My Redneck Phase
It's official...I'm going through a redneck phase. It's inevitable really. A few friends turned their heads when I bought my truck. That was in the beginning. It has progressed. I have two examples.
1. H-less, Ro, and I played tennis the other day. Megan sported a sweet t-shirt with cutoff sleeves. It was a thing of beauty. Before then, I had never really considered this article of clothing. Then yesterday, she came over to borrow my tennis gear. Megan appeared in my doorway wearing yet another cutoff t-shirt. It inspired me. I mean, it's a t-shirt but it doesn't have sleeves, so it's nice and cool. Perfect. I went straight to my dresser, selected a shirt, and cut off the sleeves and collar.
2. My dad used to race dirtbikes. When I got my scooter a little over a year ago, we talked about souping it up to make it go faster. Dad has a strong need for speed. We had it deregulated when I bought it. Most scooters less than 50cc are governed to only go 30mph. Yesterday I got a series of emails from my Dad. He had been shopping on ebay motors for scooter parts. The emails were "auctions I might be interested in". One of the emails is particularly amusing. Here is the email along with a picture of one of the aforementioned parts:
"the guy in the questions part of his ebay ad says that.......he used it for about 5 minutes on his Zuma, (popi wipes a laughter tear from his eye) and he had to take it off, made his scoot too scary fast......we could always do the same if you thought it was tooooo badass! honestly? I don't believe just the pipe and variator could make a huge (dramatic) difference. HOWEVER......the pipe, variator, AND THE BIG BORE KIT would prob be a different story."
I should mention that be "big bore kit" would make my 49 1/2 cc scooter 70cc and that I think that this after market exhaust pipe is spectacular.
1. H-less, Ro, and I played tennis the other day. Megan sported a sweet t-shirt with cutoff sleeves. It was a thing of beauty. Before then, I had never really considered this article of clothing. Then yesterday, she came over to borrow my tennis gear. Megan appeared in my doorway wearing yet another cutoff t-shirt. It inspired me. I mean, it's a t-shirt but it doesn't have sleeves, so it's nice and cool. Perfect. I went straight to my dresser, selected a shirt, and cut off the sleeves and collar.
2. My dad used to race dirtbikes. When I got my scooter a little over a year ago, we talked about souping it up to make it go faster. Dad has a strong need for speed. We had it deregulated when I bought it. Most scooters less than 50cc are governed to only go 30mph. Yesterday I got a series of emails from my Dad. He had been shopping on ebay motors for scooter parts. The emails were "auctions I might be interested in". One of the emails is particularly amusing. Here is the email along with a picture of one of the aforementioned parts:
"the guy in the questions part of his ebay ad says that.......he used it for about 5 minutes on his Zuma, (popi wipes a laughter tear from his eye) and he had to take it off, made his scoot too scary fast......we could always do the same if you thought it was tooooo badass! honestly? I don't believe just the pipe and variator could make a huge (dramatic) difference. HOWEVER......the pipe, variator, AND THE BIG BORE KIT would prob be a different story."
I should mention that be "big bore kit" would make my 49 1/2 cc scooter 70cc and that I think that this after market exhaust pipe is spectacular.
posted by Patti at
09:32
6 Comments:
do it
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~mike, At
12:05
Umm...it looks like I'm going to. Except for the big bore kit. These alterations will give my scooter more power, not just more speed. I have been corrected. This is what Dad's looking at now: http://www.provoscooter.com/shop/
product_info.php?cPath=33&products_id=83
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Patti, At
20:43
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~mike, At
06:14
Teehee.
I clicked one the stage two link to see what the even better upgrade to stage two was and found out it was like $260 MORE THAN the stage one upgrade.
They say the stage one upgrade will likely get you up to 50 mph. What blinding performance upgrade to you get by spending an extra $260 for the "stage two"?
"This package will get you incredible acceleration and unbelieveable top speed. Most Zumas with this setup easily reach 55mph and some even more!"-website
So for almost double the price, you get an "unbelieveable top speed" of 5 mph higher? wow. Marketing is a wonderful thing.
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~mike, At
06:17
more power......a simplistic term, pleased see: 1)rapid acceleration, 2)torque, 3)G Force, 4)Holeshot, 5)Red light to Red light, 6)lip-sneering, horizontal tears out of the corner of your eyes fun! (Pee Wee's gonna have to do some forearm exercises just to be able to hang onto that monster) -------->a eerie maniacal giggling sound is heard....I ordered it Patti!
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Anonymous, At
08:42
You so crazy.
Firstly, I don't know who this Pee Wee is, but I have no plans of doing any kind of forearm exercises.
Secondly, "maniacal" is the PERFECT WORD.
Lastly, I'm very excited about the added torque and acceleration. Although my scooter and I can manage the hills of Lawrence now, I'd like to be able to conquer them. Oh, the G force and lip sneering fun are things to look forward to, too. :) Thanks Dad!!
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Patti, At
16:26
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