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The Excuses We Make

Scooter in the Sticks — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 05:00:21 +0000

On a stop just after sunrise I realized how often during a ride I just want to look. Not for a photograph or acknowledgement of a specific sight but just to absorb the world. Thinking about it I also realize how often some other activity got me to that place of looking — ride on […]

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30 Mile Breakfast

Scooter in the Sticks — Sat, 04 Jul 2015 04:51:27 +0000

Meals provide frequent excuses to ride. A 30 mile ride to breakfast just the most recent of many. Like private pilots flying to a distant airport cafe for a cheeseburger, the relative cost of breakfast at the end of a ride is unimportant. This morning my friend Paul Ruby and I combed our hair and […]

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Ducati vs. Vespa

Scooter in the Sticks — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 02:35:40 +0000

Comparing anything, motorcycles and scooters included, invariably leads many to the mental trap of “which is better?”. As I think about all the times I’ve engaged in that pointless battle — which is the better camera, tripod, paint, microwave oven, car, faucet, tile, window — you get the picture, it’s been a complete waste of time. […]

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Ducati Riding

Scooter in the Sticks — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:00:00 +0000

That’s me, a dumbstruck tourist with a Ducati. The Ducati Diavel to be exact. Fresh off a Vespa pushing 22 horsepower to a power cruiser with an additional 140 horsepower. That’s 162 horsepower for those of you who ride K bikes. This was how an evening ride with the owner of Kissell Motorsports began a […]

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The Motorcycle Mechanic

Scooter in the Sticks — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:37:00 +0000

That’s Tom Christensen, motorcycle mechanic. Whenever I leave my Vespa for service at Kissell Motorsports I didn’t really know what was happening to it or who was doing the work. The scooter would be left behind and then, as if by magic, it would be returned with whatever mechanical needs addressed. For some people that […]

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Ducati HyperMotard: Engineering Meets the Beginners Mind

Scooter in the Sticks — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:15:00 +0000

I knew the HyperMotard was different by the way Craig Kissell was carefully describing how to best operate and ride the bike. Other employees and even one of the technicians weighed in with their opinions and stories of life on this particular Ducati. By the time I left Kissell Motorsports I had a list of […]

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Vespa Sleeping with Ducati

Scooter in the Sticks — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 03:21:00 +0000

Ly LX150 is spending the night with a Ducati GT1000. I hope they’re careful. The unlikely pairing came about after I delivered my non-starting scooter to Kissell Motorsports for diagnosis of the problem and a repair estimate. Over the past week I’ve heard or read a range of horror stories of dealer and repair woes […]

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