April 2008 Archives

In the U.S. we have Memorial Day; the semi-official beginning of summer in Canada is Victoria Day weekend (May 16-19, 2008), which also happens to be the weekend of Victoria, B.C.'s Garden City Moustache Ride, presented by the Capital City Scooter Club. You can see the itinerary here.

Victoria being a major tourist destination, and Victoria Day weekend being a big holiday, if you wanna go you should make hotel reservations now. Tourism Victoria's Web site has information about getting there, accommodations and things to do.

Cold weather is supposed to be good for tulips. The cold helps preserve them, tulips having a rather short shelf life. Unfortunately, while it's good for the tulips, cold weather is not at all good for a long-distance scooter ride.

The sun was out with a vengeance on Saturday so a few of the Westenders went on a ride to Edmonds to help Jett break in the Atomic Fireball Stella the Easter Bunny brought her. What a looker that scooter is! And she growls like a rocket.

Nero94 lead the ride. Check out the Westenders Photo Pool for more pics.

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Prime Minister RT wrenches on his PX150 at Stella Beauty School, hosted and chaperoned by Katt -:)

by RogerTango

On Sunday, we met at C&P Coffee for drinks and nibbles before we set out.
Despite the warnings of poor weather, we had a good turnout (Doc, Tiny, Ducks,
Stubbie, Hairy, Click, Nero94 & yours truly). This outing saw the debut of
Tiny's new Primavera.

Operation Southern Sweep
Originally uploaded by Vespaboy.

Southern Sweep was a great success!

The Westenders have a ride this weekend! Non-members are welcome on this ride, but please review our Riding Protocols. Our ride, our rules.

Operation Southern Sweep
Westenders head south to Tacoma and NW Motorscooters Poker Run for fun and swag!

Date: Sunday, April 6, 2008
Ride Leaders: TacomaBob & RogerTango
Notes: This ride is 50cc and family-friendly.
Agenda:

1. 09:00 - Meet at C&P Coffee in West Seattle for coffee and whatever breakfast you wish. directions

2. 09:55 - Ride to the Fauntleroy ferry and cruise over to Vashon (10:25 ferry).

3. 10:45 - Meet our scout/guide TacomaBob at the dock, and enjoy a lesiurely ride to Talequah (12:25 ferry) We are giving ourselves plenty of time, so we don't need to make a mad dash down the Island to catch the ferry that is 'paired' with the one we arrived on. We will give ourselves a 1 - 2 boat 'cushion'

4. 12:35 - Arrive Tacoma/Pt. Defiance. Enjoy Pt. Defiance Park's "5 Mile Drive". Stop at area gas station to top off tanks and take care of potty needs.
   
5. Be at the NW Motorscooters at or before 2pm. Participate in the poker run and win lots of swag (everybody be sure to rub Click for luck beforehand ).

6. Chow down at NW Motorscooters BBQ after the run.

7. After having eaten our fill at the BBQ, we'll load our scoots with all the swag we won, and looking like Norsemen returning laden with plunder, lesiurely make our way back to Seattle (probably along the old STAB route).
   

The Poker Run is hosted by a new scooter shop, NW Motorscooters. This is the first time and there is no history or track record with this event, so we can't tell you in advance how much riding this entails, and whether the event will be a lot of fun or a bust. You'll just have to ride down with us and we'll find out together. All we're guaranteeing is a fun ride to and from the event. The rest is gravy.

Non-member scooterists are welcome to join us on this ride, but we ask that you review our Westender Riding Protocols. You will be expected to abide by these guidelines.

This will be a long day with a lot of riding. A long ride in poor weather isn't much fun, so if the weather doesn't look good, we will post a go/no-go message on the Website no later than 08:00 on the morning of the event.

Questions? Members contact RogerTango, non-members contact the Administrator to have your message forwarded.