New Riders: How you’ll learn to stop worrying and buy your first scooter.
Any experienced scooter rider has been there – standing in front of the new or used scooter or small motorcycle you’ve just purchased. Usually with barely adequate protective gear and little or no training because “scooters aren’t real motorcycles” and you’ve been told that you can ride them if youContinue Reading
The 2018 Toronto Spring Motorcycle Show – 7th & 8th
This upcoming weekend is the Toronto Spring Motorcycle Show – one of the several shows to pass through Toronto at various points in the year, each with its’ own unique flavor and focus. One question I get on occasional is – is it worth going? And the answer is –Continue Reading
Scooters and Mopeds in Ontario: Facts and Myths
Scooters and Mopeds in Ontario: Facts and Myths Some years ago I was in a motorcycle dealership in Toronto (no longer around), listening to a salesman telling a potential scooter buyer that the 50cc scooter they were looking was extremely fuel efficient (mostly true), that it was cheap on insuranceContinue Reading
The Big Thaw: Spring preparation tips for your scooter
So we’ve reached the time of year where things are thawing, the snow is largely gone, and, and you are probably getting an irresistible itch to ride your scooter. At least I hope that’s where your irresistible itch is coming from. You might ask – what should you be doingContinue Reading
The Junk Run – a Scoottoronto event
Sometimes, almost out of nowhere you get an idea. You might shrug, dismiss it as impractical but the idea stays around. It lurks behind your doorways, waiting to ambush you when are least expecting. For me the idea involved seeing just how far I could push a used and abusedContinue Reading