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Baja California
Hi to all. I meant to be sensible, retire from riding rediculous distances on small bikes, stay home and buy a ride-on lawn mower. Joe Berk of The California Scooter Company messed with my good intentions. "Hey," he wrote, "come ride one of our pre-production bikes south to Cabo San Vicente and back - 2000 miles." Our aim is to find any weaknesses in the bikes. We reached the end of the Peninsular yesterday and are on our way back now to California. The trip and pics are on my blog at www.simongandolfi.com
Cheers...
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The California Scooter Company test team complete the ride today - back to La Verne. We have ridden 2000 miles in eight days. Not a great distance, but these are 149 cc bikes - our task, to discover any weaknesses. We have found a couple of welds that need rethinking - the exhaust attachment and the rear light assembly. And a minor electrical falt on both pre-production bikes. I rode a pre-production south and one of the first production bikes back north. The production bike belongs to Arlene, founder of the biker clothing company, scooter-girls.com
The bike purred and the sprung seat is a pleasure even after riding ten hours.
I am not a team player. I am accustomed to riding alone. This was a steep learning curve. Hopefully my companions dont hate me. Though no doubt I am irritating and grumpy! Such is the way of old men...
Finally, you ever get the oportunity, Baja California is magnificent. Views out over the Sea of Cortez are as fine as the very best. The desert changes, fell to boulder, plateua to twisting mountain roads. For a biker, fabulous.Try it..
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