Piston and Pints V 3.0

Tuesday evening marked the third occurrence of Pistons and Pints in Boalsburg, Pennsylvania — a “moto hang” as organizer Ken Hull describes it.  Good turnout with over 20 bikes on hand from the lowly Ducati to the amazing Vespa.  And representatives from KTM, BMW, Triumph, Suzuki, Yamaha, Harley and Honda.  And even a Buell.

If you’ve not made it mark your calendars — the first and third Tuesday of each month from 5 to 8 pm.  The event is reaching a critical mass now so the lies and fabrications about riding prowess should escalate.

Without further ado I’ll share pictures and a few comments.

Top case on a Burgman scooter.  The scooter hasn’t ridden in all these places but the rider has.

Here’s the rider — Robert — or on the Adventure Rider forum — poppawheelie.  The mexi-scooter belongs to his wife.

I seek out comfort on the couch looking out towards the machines and riders.  Pretty much everyone stayed outside to talk.  I like the idea of a couch in the garage though.  Ken had a big LCD monitor running trials video.  Sort of.

Two silver Vespa GTS scooters in one place and only outnumbered by Ducati motorcycles.  Ducati started life making scooters so I suppose it’s ok.

Designer Jonathan Ziegler arrived on his 1977 BMW 75/7; the oldest bike their save for Ken’s 80cc Yamaha Trial bike.

Mark Sapia owned the other Vespa but he seemed intrigued by the Ducatis.

The first female rider showed up with a friend (spouse, sibling, significant other) on Tuesday evening.

Lots of bikes and expertise available.

Ken took this Buell for a ride.  I thought he was going around the block.  Must be a slow bike.  Took him half an hour.  He seemed excited when he got back.

Paul Ruby on his BMW K bike.  Last picture of him I posted he was laying on the road.

The fellow in the gray shirt is a mechanic from Kissell Motorsports and he offered some interesting information about Ducati modifications earlier in the evening.  One of the benefits of getting together a bunch of riders.

See you next time.