A Warm Hello From Bob…

We sure do love getting photos and emails from our California Scooter riders. Here’s a great one from Bob in Tulsa, Oklahoma…

Hi all,

I attached pictures of my bike and the recent snow (20” +) taken 2-5-11.  We are expecting another 5” to 10” tomorrow.  Then maybe it will be over for a while.  Decided not to go for a ride.  Note the color match with the scooter and my Blazer.

I get a kick out of reading the blog – generally check it out a couple of times a week.  It looks like everyone is busy and having fun. 

I did enjoy the U tube video of the riders at the intersection in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.  Believe it or not, I could have been in that picture in 1969 or 1970, probably at the same intersection.  I had a Honda 90 that I drove while in Saigon my last year and a half in Vietnam.  Interesting to participate in the movement of 3 million people, most with Honda 50s or =, from one side of town to the other.  Managed to come through that unscathed.

Interesting too, the trip to Ft. St. John, B.C.  I lived about 11 miles south of there on the Alaska Highway in a place called Taylor, on the North bank of the Peace River, from 1957 to 1961.  Went to school at the junior senior high school in Ft. St. John.  I saw a still air -58 degrees F. one time; darned cold.  Neat place to live.  Hockey and curling in the winter, baseball, hunting and fishing spring through fall.

It will be interesting to see if my bike will go 70 MPH when the break in period is over.  I did a mileage check on mine before the snow storm; 68 MPG with about 90 miles on the bike.

Best regards,

Bob

Bob was kind enough to send along some great photos, too…this may be the first recorded instance of someone converting a California Scooter to a snowmobile!

Bob, thanks so much for taking the time to send photos of your beautiful Classic to us.  Love the color (it’s the same as mine!) and the windshield (it’s the same as mine, too!).   The bikes tend to get better mileage as they break in, and after switching to Mobil 4T motorcycle racing synthetic oil, they tend to run and shift perceptibly more smoothly.  You are going to have a lot of fun on your bike, and if you can break away in March, please think about joining us on the ride down to Scammon’s Lagoon to see the whales!

Ride safe and keep the shiny side up!