Cleaning Your Scooter
Cleaning your scooter on a regular basis is very important. If you have a clean scooter:
- It's less likely that you will miss something being broken.
- You will get to know the parts and pieces of the scoot well.
- It will just look better!
I am not usually a neat freak, but when it comes to my scoots it would be hard to find someone who enjoys cleaning them more. I am a firm believer in what I stated earlier. Cleaning your scoot is a very important part of owning it.
When I am cleaning my scooter or my bicycles, I like to use a product called Bike Lust by the cycling company Pedro's.
It's a silicone based polish that actually leaves residual film layer to protect from UV Rays and makes it easier to clean in the future. I use this miracle polish on almost everything on my scoot. Plastic, metal, rubber, they all work great. I clean the sidewalls of my tires with it on a regular basis. When cleaning the tires with Bike Lust you do have to be very careful not to get any on the top or tread of the tire. If you do it will be like riding on solid ice, with slicks. My 2008 Yamaha Zuma had 4500 miles when I sold it, but the sidewalls of the original tires looked like they came right off showroom floor. The same goes for all the plastic on the scooter. The only thing you do not want to use this on (besides the top of the tires) is the seat. The film it leaves make the seat very slippery and hard to stay on. Just stick to plain old mild soap and water for that.
If you want a bottle Pedro's Bike Lust, go to almost any bicycle shop and ask for it. If they do not have it in stock, they can order it.
-Ryan
Scooter Nation
"Scoot over, road hogs. Make vroom for "motorized bicyclists," who are driven by saving money and the environment." (John Moore, Denver Post)
John Moore wrote an article for the Denver Post titled "Scooter Nation." Although the article was written several years ago I just stumbled upon it recently and was so excited about it I wanted to share it with other scooter enthusiasts. In Denver, you are allowed to park on the sidewalk as long as your scooter isn't over 50cc. How amazing is that? You can actually lock your scooter or moped to bike racks and go to work, school or shopping without the worry of someone stealing it.
There is an estimated amount of 10,000 scooters on Denver-area roads. Many scooterists no longer own cars and say they will never own one again. No more car payments or expensive insurance and of course the gas factor. Some scooters in the 50cc range get up to 100+ mpg. Denver wants to support people riding scooters and that's why they decided to let us park on the sidewalks! This is great news, especially since my husband and I are moving to Denver!
Below I posted the url for the article, I recommend reading it. Any thoughts? Leave comments below. Especially if you live in a place where they allow scooter parking on sidewalks or even have designated parking for scooters, we want to know about it!
Full article found here:
http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_4113101