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by wonder_er 1172 days ago
Oh, and:

> I can’t think of any purchase I’ve made where I could have even found someone to hold my hand through it that wasn’t the person making the sale.

May I interest you in adding 'scooter' to your toolbox of personal mobility options???

I've coached friends through the process remotely. Now that I'm trying to turn this into a business, I'd gladly pilot the process remotely.

Scooters are SUPER convenient. Imagine how this parking job would be if these two people were driving cars:

https://www.tiktok.com/@josh_exists/video/718861932119354909...

And here's normalized scooting is in other parts of the world:

https://www.tiktok.com/@josh_exists/video/721247800778776913...

As far as 'how capable is this vehicle?', I rode my scooter from Denver to BC then to Seattle then back to Denver:

https://josh-strava-heatmap.herokuapp.com/ (load the map, zoom out. Way out.)

Lastly, photo album of that trip:

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipN8q_LjvazfURfQUjnI21GQ...

And a photo album of my trip to bali, featuring not JUST scooters, but plenty of scooters:

https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOcwRbTo0dbz6IajQmXP6XK...

A good (new) scooter costs $4500 out the door, and plan on another $600 for a jacket, gloves, a Snell-certified helmet, cell phone mount, and bluetooth headset so you can hear directions from your phone.

Take a motorcycle rider training course, and get the motorcycle endorsement on your drivers license.

Next would be skills-building around slow-speed turns on the scooter. It'll be pretty easy, but you'll have to practice it at least a little.

Boom, done. Welcome to the future.

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For that cash I can just have a motorcycle or an e-bike. Why would I want a scooter in this case? Not dissing on scooters, I don't get it though. Bikes and motorocyles are a lot more stable at speed than scooters.

OH YOU MEAN A MOPED... not a Lime Scooter. OK... we're on the same page.

Yeah I'll keep rocking my FJR but I'd do a e-moped if I had rides around my house, tho for that an e-bike is more compelling. FJR oddly gets 40+mpg.

Hah! I wonder how many other people have made the same mistake. There's really not a great word for this class of vehicle. I have been tempted to use the word 'moped', but got sternly corrected by the staff at sportique scooters when I was last there.

I think I might keep using the word moped though, motor scooter doesn't quite do it, and scooter is too confusing.

Or maybe I could say 'gas scooter' or '125cc scooter' or something.

I recently crossed paths with the the electric moped I met in the wild, and it was beautiful and quiet.

I'm not going to get rid of my 170cc scooter anytime soon, but I would totally consider adding an electric moped to the fleet.

In Asia, everyone calls them Vespa, no matter which brand.
Boom. Perfect. This is the word I needed. Calling myself a vespa broker'. Thanks!