Scooter
It was a cold and rainy day in October, Shanna was in Disneyland with Addison and my mom (SHHHHH don't tell Jaden) and I had been talking to this guy about a scooter he had in Centralia, that's like an Hour or so away.
The scooter he had was pretty good it was a 1985 Honda Elite he had repainted it black and army green so I thought it would be suiting for me, also he was a single dad and I felt bad that I had talked him from $500 to $300 but it needed a starter and it didn't have a kick start....so before we left to go check it out I looked one more time on the greatest treasure site in the world www.craigslist.com and behold another scooter similar but with a much more desperate plee from the owner that he “Needed to sell it fast” he sent me a picture and wow was it in need of repair, I called and asked him about his price and he was willing to deal so off we went...We got there and it was in an car repair place I talked to him for a while and found out he was a mechanic and had done a lot of work on the Scooter including rebuilding the carburetor. Like I said it was rainy so I said we would go to get some lunch and be back when it cleared. We ate then it cleared and I went back to take a little test drive.......WOW I got on this scooter and gave it the gas and it took off, I had only ridden 50cc scooters up to this point and this one was an 80cc how does30cc make so much difference?
Anyway I got it brought it home and started the repair process. The front flaring was broke so I fixed it with metal strapping and bolts, I also busted up the visibility with some super cool orange duct tape. This scooter is super fun to ride and I'm having so much fun riding it!!
It was a cold and rainy day in October, Shanna was in Disneyland with Addison and my mom (SHHHHH don't tell Jaden) and I had been talking to this guy about a scooter he had in Centralia, that's like an Hour or so away.
The scooter he had was pretty good it was a 1985 Honda Elite he had repainted it black and army green so I thought it would be suiting for me, also he was a single dad and I felt bad that I had talked him from $500 to $300 but it needed a starter and it didn't have a kick start....so before we left to go check it out I looked one more time on the greatest treasure site in the world www.craigslist.com and behold another scooter similar but with a much more desperate plee from the owner that he “Needed to sell it fast” he sent me a picture and wow was it in need of repair, I called and asked him about his price and he was willing to deal so off we went...We got there and it was in an car repair place I talked to him for a while and found out he was a mechanic and had done a lot of work on the Scooter including rebuilding the carburetor. Like I said it was rainy so I said we would go to get some lunch and be back when it cleared. We ate then it cleared and I went back to take a little test drive.......WOW I got on this scooter and gave it the gas and it took off, I had only ridden 50cc scooters up to this point and this one was an 80cc how does30cc make so much difference?
Anyway I got it brought it home and started the repair process. The front flaring was broke so I fixed it with metal strapping and bolts, I also busted up the visibility with some super cool orange duct tape. This scooter is super fun to ride and I'm having so much fun riding it!!
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Awesome, J! Let's see, that's you, Jackson on his Vespa, Meeks on his 600 and me - anyone else on staff that is in the church's motorcyle gang?
Don't forget, need your dad's address!
The Preacher
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