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Yep the scooter was ripped off.

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So I was out for a ride with a good friend John. We did one of the Rails to Trails routes here in Minnesota. There was a 10 mile long paved bike path past ponds, woods and rolling hills. I rode my recumbent Bike-E -W- Air suspension( for that boulevard ride ) It was comfey.

Riding along a country road when the trail ended towards a Victorian rivertown, Stillwater, I was getting hungry. There’s this really good ice cream store Browns, single scoops as big as your head. So here I am a hungry biker on a fast recumbent with one valley between me and Ice Cream.

I went REALLY fast down the hill into the valley, I swear I heard the Ice cream truck bell somewhere in the back of my mind. John is tucked in right behind me. At 40 the tiny front wheel of the Bike-E became REALLY unstable, oscillating side to side very fast, until I wiped out.

Uber road rash.

I really don’t remember much. John says it was spectacular. He was standing on his brakes to avoid me. I was sliding on the inside side of my new walking shoes. The new shoes SAVED my ankles, all the leather on the insides were gone, but very little skin. I sprained my knee, got a bad case of road rash, my bike shorts and T-shirt were shredded. The bike was OK.

The ambulance came, the medics gawked at my butt. “Thats a big rasberry there”, “Yep” and so on. They were really helpful and super quick getting there. If you are in need of rapid care, I recommend Stillwater.

All in all the ride was fun. The ice cream was well deserved.

So I bought the scooter just before Christmas, in pieces, untested, not running….

Over the last few weeks I have rebuilt it. Tuned it. De-restricted it for good speed. Its been operational for 3 days. Then it was stolen.

Bike thieves are the lowest form of scum.

So I spent the day giving flyers to all the gas station attendants within 5 miles, (16) stations, 2 laundromats, and zip plasma services (if you’ll sell your blood you might sell out your blood.)

I’m pretty sure I will get it back, they stole it nearly empty on gas so they have to fill up.

In researching this I found out that the are a I live in is 3 blocks from the highest theft area in St. Paul.

I bought a Aprilia Mojito 49.6cc scooter ( 50cc ) just before Christmas. It was a real deal, however it was also in 3 or 4 boxes. I bought it from someone who tried unsuccessfully to modify it. Well, I fixed it and is a blast to ride. I’ve had 6 motorcycles ranging from a 72 RD 350 to a GPz 1100 ( punched out to 1400 ). This scooter is by far the most fun. It also gives warm fuzzies to my inner cheapskate.

In Minnesota, insurance is not required on 50cc or less scooters, and 50cc scooters (but no larger) are allowed in bike racks in downtown Minneapolis. So basicly I got this nifty scooter, I like to ride, thats free to park, that doesn’t require insurance, and gets 65-70mpg. Cool.

Years ago, after a 16 hour shift doing heavy labor. I was on the way home 80 miles away. Driving through the rolling hills of Minnesota in early Spring, grass green and Burr oak trees without leaves, my feet HURT, 16 hours on them and they will do that. I was drinking the last of my fork test coffee ( does a fork stand up in it ) looking at the trees, they were like the twisted endings of the nerves now pounding in my toes. I imagagined a Grant Wood landscape, rolling green hills and instead of burr oak trees, giant 80 foot high big toes.