Vespa GTS Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Fri, 17 Jun 2016 01:32:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 Church Riders https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/02/church-riders/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/02/church-riders/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2016 18:00:10 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=6068 Sunday Ride I don’t expect to see another scooter or motorcycle at church but it was nice to see another Vespa GTS this morning.  Keith is filling in for the regular organist this week and rode his bright red Vespa GTS 300 to Boalsburg.  With the sky blue and temperature rising it the bright red […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2016/02/church-riders/feed/ 13 6068 Vespa in Freezing Weather https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/11/vespa-in-freezing-weather/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/11/vespa-in-freezing-weather/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2015 01:14:17 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=5526 The Vespa starts right up in freezing weather, my brain not so much… At the beginning of the cold-weather riding season an adjustment is in order — for me at least.  I don’t worry much about the Vespa and instead focus on the subtle ways my mind works to avoid the cold.  Perhaps it’s merely […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2015/11/vespa-in-freezing-weather/feed/ 18 5526 Evening Ride https://scooterinthesticks.com/2014/06/evening-ride/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2014/06/evening-ride/#comments Sat, 14 Jun 2014 02:59:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=12 Evening Ride At 5:04 p.m. an alert vibrated the iPhone sitting on my desk warning of a severe lightning storm and calling for the evacuation of two athletic stadiums on Penn State’s University Park campus.  For once my decision not to ride because of the weather made sense.  Three hours later the weather cleared and […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2014/06/evening-ride/feed/ 12 12 Unsatisfying Vespa Ride https://scooterinthesticks.com/2014/06/unsatisfying-vespa-ride/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2014/06/unsatisfying-vespa-ride/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2014 00:56:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=14 Not every ride on a scooter or motorcycle is a good ride.  Some rides are just too damn short.  As the day drew to a close and the weather was beginning to look ominous I had a sudden desire to go for a ride.  I can never be sure if it’s really a ride I’m […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2014/06/unsatisfying-vespa-ride/feed/ 19 14 Fog is Strong Medicine https://scooterinthesticks.com/2012/04/fog-is-strong-medicine/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2012/04/fog-is-strong-medicine/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:11:00 +0000 http://69.195.124.229/~scootet3/?p=197 Fog is strong medicine Fog has a stimulative power capable of pulling a comatose body from fantastic dreamworlds into a real world shrouded is gaseous water and mystery.  Forsaking plans and conceptions, no destination in mind, far from home in the dawn mist, I could feel the energy whispering through me, urging me on. Into […]

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