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View Poll Results: when passing a scooter do you
Wave at them like they are anyone else on a motorcycle.
87
42.65%
pretend you don't see them and go on your way
64
31.37%
point and laugh
14
6.86%
try to get them to race you
29
14.22%
other
10
4.90%
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Old May 1, 2010 | 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by platnumbob
Choppers, sportbikes, any other motorcycle gets a wave. Scooters....I just pretend I don't see them.
Yeah, same here. Scooters just... meh. Lol.
 
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Old May 3, 2010 | 03:50 PM
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Scooters around here are a nuisance. None obey the laws. Ride all over the sidewalks and such all around campus. I don't pay them any mind.
 
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Old May 3, 2010 | 04:28 PM
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I usually pull up next to them, and rev my motor to redline, and talk smack, then when the light turns green, I yell "Eat my dust" and leave them behind.
 
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Old May 5, 2010 | 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Dirtyone55
I usually pull up next to them, and rev my motor to redline, and talk smack, then when the light turns green, I yell "Eat my dust" and leave them behind.
and that makes you just as bad as the harley guys, being an *** is being an ***, no matter how you do it.

i nod to all sportbikes, ignore the rest lol
 
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Old May 5, 2010 | 11:23 PM
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I answered Other: try not to run over them when they pull something insanely stupid like cut across my lane less than a foot in front of me to hop in the bike lane and skip thru traffic.
 
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Old May 6, 2010 | 12:05 AM
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I got a wave from a scooter today. He was all geared up, so I obliged.
 
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Old May 6, 2010 | 12:17 AM
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I had some guy on a scooter stare me down today. It was funny as hell. He made eye contact the whole time while passing me and he had this super pizzed off look on his face....LOL..
(maybe pizzed because he rides a scooter?)

Regardless of why.....they're getting bolder, people. It's time for action.
 
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Old May 6, 2010 | 12:23 AM
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Originally Posted by kilgoretrout
Regardless of why.....they're getting bolder, people. It's time for action.
Around here, there are actually people who ride with pride. One of the last apartments I lived at (before I had my bike), there was a group who would work on their scooters together and try to wheelie them in the parking lot. I think the best I ever saw was 4" off the ground.:lol:
 
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Old May 6, 2010 | 12:25 AM
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Trout, there's apparently a scooter club here in Philly.



Seen two of their members on Silverwings a couple times. They even have leather club vests
 
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Old May 6, 2010 | 02:18 AM
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This is what my wife and I say to folks that thinks they are too cool to ride a scoot.

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