friends Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa Scooter and Royal Enfield Himalayan motorcycle. Fri, 04 Apr 2025 03:21:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 Cold Versus Cool Motorcycle Rides https://scooterinthesticks.com/2025/04/cold-versus-cool-motorcycle-rides/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2025/04/cold-versus-cool-motorcycle-rides/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2025 04:10:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=11282 Less Than Ideal Weather It’s nice to be invited along on a ride. While I’m not always able to go, I always appreciate the offer. On this morning I was free to join Dave on a 39 mile ride to McVeytown, Pennsylvania to have breakfast with some of his riding buddies. The fact that the […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2025/04/cold-versus-cool-motorcycle-rides/feed/ 15 11282 Vespa Riders on the Road https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/02/vespa-riders-on-the-road/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/02/vespa-riders-on-the-road/#comments Thu, 29 Feb 2024 05:05:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=11017 Planetary Alignment A celestial alignment of Vespa scooters brought Andy, Paul, and myself together for a ride during a “warm” February day. The sun was out, roads were clear, we were all geared up and able to comfortably manage a 42F day. I knew it was cold because Paul had to use his electric gloves […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2024/02/vespa-riders-on-the-road/feed/ 19 11017 Remembering Jack Riepe https://scooterinthesticks.com/2023/10/remembering-jack-riepe/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2023/10/remembering-jack-riepe/#comments Sat, 21 Oct 2023 04:07:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10955 Words, Smiles, Laughter and the Battered Baby Seal Face. With great sadness I have to report the passing of Jack Riepe, writer, speaker, and evangelist of BMW K bikes. Especially the K75 models. His humor was evident in the monthly BMW Owners News column he wrote, in his books, his talks and presentations, and in […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2023/10/remembering-jack-riepe/feed/ 21 10955 When Vespa Riders Gather https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/09/when-vespa-riders-gather/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/09/when-vespa-riders-gather/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2022 13:38:55 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10772 The Magnetic Attraction of Vespa Scooters If I were adept at mathematics I might create an equation that describes the phenomenon of attraction between these metal machines. Newton, or Einstein might be able to illuminate it. I merely marvel at the scene of suggesting Vespa riders gather. Like a soft force in the Universe. Grateful […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2022/09/when-vespa-riders-gather/feed/ 23 10772 Finding Balance with my Vespa Scooter https://scooterinthesticks.com/2021/06/finding-balance-with-my-vespa-scooter/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2021/06/finding-balance-with-my-vespa-scooter/#comments Tue, 08 Jun 2021 04:05:00 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10359 Life over the past year was complicated by a pandemic, the relentless march of aging, and the seemingly endless tasks of daily life. My Vespa scooter helped ease the pain. Surrendering the Fantasy I’ve become more willing to accept that my life is in a continual, endless cycle of change. There was a time, decades […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2021/06/finding-balance-with-my-vespa-scooter/feed/ 24 10359 Another Day in Paradise https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/03/another-day-in-paradise/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/03/another-day-in-paradise/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2018 06:24:58 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=8337 Long Road of Gratitude It’s not lost on me how lucky I am in so many ways.  Riding the Vespa scooter through the central Pennsylvania landscape provides a quiet space for relaxation and reflection.  And in that space I’m aware that life is good.  For most of it my health has been excellent.  I have […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2018/03/another-day-in-paradise/feed/ 12 8337 Thinking About Riders https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/10/thinking-about-riders/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/10/thinking-about-riders/#comments Sun, 08 Oct 2017 04:10:01 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7958 People You Meet on the Road Riders are unique individuals. They may ride the same scooter or motorcycle, or dress according to a code or style, but when you look closely, they’re different in small ways, and big. Thinking about riders I’ve known, I’ve not met two who are the same. Recently I had the […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/10/thinking-about-riders/feed/ 34 7958 Alaskan Rider in the Sticks https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/03/alaskan-rider-sticks/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/03/alaskan-rider-sticks/#comments Sat, 19 Mar 2016 04:03:18 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=6157 Richard Machida (motoblogger and rider) and his wife Bridget put aside -18F temperatures in Alaska to make there way to the sticks to say hello.  I have to apologize to Bridget for not paying closer attention to the inherent wide angle distortion when making this photograph  and trying to get them and the tower at […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/03/alaskan-rider-sticks/feed/ 22 6157 Nature of Friendship https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/02/nature-of-friendship/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/02/nature-of-friendship/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2016 05:10:43 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=5978 Photography Bonds My friends Gordon and Paul at Saint’s Cafe looking a photographs — one of the common bonds among us.  Paul I met at a large format photography workshop he was teaching over 20 years ago, and Gordon in the MFA program at the School of Visual Arts at Penn State nearly 10 years […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/02/nature-of-friendship/feed/ 12 5978 New Vespa Rider https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/09/new-vespa-rider/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/09/new-vespa-rider/#comments Sat, 05 Sep 2015 12:42:21 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=5155 In February I received a message at the Modern Vespa forum from a would be scooter rider.  He had a plan and a long held dream of owning a Vespa.  During the ensuing months he’s graduated from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation course, purchased a Vespa, and rode to the Boalsburg Moto Hang with his son.  […]

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