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I managed to finagle my brother's 49cc Yamaha Zuma away from him under the guise that I show it to a prospective buyer down in my area this week.
It was the 1st time I rode it since I learned how to ride a motorcycle. As soon as I got on it, I realized that it was night and day from before. Who knew hanging off on a scooter would be so fun?
So, after much hooligan riding yesterday...I take the bike out today for a whip around Rodger Williams park, and I learned a few interesting things:
1) You can really scare the shit out of yourself on a scooter if you try enough
2) I can hit one sweet corner faster (I think) on the Zuma than I can on my SV. I don't know if I should be impressed or ashamed.
3) An adult riding a scooter outside of a large urban area looks quite retarded...unless you're stunting it, which it does pretty well
After my scooter thrashing I am dying to try riding a small motard or Aprilia RS50, etc.
What I found most interesting: I was making all the same mistakes on scooter that I make on my SV...not looking through the turns enough, etc. I thought to myself, if I could just whip around the park until I was dragging floorboards, I could break a lot of bad habits at 75mpg
As silly as it might sound given it was a 49cc SCOOTER, I feel like riding fast on the slow bike made me feel better riding the fast(er) bike.
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