I saw you...

Tucson: I saw a lady last night with a red cruiser 2-stroke china motor and a basket in the front. She was going East on St. Mary's just East of SilverBell in front of the Safeway.

This lady had a bunch of that red & white reflector tape all over her bike, it really stood out.

this morning, i was riding one of my riquimbilis around town here in Monrovia, and this vejo (old person) on a whizzer was at the same intersection as me , and i flagged him down, asked him about his bike and he said it was his first MB when he was a teen and it was put away in a garage somewhere and got it back and restored it. that now makes 9 other MB's i've seen in this town of 33,000

I saw a guy with a lawnmower engine on a cruiser bike up in the Santa Cruz Mountains on Empire Grade. The bike was already strapped to his Mercedes Benz station wagon. I stopped to say hello and the guy jumped in his car and put a towel on his driverside window. I rode off thinking "WOW this guy is definitely one strange individual.
I forgot to mention he had a sticker from the other forum on his gastank.

Weedylot said:

Wow! Edge you've seen 9 in a town of 33,000. That's a good MB to human ratio. I was on 4th Ave yesterday and saw a Spooky Tooth sticker on the front of an electric bike, locked up. Today at about 11:30 I saw a 26 inch cruiser 2 stroke with ape hangers as he went north on Main crossing Speedway Blvd.

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make that 10, i saw another today when i was on my way to get my ducks some lettuce

Edge, You are not far from me and I have only seen 1 the guy was going around the fountain in front of the Aquarium of the Pacific my turf for sure, I would like to find someone else to ride with. There is a bunch of guys that ride from Myron's Mopeds they used to have a few Happy bikes but I look at there site and I don't see any now. So for now it is 1 and counting. Have fun, Dave

PS: I have had a few people, counting today another, that ask for the place to get them so there should be a few more.

ah...long beach, only a 39 mile Bike ride away and only one? that weird because long beach is pretty big. (my girlfriend lives down there, so i know the area pretty well)

I just dont get it....I ride around town all the time and just dont spot them like you do.

Every time I see a bicyclist, the first thing I do is see if I could see a motor.

I've got a lot of errands to run tomorrow, so I will be all over the Old Pueblo. Lets see if I get lucky and spot one

me n azvinnie met that guy with the bimini top at the deathrace after-party
really big native american dude...we talked 'shop' for about half an hour
his bike was like georges little trike on 'roids

I spotted a woman with an orange cruiser sporting a 2 cycle engine at Alameda and Stone this week. She was pedaling with engine off using the crosswalks instead of moving with traffic. It was a very clean build, probably purchased. I've also seen a trike with a canvas top over by the El Con mall from time to time, very cool!

I find myself using the cross walk more and more when I need to change directions. I've had too many close calls using the left hand turn lane.

Egor said:

Edge, You are not far from me and I have only seen 1 the guy was going around the fountain in front of the Aquarium of the Pacific my turf for sure, I would like to find someone else to ride with. There is a bunch of guys that ride from Myron's Mopeds they used to have a few Happy bikes but I look at there site and I don't see any now. So for now it is 1 and counting. Have fun, Dave

PS: I have had a few people, counting today another, that ask for the place to get them so there should be a few more.

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Dude. I'm actually from the LBC. I'm up here temporarily, so maybe when I get back we can go cruise the bike path!

SgtNorthcutt said:

Dude. I'm actually from the LBC. I'm up here temporarily, so maybe when I get back we can go cruise the bike path!

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sounds good, i'll bring a riquimbili

Saw my first folding electric powered bike down in the University district Sunday. There was a team of ol Appalachian guys picking up the bountiful aluminum cans laying around after the big football game Saturday night.

I wouldn't have noticed it except for this thing coming down the road where I was filling my gas tank. It looked like a giant cabbage with a guy sticking out
of the middle of it when I first saw it. Then I realized it was a small bicycle with the guy carrying loads of net bags full of soda and beer cans. While I was laughing at this spectical I noticed him coming up a rise and it was then I noticed he wasn't peddling.

When he stopped and cast the bags down to the ground I could see what he was riding. He noticed my watching him and he smiled ad said, "it's electric".
As I walked over to get a closer look he pointed to e-Tron decal and what looked like a one gallon oil container behind the seat which was the dismountable battery pack. The motor was in the rear axle on this one and the frame hinge was clear.

He told me he didn't have license on it and his drivers license had been revoked for too many DUI's. When I asked where he found it he told me the local Yamaha shop sells them and that's where he got it. He liked the idea that it folded up so he could take it in his appartment where it wouldn't get stolen.

And he told me he figured he had over 400 empty cans in the bags that he had to stomp flat. I didn't have the heart to tell him he looked like a giant cabage with all those bags of cans and all.