Are you ready for for same?
Wine and cheese and a Vespa parked in the middle of the exhibit perhaps?

Trust all you framed photographs are lined up for the hanging yet come.

Could be just the rollers and sliders need to be replaced. They can get noisy and affect the positive feel of the CVT. I usually change them when the belt is changed.

I was looking at Revzilla last night. Thinking I need a new jacket but of course I don’t. Feels good to spend money sometimes…

Nope, scoot is 100% stock (so far), but about a week ago it felt a bit more rough on take-off than I thought it should…but that lasted all of two days. Feels just fine now! (Somewhere at the 5900-ish mile mark now.) Meanwhile, I just ordered a Highway 21 Turbine mesh jacket from RevZilla. (Seems like everybody beat me to the punch on this, since so many models of mesh jackets are sold out.) YesterdayI plumped (ah, slipped some Brit-speak in there by accident) for a pair of reinforced mesh high-top-style riding sneaks from Indian Motorcycle from my local dealer, which fit great and didn’t cost a fortune – my goal was to get my “summerized” riding kit together for not much over two hundred bucks, and I pretty much accomplished that.

And, yeah, for my one-mile run to the supermarket (or the quarter-mile run on Saturdays to the farmer’s market here in Asbury), I pretty much limit my safety-wear to helmet and gloves, although I draw the Ride Casual line at footwear – shoes or sneakers, but not even covered-toe sandals on the bike.

Black ice and dark wet roads — neither are situations I want to navigate. And when I find myself there, it’s usually at a crawl.

I’ve not been riding much lately, bypassing hot, cool, rain and more. This photo show has consumed me. Soon, I’ll be riding again.

Riding generates many fine memories. Best of luck on your adventures and be safe.

Regarding the exhibit — I’m wrapping the final details. All the prints are made and frames are waiting. Most of the promotional stuff is done. I’ll be moving all the pieces into the gallery on July 30 and hanging things on the 31st. It’s been a bit mind boggling though the amount of work it takes to do this.

I try to make every ride last as long as possible. More and more, I hate to be rushed. So much so that I consciously slow down as a way to shrug off the old pace. On the road, I’m definitely in the minority. But I’ve learned to pull over to let the rushed world pass by…

In summer I modify the ATGATT standard a bit — shedding the mesh armored pants and just wear jeans. If I were smart I would probably invest in a pair of the jeans designed for riding. Otherwise I wear all the other stuff regardless of the heat.

With one exception — during a local arts festival just down the street, I rode the scooter with shorts, tennis shoes, t-shirt, and helmet. No gloves. I felt naked and at risk. But I figured I could chance a 2/10 mile ride at 20mph…

I have a good mesh jacket. But at really high temperatures, the air blast seems to dry me out fast. I’ve been told that a more covered jacket with vents is better. You sweat and the air flow through the vents provides cooling. Don’t feel any sweat at all in the mesh jacket. Either way, I drink a lot of water in hot weather. And where possible, dump water on my head and body. Feels good but dries quickly.

Shouldn’t need a new variator at 6K. My first variator change was at 32K. Shouldn’t even need a belt change at 6K according to Piaggio. Did you do something to your scoot?

The only way I’ve found to cool off on those miserable hot-humid days is to dive into a creek or lake. But then 15 minutes later on the road you need to do it again. Really slows down progress.

It’s raining today here but some thunder and lighting will keep me in the cage.