OK, yes, so I've bought a scooter

If you missed the earlier enquiries about chassis numbers and the
like. I won one on Ebay, supposedly fine except for some scratches and
a broken speedo cable. It was only a mile away from home, and...

...the bodywork was broken, the speedo itself was broken, it didn't
start and some lunkhead had sprayed Back to Black all over the tyres
so it was physically unrideable.

"Not as described. Goodbye."

I'd seen another couple, and they were generally utter shite. Browsing
www.adtrader.co.uk turned up a supposedly immaculate 2001 Honda SH50
in Dartford. The geezer who was selling it seemed to know his onions,
and was obviously not a teenager, so I toddled off to have a look.

I am now the proud owner of an ex-Post Office SH50, and blimey, it's
in lovely nick. Only 11k miles, not a mark on it, and (best of all) a
complete PO service history. Like a service every couple of months.
The PO chops six inches off the back of the dual seat and affixes a
bloody great bracket and tray to carry Postman Pat's mailbag, but I'm
not planning on carrying a pillion on it anyway, so I'll stick a
topbox on the rack instead.

Starts instantly, runs perfectly, stops well, and 10 months' MoT. Mine
for £375 and he's delivering it for me for another £25. It's going to
be the Chateau's town hack.

If anyone else is interested, ex-PO 'peds are here:

http://tinyurl.com/3a3dm4

Interestingly, our new Italienne at work said: "Oh, an SH50! Everybody
rides them in Italy!" Good news.

 

rides them in Italy!" Good news.

The Spanish owners of scooters that are ridden in northern Africa ain't that
happy. Those scooters are stolen and sent to Morocco as spare parts. Police
captured some thieving scum recently, luckily.

BTW, here in BCN the most common scooter is SH125 and SH150, as locals seem
to appreciate the 17" wheels ever since its Scoopy predecessor.

 

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 08:31:31 -0700 (PDT), "TOG@Toil"

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Paging Adie:

This is your commuter hack for going to the station in the morning.

 

I don't think so.
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You misspelled "I don't fucking think so."

 

I was being polite for once.
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What, to Andy? Why?

 

Why waste words?

 

Your are, as ever, perfectly correct. What she should have put was "****
off."

 

Fun, but totally impractical and starting to dissolve (you really need a
garage to keep one in). Sold.

 

What happened to the APE?

 

Ah.

 

£200 loss, annoyingly.

 

On Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:13:06 +0000,
(The Older Gentleman) said

Bummer. And also a shame, I was hoping for "Travels With My Ape" or
"Long Way Ape" for some summer entertainment.

 

or if he let Platy have a go on it: "Ape's Upside my Head"

 

The APE and I.

 

Ape-illy ever after

 

"Right turn, ****".

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, MikeH

Bring Me The Head Of Ape-fredo Garcia

 

Supercallifragillistic-ape-iallydocious!