 and 20 miles through city traffic would be a challenge!

I was sick and tired of shifting and I hadn't ridden in 30 years. I just knew I wouldn't want to fiddle anymore. I used to have manual shift cars and trucks and got sick of that too.

Like you I am mostly working with a digital camera these days though I recently picked up my Mamiya 7 again to shoot black and white. I am interested in silver prints. For color though I will stick with digital.

If you ever have any pictures posted somewhere let us know. Would love to see the landscapes you get to ride in.

By: Milos

Milos — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:07:00 +0000

I thought I should drop a word – two…
I’m from Serbia, that would be distant east-European former Yugoslavia. I have Vespa ET2 since this May and it came to me as a replacement for some other values and ways to spend a day, which I have lost in my life, while I was away from home, visiting NYC and Montreal this early spring.
When I have discovered this blog I was attracted to it immediately for several reasons. First, I also enjoy riding alone, although riding during winter season is not very welcome in a 2,5 mil. city which Belgrade is. Traffic is simply too hysterical, streets slippery and our drivers are everything but a forgiving type of people… it’s only one mistake you need. Second reason… hmmm… I also wanted a Triumph, Bonnie, T-bird or Legend but then I figured since commuting in a heavy density traffic, small thing as Vespa with it’s great MPG and ability to pull it through a tiniest gap between cars, then absence of clutch and shifter with which I got sick and tired during 13 years behind the steering wheel… so stylish, so reflecting someones attitude not only towards wheels but in general. Third, my eye is addicted to viewfinder just like yours. Pity is that just before I bought Vespa I was left without wonderful Linhof Tehnorama I used to shoot ladscapes, so now I’m using a tiny digital Leica I bought as a holiday type camera. I’ll be back to film eventually.
I’m in a serious lack of colorful landscapes you get to enjoy in your rides, or at least if I’m willing to reach them it would ask for 15-20 miles fight through traffic madness I got around me, not to mention that I’m living in a bare center of this city. ET2 with it’s 2-stroke 50cc engine is simply not capable for escaping out of town, so to make things right I ordered a beautiful Vespa Granturismo 125 and it should appear on my doorstep in next few weeks. I’ll also have to acquire a “type A” license to drive it, according to our laws, but it’s worth of extra effort.
I just wanted to say I enjoy your posts and with a difference in time zone I get to read most of them in early morning hours while having my coffee and getting ready to work. Nice way to break into working day. I enjoy the photos even more and I’m now encouraged to make some of my own ride… that is when I get next chance to ride, cuz I’m lacking winter gear and experience to ride 2 wheels in rain or greasy partially snowy roads.
Keep riding and posting, as you can see, there’s a devoted odeon on another part of the globe.
Milos

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:25:00 +0000

Hi Steve. It’s an honor to grace the pages of your blog. I always enjoy me motorcycle/scooter trips with you.
If you are up for it and have the time lets consider the diner in the Strip District in Pittsburgh or the Wellsboro Diner…I don’t know where that is… for next week. I got the 12v Gerbings adaptor for my cigarette lighter yesterday. oooo. That’s right you can’t talk to me. Paul “warm and fuzzy” ruby

By: Jeremy Z

Jeremy Z — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 05:43:00 +0000

Nice. The Concours sure has a wide behind compared to the Wasp.

I had seen that photo of him working on the bread van before; somehow linked from Steve Morris' page. (The Morris Garage)

The one shot of him shooting you with an SLR up to the opening of his full-face; what a pain in the neck! Motorcycling is one instance where I happily settle for my point & shoot with 3" LCD.

Jeremy
Pullin' G's

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:32:00 +0000

Another great journey! Thanks so much!

It was our yellow Vespa that had the problem, they said for some reason the yellow and green ones have this issue. Something to do with the motor mount. But the service was excellent and the guys were so nice. We got our Vespas at Varsity in Fort Lauderdale and have been very happy.

Today it has rained non-stop so no Vespa rides. Hoping for sunshine tomorrow but it does not look good.

The PA countryside looks beautiful this time of year. I love the Fall colors.
Lea in Fort Lauderdale

By: SimplyTim

SimplyTim — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:56:00 +0000

Steve,

Great country roads ya got there.

Tim