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Thanks for the nice welcome, Loonette and everyone!

Yes, my scooter's a Bajaj Chetak, and a pretty nice one it is. And I do own decent riding boots. No cycle pants/chaps yet, at least none that fit. But I'm working on it.

I'm pretty mechanical -- of three kids, I was the one who took apart alarm clocks, found out how the talking doll talked, and eventually got into all sorts of tech-y things. But I'm not much good at heavy lifting and I usually need drawings to figure out complex mechanical things. (My brother and si...

Ooops! Showing my age. If I had her bone structure and hair that would stand up, I'd go for a flat-top in a flash. But I don't and besides, I like my goofy hairstyle.

Time for a Buff!

...I'm tall and in layered winter gear, I'm kind of scary looking, even smiling. Add in that I'm riding a Vespa-clone scooter at present and it's not your usual sight. So far, all I've encountered are some very odd looks and one punk shouting, "F---in' freak!" Handled him by riding on by, ...

thanks for the nice welcome! ...I'm 5' 10" and a fraction, barefoot -- but those slightly-short jeans in the photo have a 36" leg! The Suzuki GZ250s my MSF class used weren't bad, leg-wise, and my limited experience of Virago 250s puts them at no worse and maybe a little better. The Virago...

I have really really fine hair. I usually do a low ponytail (which looks pretty bad without the helmet) while riding, and just try to re-fluff after. But my bangs go weirdly wavy. Startin' to envy Susan Powter.

Hi! I'm just venturing into real motorcycling. I bought a motor scooter (145cc, manual transmission) last Spring. I had always wanted one and I was thinking that was just as big a motorized two-wheeler as I would ever want. Loved it, broke my right leg just above the knee after only a month of ridin...